But they still have to answer for the crimes they committed.
You think God gave Stalin a free pass for the gulags and the Great Purge because he fought a war against another dictator? He uses evil people for good all the time. The British aligned with the Iroquois while the French and Dutch aligned with the Algonquins.
The Beaver Wars is an all-encompassing term for a series of conflicts in the 17th century for control of the trade in beaver furs as well as the Great Lakes region. They identified as Mohawks or Cherokees or Navajos or one of hundreds of other tribes, and fought wars against each other constantly. "Native Americans." The latter didn't see themselves as part of an undifferentiated group that ruled two continents. The history of European colonization of North America is not as simple as "White people" vs. It's just as likely that both sides are evil. If one side in a conflict is evil than the other must be good. Humans tend to view the world in binary terms. See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants - It will be the same for priest as for people, for the master as for his servant, for the mistress as for her servant, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as to her creditor.īut not having power or wealth or fame isn't a free pass, either. No amount of power or wealth or fame or pretty words can save you from that: He had to face God's judgment when he died. What happens to Rushmore is the least of Jefferson's concerns.