r/whoathatsinteresting • u/MelanieWalmartinez • 4h ago

Students get smudged by indigenous elders for peace and blessings throughout the year

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u/KoolDiscoDan 3h ago edited 2h ago

Yeah, Catholics putting ash on Native American/First Nations children would make me angry.

But I know the damage Catholics have done.

New Archive Sheds Light on Indian Boarding Schools Run by the Catholic Church

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u/AgnosticScholar 2h ago

This is my point. There are religions you consider good and religions you consider bad.

And on reddit it's always Christianity that is the religion that is bad.

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u/CrimDS 1h ago

Well hey, if you don't want a bunch of Internet strangers to think your religion is one of the bad ones, maybe don't spend all of its existence abusing children, starting crusades, and stuff