Up until the middle of the 20th century, many Americans believed
in the idea known as the
"Manifest Destiny." It held that all of North America, from
sea to shining sea, was rightfully
the property of the U.S. and was given to us by God. Native
Americans were unscrupulously
thrown off their homelands and slaughtered in the name of Jesus.
Horror stories of entire tribes
being led through rivers while being baptized, just to be shot and
scalped on the other side,
rival those of the Spanish Inquisition.
Today, I see street corner preachers screaming at passers-by, while
the amount of Neo-Nazi
Hate crimes are escalating every day. All of this under a
blanket name of "Christianity." Read
Your Bible. Jesus never beat people or insulted them into
believing in him. He spoke the truth
And set an example by loving every man. We are called to follow
his example. Remember the
Massacres at Sand Creek and meeker. Those who forget the past
are doomed to repeat it.
Some cowboys were a ridin', ridin'
on the range. The grass was
over grazed there, and spotted like
some mange. The buffalo were
dead there, the trees they all were
through, and if they saw some
Injuns, why they would kill them too.
West or bust, in God we trust,
"Let's rape, let's kill, let's steal"
We can almost justify, anything
we feel. I'm climbing up that
ladder, more brownie points for
me, I'll work my way to Jesus, just
you wait and see.
Said one cowboy to another, "I
think it would be nice, if we could
take these injuns and convert them
all to Christ. See, they are all
disgusting, and bringing me great
pain, and if they don't believe me,
we'll put a bullet in their brains!"
I am always shoutin', when I go
outside, how people should repent
now, or they're going to die.
My motives are all selfish, I'm a
cannon brimmed with powder. If
people don't believe me, I just
beat them and yell louder.