Thanksgiving

Every child in America knows the Thanksgiving story featuring the Pilgrims, who gave thanks to God and shared their bounty with the Indians on Plymouth Rock. What we don't teach them is how their beloved Pilgrims enslaved and murdered the indigenous people, brought disease and destruction to this land, and claimed ownership of everything in site; all in the name of God.

The Pilgrims were convinced they were "Ordained by God" to take possession of everything on the continent. In fact, they often sighted Bible verses to justify their horrible and murderous acts, such as:

Psalms 2:8. "Ask of me, and I shall give thee, the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession."

Romans 13:2, "Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation."

Leviticus 24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.