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| Then they told these people that their culture believed in superstition and knowledge which they believed was false and non-existent. The presumption in this alone is self-evident. These missionaries then were solely responsible for suppressing this knowledge among the people and wherever possible they used force, threatened and killed where there was resistance. History gives proof of this. The methods they used in suppressing this knowledge, however, showed that it was not love for the people that made them behave in this way, nor was it the fear that perhaps the people were going astray. It was nothing but the desire to dominate and control that guided these missionaries' actions.
When the colonialists left, they left the people with no self-identity and foundation whatsoever since the native knowledge that should have been this foundation was removed. Through this, a dangerous imbalance was created in people's lives. They removed all trust. They also removed the basis for the further expansion of native knowledge. The missionaries therefore, instead of becoming agents for progress, became agents of retrogression. Over the succeeding generations it thereby happened [that local indigenous knowledge became completely lost because the knowledge holders lost their self-identity and it could no longer be taught in an organized way.] |
Then came the various religious missionaries who in their zeal to spread the Word, told these peoples that they were liars and that this vast body of knowledge which they believed in was false and non-existent. The presumption in this alone is self-evident.
These missionaries then were solely responsible for suppressing this knowledge among the people and wherever possible they used force to do so threatening and killing where there was resistance. History gives proof of this. The methods they used in suppressing this knowledge, however, showed that it was not love for the people that made them behave in this way nor was it the fear that perhaps the people were going astray. It was nothing but the desire to dominate and control that guided these missionaries’ actions. They therefore left the people with no foundation whatsoever since the knowledge that should have formed the basis of this foundation had been removed. Through this, they thereby introduced a dangerous imbalance into the people’s lives. They removed all trust. They also removed the basis for the further expansion of knowledge for all peoples. [...] The missionaries therefore, instead of becoming agents for progress became agents of retrogression. [...] Over succeeding generations it thereby happened that this knowledge was completely lost because it was no longer taught. |
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