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<DIV>In a message dated 11/4/2005 11:09:26 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
metzler@moscow.com writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>One
of the most influential experiences I had on this issue was a series of
lectures given by Wilkins about 8 years ago in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Portland</st1:City></st1:place>; I recall some from the hosting
church community of these lectures as very critically minded, and slow to
accept some of Wilkin’s views. Since then, I think they have grown very
fond of him.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>Mr. Metzler's enthusiasm for Steve Wilkins contribution to the field of
history is lamentable. Steve Wilkins is many things but he is not a
trained or credible historian. Consider the following remarks
(which come from his own website). </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B>"Wilkins</B> No one (as far as I can see)
can justify everything that was done to the Indians (especially in the 19th
century). But we must remember that they had no concept of "ownership" --- nor
any reservations about killing prior inhabitants. Those whom we call "Indians"
are actually indo-europeans who came to this continent many moons ago and killed
off the inhabitants they found here. We must not justify the sins of anyone ....
Europeans, Indians, Northerners, Southerners, Africans, South Americans, etc.
but let's be careful about taking sides with unbelievers without careful
examination of all the facts."</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -31.9pt 0pt 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"><FONT face=Georgia>Steve Wilkins, a featured
speaker at the conference, asks and answers the following question regarding
Native Americans in his audio taped series for home schooled students, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">350 Years of American
History:<BR></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in -31.9pt 0pt 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'"></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“What precisely did the Indians lose
because of Christianity?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">We
can list a few things: They lost tyranny, oppression, and ignorance. They lost
the terrifying spirit-world of paganism. They lost their ferocious hatred for
others that fed fierce racism and cruelty. They lost the practices of human
sacrifice and cannibalism, infanticide and euthanasia, immorality and
homosexuality. They lost a way of life predicated upon death and destruction.
Only in this century have such "losses" been viewed as a reason for grief”
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Book Antiqua'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A
href="http://www.homeschoolchristian.com/ChristianEd/Wilkins.html">http://www.homeschoolchristian.com/ChristianEd/Wilkins.html</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV> Steve Wilkins' version of history is constructed on a foundation
of ignorance, bigotry and wishful Reformed thinking. If V2020 readers want
to have a clearer understanding of U.S. history as preached by Wilkins and
Wilson, I urge them to take five minutes and follow the link provided
above. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Georgia FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="12">Rose
Huskey<BR><BR>"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight
you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>