I really enjoyed this speech. It seemed like Sa-go-ye-wat-ha really appreciated life and accepted people for their differences. He didn't want to push his own religion on him like the missionary was doing; he didn't even want anything from the white men. All him and his people did was help the white men when they needed it and in return, the white men took advantage of them.
“You say there is only one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is only one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it? Why don’t you all agree since you can all read the book?” I love this quote. He makes a very good point and has really made me think. How can there be so much arguing about one religion if we have a book telling us all the same thing? I know many Christians that will argue about religion when they’re going to the same church and it makes no sense.
“He has given us a different skin color and different customs. He has give great powers to you; about these he has not opened our eyes. We know that these things are true. Since he has made so great a difference between us in other things, why shouldn’t we conclude that he has given us a different religion, according to our understanding?” Again, he makes a very good point. If the Great Spirit made everyone so different and made us all advance technologically at different paces, then why can’t our religious beliefs be different as well? How do we know what’s true and what’s not? Religion helps a lot of people get through each day, especially people living in poverty. So why not let people believe what they want to believe? I know these questions have been repeated a million times, but I just wanted to make my point.
I do not like that Christian missionary at all. People like him are afraid of anything different than themselves or anything that’s not usually in their everyday life.
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