Comments on: Why the Indigenous Messengers of God Matter https://bahaiteachings.org/why-the-indigenous-messengers-of-god-matter/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:09:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Wendy Scott https://bahaiteachings.org/why-the-indigenous-messengers-of-god-matter/#comment-71211 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:09:26 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=55236#comment-71211 Interesting article! Apparently, there is evidence that at least some people arrived in the Americas by boat, traveling south along the seashore until they found a good place to stay.

]]> By: Don Plunk https://bahaiteachings.org/why-the-indigenous-messengers-of-god-matter/#comment-44867 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:25:57 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=55236#comment-44867 In reply to Don Plunk.

PS Just a comment on last paragraph in article. I think we all “ruthlessly slaughtered” others regardless of who last arrived. Nations slaughtered and enslaved nations, and tribes slaughtered and enslaved tribes. We’re all in this together, and can learn much from another’s rich history.

]]> By: Don Plunk https://bahaiteachings.org/why-the-indigenous-messengers-of-god-matter/#comment-44856 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:40:27 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=55236#comment-44856 We migrated from Africa but our origin is hypothesis. ‘Abdu’l-Baha indicated it’s earlier than thought. Africa/Americas once joined (Pangaea). Common fossils of plants & animals in Africa & America. US Sloths came from S America. If a sloth could travel, our ancestors could. Bering crossing doesn’t mean others weren’t here. Archaeologists agree indigenous in N. America traced to Clovis (Bering) migration but debate pre-Clovis. ‘Abdu’l-Baha wrote what was known “hath been forgotten.” As civilization is adept at learning from others past or present, fighting locals or foreigners, what better time to apply what we know, the Covenant, to one’s current place in the world.

]]> By: Joe Keehner https://bahaiteachings.org/why-the-indigenous-messengers-of-god-matter/#comment-43228 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:41:27 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=55236#comment-43228 i am so grateful for this on-going conversation…

]]> By: Aaron https://bahaiteachings.org/why-the-indigenous-messengers-of-god-matter/#comment-43117 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 06:04:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=55236#comment-43117 When we think of the big picture—God creating the universe, the vastness of the universe and countless worlds, and zoom in on a tiny ball of dust and rock called Earth, we have to obviously conclude that God provides a means for guidance of all humans in their spiritual preparation for life beyond the physical realms. This is where “The Greater Covenant” usually associated with Abraham, and involving God’s promise not to leave humanity alone, that every group of hominids who spread out across planet Earth, starting in Africa, has needed a Messenger to inform human societies of what is needed to prepare spiritually for the next worlds of existence which ARE spiritual realms. Evidence may not ever be presented that is quantifiable.

]]> By: Christopher Buck https://bahaiteachings.org/why-the-indigenous-messengers-of-god-matter/#comment-43110 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 21:34:07 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=55236#comment-43110 Roger Olsen: Yes, of course, that’s important. In fact, several articles in this “Indigenous Messengers of God” series have already been devoted Deganawida, the Peacemaker. See also Christopher Buck, “Deganawida, the Peacemaker.” American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Supplement XXVI. Edited by Jay Parini. Farmington Hills, MI: Scribner’s Reference/The Gale Group, 2016. Pp. 81–100. (Just Google for download links.)

]]> By: Roger Olsen https://bahaiteachings.org/why-the-indigenous-messengers-of-god-matter/#comment-43073 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 06:32:21 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=55236#comment-43073 What about Deganawidah? Quite a number of Native Americans believe Him to be a Messenger.

]]> By: Antony Bristow-Stagg https://bahaiteachings.org/why-the-indigenous-messengers-of-god-matter/#comment-43063 Sun, 19 Jul 2020 18:58:45 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=55236#comment-43063 I think the importance of this, is to know that no race of men is any more special than another. What defines us, is the extent we embrace God’s purpose in the age we live. The ancient cultures have much to teach us and can not be ignored. I see these cultures have a great connection with earth and spirit. Those that conquered could have learnt much, but they were blinded by predudices, the greatest being the misuse of a God given Faiths. Regards Tony

]]> By: Happy ∴ https://bahaiteachings.org/why-the-indigenous-messengers-of-god-matter/#comment-42624 Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:45:21 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=55236#comment-42624 In reply to Valentina Poblete Uribe.

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]]> By: David Lea https://bahaiteachings.org/why-the-indigenous-messengers-of-god-matter/#comment-42603 Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:03:07 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=55236#comment-42603 It is apparent that there were also great erasures of culture and history before the appearance of Europeans. Archeologist, anthropologists and Native scholars are uncovering the immense cultural upheavals that occurred up and down the two continents. The Aztecs were apparently bent on dominating the Toltec culture that had existed long before they descended on it. They may have twisted many of the original traditions and teaching of Quezal Coatl into a violent and brutal distortion. The mighty “mound cultures” of the Mississippi valley seem to have also been a mere shadow of their former glory by the time Europeans reached the area – although the nasty bugs brought from Europe may have played a part. We must hurry to gather the traces!

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