Hispaniola And Hitler Comparison
Fundamentalism can be defined as a revival movement which can be religious or secular depending on the beliefs. It contains unwavering attachment to a set of indestructible beliefs. It is applied to specific ideologies, and has a strong sense of the importance of maintaining intra-group relationships and others distinctions. This essay will contain materials on fundamentalism,racism to others and comparing it to Hispaniola and Hitler’s original racism remarks.
To begin with “the other”; one must understand what is meant by the “other”. “Other” can be defined as a “cumulative, constituting factor in the self-image of a person; their acknowledgement of being alive”(“The Other” 1999). Fundamentalism is common among certain groups, mainly, though …show more content…
not exclusively, in Christianity. Their ideology is that anybody that is different must be executed (Adolf Hitler 1948). This is different from proselytize which used racism to coerce their follower to join. Proselytize are people who believe that it is their job to influence “the other” in following their beliefs. They believe in converting people to restore their own distorted “peace and harmony” of their dominant religion, beliefs and, cultures. Christopher Columbus was the first European to travel to Hispaniola.
So to interact with the Indians, he had to connect with Japan, European and natives both knew. For example, when Christopher Columbus decide to set sail to Haiti, he was not expecting it to be inhabited by natives. The Spaniards had gone to Hispaniola to expand their empire. When he told the Spaniards about Hispaniola; he experienced a different culture which was different from his beliefs. The Spaniards just wanted to expand their empire peacefully. Spain’s soldiers managed to override Hispaniola, and convince them of two choices: convert and be enslaved or perish. Sepulveda’s belief of “we are all brothers and if some of us lost faith it is because of the original sin” is based off of the Spaniard’s invasion of the new world. The Spaniard spoke of the original sin of the indians, not that there were non-christian which would prevent Jesus from coming and bless the land making it fruitful; his belief were solely based off proselytize. Sepulveda was surprised to see the Indians practicing a different set of beliefs on faith. He managed to convince himself that ridiculing the Indians’s faith and having them to covert into Christianity was a profound decision on his end. Most Indians decided to convert to
save themselves, thus destroying any past ideologies of their religions. Spaniard’s method of conversion were burning the Indians alive to show them their superior homeland. Spaniard’s motive in coercion stem from Spain’s proselytization deeming the Indians to be a threat regardless of hearing them out. Although common ground was obtained, the natives lose their identities forever. This force ended a religion due to just having different beliefs and cultures .
To begin with “the other”; one must understand what is meant by the “other”. “Other” can be defined as a “cumulative, constituting factor in the self-image of a person; their acknowledgement of being alive”(“The Other” 1999). Fundamentalism is common among certain groups, mainly, though …show more content…
not exclusively, in Christianity. Their ideology is that anybody that is different must be executed (Adolf Hitler 1948). This is different from proselytize which used racism to coerce their follower to join. Proselytize are people who believe that it is their job to influence “the other” in following their beliefs. They believe in converting people to restore their own distorted “peace and harmony” of their dominant religion, beliefs and, cultures. Christopher Columbus was the first European to travel to Hispaniola.
So to interact with the Indians, he had to connect with Japan, European and natives both knew. For example, when Christopher Columbus decide to set sail to Haiti, he was not expecting it to be inhabited by natives. The Spaniards had gone to Hispaniola to expand their empire. When he told the Spaniards about Hispaniola; he experienced a different culture which was different from his beliefs. The Spaniards just wanted to expand their empire peacefully. Spain’s soldiers managed to override Hispaniola, and convince them of two choices: convert and be enslaved or perish. Sepulveda’s belief of “we are all brothers and if some of us lost faith it is because of the original sin” is based off of the Spaniard’s invasion of the new world. The Spaniard spoke of the original sin of the indians, not that there were non-christian which would prevent Jesus from coming and bless the land making it fruitful; his belief were solely based off proselytize. Sepulveda was surprised to see the Indians practicing a different set of beliefs on faith. He managed to convince himself that ridiculing the Indians’s faith and having them to covert into Christianity was a profound decision on his end. Most Indians decided to convert to
save themselves, thus destroying any past ideologies of their religions. Spaniard’s method of conversion were burning the Indians alive to show them their superior homeland. Spaniard’s motive in coercion stem from Spain’s proselytization deeming the Indians to be a threat regardless of hearing them out. Although common ground was obtained, the natives lose their identities forever. This force ended a religion due to just having different beliefs and cultures .