Ok so here it is, the dirty, what i have learned about the Spanish Conquistadores and the aweful AWEFUL way they took control of the Inca empire and people. The first thing that the spanish wanted to do was to conquer new lands in the new world. Everyone else was doing it, so why not the spaniards? Once they had conquered the NEW land in the name of THEIR land they started on their main quest: Gold. And if not gold, Sliver. Or aluminum or jewels or natural resources. A very informative book "The open veins of Latin America" that i am currently reading basically said that the spaniards took EVERYTHING they could possibly get their hands on took it back to the mother land. They treated the indigina like absolute crap. They sent them into coal mines with nothing and the indigina would die withing a couple years due to the 1001 complications of coal dust or gas fumes. And they didn't care. When one died they would just take an 11 year old from the arms of their mother and send the off to their death. And for once in my life, i am not exaggerating. This is exactly what happened. The spanish took everything they could grab with their small greedy hands while sleeping around with any indigina they saw to dilute the indigina blood. Did you know the Inca were on average 6ft (roughly)? Now, the Peruvian people are the shortest in the world. Where did that come from.
Ok so that covers the "glory" and the gold... now the god. Now i just want to say before I begin this section that religion is wonderful. I think Jesus is a very wonderful man who came to this world preaching of Loving thy neighbor and peace to all nations, two VERY meaningful and important issues that we still deal with today. And you know, if those spanish would have once listened to one word that came out of what Jesus said, they would not conquer a country for "God". "God" doesn't want land. "God" doesn't care what kind of god or goddesses of gods the people on this earth believe in. If the catholic "God" is really as Loving and patient and kind as they claim him to be, why did the pope of the catholic government bless the boats and the conquistadores when they said "we are going to make these people be something theu don't want to be." Did the incans force people to join their religion? No. Its true that the incans made the people the took over to become and Incan, but that didn't involve gold, glory, or god. That involved land to plant crops and people to fight for their army. From the mouth of my very peruvian mother "The spainars killed everyone who wasn't going to be catholic. They would cut out their tongues, gouge out their eyes. The people were scared. And that's why so many people in Peru are catholic today." Did you know that the first cross that the spainards brought over to Peru to try to convert their barbarians or savages was just a cross, no Jesus in sight? Do you know why? It is because the preist thought the Inca would see the catholic religon as barbaric and savige like.
Freddy, our tour guide on the incan trail, said that the worst people to bring on the incan trail were the spanish. Anytime he brings up the spanish taking control of the Inca empire, they alwasy jump to spain's defense. "We brought civilization to this country!" they would say. "Without us Perú would have nothing." Excuse me? Perú would have everything if you loosers hadn't of come in!!!!! Did anyone take over your country and take everything that could have made you profitable in the world market? The spainish stole everything from Perú. Why is Perú so poor and why is it so hard for them to raise up? Cause the Spanigh, and the US for that matter, and Britian too took EVERYTHING from them.
If this is what it means to he rich, proud, and religions than i want NONE of that. Gold does not mean you are rich, Love does. Glory does not mean you are powerful, Love does. And as for God, i want nothing to do with the catholic church. Yeah, as of now most peruvians would not like me if i was not catholic, but i want nothing to do with an institution that kicks other people into the ground just to become more powerful. I believe in Love, and pachamama. Jesus was a great guy and i believe in everything he said. Whatever kind of god there is looking down on us, i believe in him her or them. But i do not want anything to do with the catholic church.
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