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From: Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Rip Chief Pontiac
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:36:29 -0400
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On 4/20/2025 4:49 PM, JAB wrote:
> Rip Chief Pontiac, Odawa leader, died this day 1769.
> 
> "They came with a Bible and their religion, stole our land, and
> crushed our spirit, and now tell us we should be thankful to the Lord
> for being saved."
> 
> https://bsky.app/profile/matthewjdowd.bsky.social/post/3lnap3c4e7225
> 
> Bishop Tutu said ''When the missionaries came to our country, why they
> had the bible, and we had the land, they said, let us bow our heads
> and pray, so we dutifully did so, and when we looked up, why they had
> the land, and we had the bible''

Bishop Tutu sounds much like George Carlin



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