Hispanics like Catholic Fundamentalism. We all understand: Hispanic Americans owe their lives to The Roman Catholic Church!
We compare Protestant and Catholic history. Early Protestant denominations were driven to America by England’s Episcopalians. That Marketing Plan Denomination came into being when greedy men realized: “We can use our armed forces to steal Catholic properties! We can become ‘instant billionaires’ if we get rid of The Catholic Church in England!”
When Pilgrims and other Protestants fled the first modern Protestants for North America, the military veterans among them realized: “We have guns. Indians don’t. We can steal their land!”
Two and a half centuries of exterminating Indians began. Except for a tiny group of Moravians and some early Quakers, America’s Protestant Establishment ignored the land-grabbing slaughter.
Catholics were different. Cortez, 400 Catholic soldiers, and a handful of Catholic priests joined with tens of thousands of Mexico’s Indian peoples. Together, they overthrew the evil Aztec Empire. It was based on slavery, human sacrifice, torture, cannibalism, and every sin that could be used to enslave their neighbors.
Evil Aztecs and similar Incas, were overthrown. Very quickly, Catholic monarchs enforced Catholic Policy: “The Indian Peoples of the Americas have souls and those precious souls must be saved!”
The Catholic Church built hospitals, schools, Churches, and orphanages. Because they were settled by Catholics, rather than land-grabbers, a Great Catholic Miracle: 85% of Hispanic Americans still have Indian DNA.
Hispanics know that the seeming prosperity of America is a test of faith. Generations of once-faithful Irish and Italian Catholics have been led astray by the same denominations whose Protestant predecessors profited from the savage genocide.
So far, fewer Hispanics have given in to the many ambitious men in Marketing Plan Denominations. They offer praise and freedom from Church rules. In return, they ask for money.
Hispanics are smart enough to remember what earlier generations of Protestants did to North America’s Indians. Hispanics like Catholic Fundamentalism. It provides reminders.
