Camel's Noses, Trojan Horses, and Cultural Aggression

I found this:Drought During California's Mission Period, 1769-1834Drought During California's Mission Period, 1769-1834Coyote wrote:

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The Franciscan missionaries built 20+ missions along the California coast to save souls.

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During the mission era (1769-1834) the death rate in that mission zone was on the close order of 90%.

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But they saved their souls...

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Is he actually implying that the missionaries caused the deaths or just noting the correlation?

I don't know what caused them to die. I don't think that the drought was the sole or even major cuase, but it certainly would have exacerbated any other causes. It was prolly a lot of disease. I doubt that the missionaries intended to cause all the death, and I doubt they would have been out there mudering them. But honestly, I don't know much of anything about it.I just googled a bit and found that article, then re-read Coyote's statement, and he didn't actually say that the missionaries caused it.It looked to me like he was doing a little trolling and Ichi fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

I think its Freakin'

I'll be fine, Buz. Cracking a joke is not blasphemy. But thanks for the concern.In Matt 12, after Jesus cast out a devil, the pharisees said that he did it by Beelzebub (rather than the Holy Spirit). Jesus rebutted by explaining that the devil wouldn't cast out a devil, and warned them against blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Its not like Jesus was warning them about taking the Holy Spirit's name in vain.Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is denying it when its there, or conversely, saying its there when it isn't. Like a televangelist acting like he's healed someone by its power when he's just playing a trick.God isn't going to damn me for a joke on an internet forum.

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