And that is where is loses me. Can it really offer any evidence of native american tribes having any knowledge of god prior to the settlers arriving and shortly after that the kill or convert effort the Puritans waged against them?
I'm sorry, but i find the idea that every native american prior to the arrival of European settlers had at one point in their life, a light bulb that flickered on in their head, exposed them to the word and truth of god, and that every single time they simply decided to ignore it and forget it ever happened to be beyond far-fectched.
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I feel you. It's tough. But God is merciful. The Indians would not all magically know about the church and Jesus Christ like you said. Rather, they all had a moment or several in their lives where they had to choose with free will whether it not to do good or do bad. Everyone with free will has a conscience, and they had to use it to make the good decision.