'Incredibly grotesque' church play depicting Navajo medicine man in hell sparks outrage

[cbabe]

https://www.alternet.org/absolutely-revolting-church-play-depicting-navajo-medicine-man-in-hell-sparks-outrage/


'Incredibly grotesque' church play depicting Navajo medicine man in hell sparks outrage of church service she had growing up: worship, music, a sermon, prayer and some scripture reading.

What she didn’t expect was a stage performance aimed at Native people that included a condemnation of traditional Navajo beliefs — and those who embrace them.

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In response to the play, Tsosie helped organize a peaceful protest across the street from the church on June 8. She said they want accountability, including a public apology. They have not received a response from the church, much less an apology.

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[Pisces]

1. Racism is on full display now!! People feel empowered to be as nasty as they want to be. We are living in

weird times when a white woman can call an 8 yr old the N word on the playground and instead of rebuke she gets 800k from fellow Americans who support her??? A story today about a man shooting 2 Mexicans because he thought they were immigrants!! It’s insane!!

[Mosby]

2. Most of the people in the play were Navajos.

Maybe people should take a closer look at Christianity, and ask why they think ALL non believers are destined for hell.

And for that matter, why are most Navajo Christian? As a non Christian it seems odd that so many NAs and others converted to Christianity when they clearly don't think of them as equals.

As she sat through the service, Tsosie said she noticed how utterly unbothered the predominantly Native audience was as the actors portraying the demons mocked Diné ceremonies.

“I guess it felt normal to them,” she said. “I think the painful part of the play was that most of the actors were themselves Navajo".

[mopinko]

3. cuz they were stolen from their families as kids.

amazing what u can do to a child under your complete control.

[Nigrum Cattus]

4. white "christian" nationalists

project 2025 is 100% WCN, they "believe" that they are
somehow better because of their twisted interpretation
of the collection of short stories they call the bible.