Lara Logan: Christianity trumps Native Americans' beliefs because 'they just didn't win'
Conservative journalist Lara Logan suggested Christian nationalism was more significant than the beliefs of Native Americans because white colonizers massacred them.
During an interview on the War Room podcast, Steve Bannon asked the reporter if she was "going full Christian nationalist."
Logan accused Bannon of using a "completely made-up term."
"You can like it, or you can not like it," she opined. "But this country was a Christian nation from the beginning. It was established as a Christian nation. It was established on the principles of Judeo-Christian civilization."
"But there were not 400 religions in America at the time of its founding," she insisted. "There was one. And that was Christianity."
Bannon pointed out other belief systems in North America at the time of the country's founding.
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"The hard left would say that there was actually a religion here beforehand, and that was the pantheistic beliefs of the Native Americans," he noted. "The Indians have believed in spiritual and Gaia and all the, you know, this."
"And that the white Protestant and their sidekick Catholics, European, came here and exploited this and we're the colonizers," Bannon continued, "And we're just like they're saying the Israelis, the Israelis in Palestine."
Logan admitted there were, "Cultural religions and things that existed here and all over the world."
"And you know what?" she asked. "These groups conquered other groups, and they massacred each other. They massacred each other. They did exactly the same thing. They just didn't win."
"And that's what no one talks about."
Native American religions encompass diverse beliefs and practices passed down through generations. These belief systems often emphasize a deep connection to the earth and the spirits of nature.
Many Native American tribes believe in a great spirit or creator and various deities and spirits that inhabit the natural world. Rituals, ceremonies, and storytelling play essential roles in these religions, fostering a sense of community and cultural identity.