Talk:Great Spirit

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[edit] Christian bias?

This article (with all its flaws) appears to have a strange notion of Native American (and First Nation) religions. Firstly, there are many tribes throughout North America and one religion can't be an example for a whole continent of religions. For example, the idea that the "...Great Spirit was a syncretist conception of God" is simply not true for most if not all Precolumbian and Pre-Christian natives. The article also uses "he" to refer the Great Spirit. Apparently animism was thrown in there without any real knowledge of this important term. For the Sioux, Wakan Tanka doesn't translate to "God" but instead refers to the sacredness in all existence. (However, modern Sioux Christians readily use the term to describe the Christian god.) Perhaps animism and monotheism or Precolumbian and Modern religion should be discussed seperately in relation to the Great Spirit? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rqp1975 (talk • contribs) 21:55, 29 March 2008 (UTC)