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Religious aboriginal spirtuality

Research Questions…
Question 1…
a) Throughout history, from the time of European settlement, we find several different misconceptions of the Aboriginal Belief system made by Europeans and Christians. Ranging from their lifestyle to their individuality, many have been sought to be incorrect. One of the misconceptions studied was that Aboriginal attachment to the land was inferior, and that the land was nothing but a source to live off. They believed that it was merely a source of food and shelter, and never once considered it to be part of Aboriginal Spirituality. The foundation of this misconception would have been due to the fact that Non-Aboriginal belief systems do not find the land as a key aspect of their spirituality, because they usually perform their sacred gatherings within a church or celebrate through icons and religious texts such as the bible. We know this is a misconception because the dreaming and ancestral stories originate from the land. Another misconception of ...

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