The Difference Between Bradford’s and The Natives’ Beliefs Creation of all is always a speculation of how it actually began. William Bradford and the Native story tellers, Iroquois and Navajo, definitely have two different ideas of their creations, and who or what is the master of their creation. This is also who they worship, for instance Bradford believes in “Divine Providence,” and the Native believe in a that nature is their “divine one.” Neither belief is wrong or right, just shows how different cultures and people are. Bradford believes when anything bad or good occurred to him and the Pilgrims, it is what God intended for them. Bradford writes, “a great hope and inward zeal they had of laying some good foundation, or at least to make some way there unto, for the propagating and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in
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He believes it was God’s will which was pushing the Pilgrims to leave England and to make the long journey to America in search of this religious freedom. Also while on their journey to America, Bradford writes, “And I may not omit here a special work of God’s providence,” (131) which he tells a story of a “lusty” seaman would abuse the sea sick people and treated to throw them overboard. This seaman meets his demise for this, and it was God’s will, for example Bradford writes, “But it pleased God before they came half seas over, to smite this young man with a grievous disease, of which he died in a desperate manner, and so was himself the First that was thrown overboard.” (131) In the end God gives to this man his own wrong doings to others, but this belief of who is their creator, very much differs with the Natives, Iroquois and Navajo. They believe they are one with nature, and it is their creators, the reason they
He believes it was God’s will which was pushing the Pilgrims to leave England and to make the long journey to America in search of this religious freedom. Also while on their journey to America, Bradford writes, “And I may not omit here a special work of God’s providence,” (131) which he tells a story of a “lusty” seaman would abuse the sea sick people and treated to throw them overboard. This seaman meets his demise for this, and it was God’s will, for example Bradford writes, “But it pleased God before they came half seas over, to smite this young man with a grievous disease, of which he died in a desperate manner, and so was himself the First that was thrown overboard.” (131) In the end God gives to this man his own wrong doings to others, but this belief of who is their creator, very much differs with the Natives, Iroquois and Navajo. They believe they are one with nature, and it is their creators, the reason they