Apess and the Pilgrims, Christianity, in the "Eulogy on King Philip"

Throughout the "Eulogy on King Philip" Apess, refers to Whites who have oppressed the natives as being hypocritical Christians because of their conduct and outward attitudes towards the natives. And in fact he's correct in my view because Christianity is opposed to oppression and hatred of any individual who has not wronged you in any way. But why were the pilgrims( as he refers to them in the eulogy) so negative towards the natives? Why were they keen on achieving misery and discontent for the lives of the natives even though the natives showed them how to survive in the "new world?" Well, I believe that the pilgrims had every intention to use the natives to their benefit while still causing harm to them in order to facilitate a future goal. It's evident to me that the pilgrims were conspiring a plan to overtake the natives and move them out of their land. So what does Christianity have to do with their actions. Absolutely nothing, for they themselves while professing to be Christians, were as far removed from Christianity as can humanely be possible. However, Apess refers to them by their faith because the pilgrims themselves refer to their eradication of the natives as "God's work" according to Apess. But surely God would not order another human being to kill another just for nothing. That's not justice and God and justice go hand in hand in all of the Judeo-Christian faiths. Therefore yes, the pilgrims were hypocritical people but Christians they were not for they did not follow at least one of the commandments(thou shall not kill) as Apess professes in the Eulogy. In fact if anything the natives were more Christian in their actions than the pilgrims were, and that shows the irony that the pilgrims and the whites(at that time) in general portrayed towards the natives. Professing religious teachings while not following them, that's hypocrisy at its best. I guess the pilgrims forget the quote from the Holy Bible: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."[ Matthew 7:12 ]

Choice of title, and a comment about the Popul Vuh

The title of this blog, "The light of Knowledge" is my choice because I believe that knowledge that we acquire by going to institutions such as our great University is the reason for success in our life. It may not be financial success, but rather a success that we in ourselves know that we committed to something grand and completed it. If we glance back at history and look at previous generations, how many of the people living in our grandparents time had gone to college and achieved degrees in higher education as is possible today. Not very many, did so because of various reasons but one thing is evident, we as a generation are lucky to have the choice of going to great educational institutions and attaining knowledge that can empower us for the rest of our lives. That is the reason why I chose the aforementioned title. What better way can I describe the purpose of this blog assignment other than to acquire knowledge.
With regards to the Popul Vuh, one thing in particular stood out for me is that the mention of the gods, creators and makers in the story is not the same as when it's mentioned in other religous texts, such as the Old and New testaments, Torah, etc.. The mention of the god(s) here is one of authorities that make mistakes, bicker with one another and aren't as high and mighty as the god(s) of the aforementioned religious texts. I can't quite comprehend why this is the case and what purpose this is done for, but a particular reason I can conjecture would be that the gods mentioned in the Popul Vuh are to appear as "human like" in their qualities and characteristics as possible. This way people who hear the story can relate more to the trickery,deceit and arrogance that occurs among the lords in the story as well as the mistakes done by the various gods. An interesting theory but I'm not sure of its relevance.