"I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth... Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?" Romans 9: 17 & 21
Showing posts with label anthropology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anthropology. Show all posts
Thursday, January 27, 2011
A [chief] for war and a [chief] for peace
I learned recently in my anthropology class that the Cherokee Indians had two chiefs per tribe ~ one was a "War Chief" and one a "Peace Chief." Both ruled by persuasion and could be removed from office. Betcha they found that some rhetoric came in handy every once-in-a-while, eh?
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