Yeah that’s not exactly how these ideas came about. It’s not as if some simple farmer said to himself. “yeah I bet white people totally built that hill for Christian purposes”.
These theories were created and propagated by well off academics, politicians, And religious leaders.
Now it’s true that they were functioning in a culture with different assumptions, academic standards and what have. For example even the secular often considered the Bible a valid historical document until surprisingly recently. But these are not organic folk beliefs. These were proposals from the top. Often formulated to excuse or justify specific positions, circumstances, And ideologies.
And these ideas and those approaches still have currency. You can roll over to the nastier end of reddit. Or even jump into the deep end and visit where ever the hell all those storm front guys landed. And you’ll see this very same myth bandied about to support that only white western culture has done anything for the world.
Or hell turn on Curse of Oak island and watch a bunch of asshole jump through hoops. Generate bullshit. And make fools of themselves. In an attempt to claim a North American culture just has to have had a secret European base.
