This is terrible but I don't understand why these missionaries go to violent war zones or areas in a state of anarchy.
Same reason missionaries went to dangerous places in past centuries, I imagine. There are people in need to convert, and the risks aren't all that meaningful if you honestly believe in your message. What's the worst someone can do, kill you? You're in heaven then. It's life that's the difficult and painful period to get through, not what comes afterwards.
They go to those places because the poor and downtrodden tend to have a higher propensity to want to believe in something that will improve their life. It’s the best place to get converts
There is something extremely depressing about that. Knowing that their beliefs aren't real, it is incredibly sad to see two people in their early 20's die for what they believe in. Their one and only life is over because they couldn't mind their own business. There is no heaven, there is no reward. They spread a fairy tale and got murdered, that's the summary of their existence.
Check out the story of John Chau. He spent a year planning and preparing to be the first missionary to visit the North Sentinelese, a virtually uncontacted people. During his first couple (illegal) attempts, they shot arrows at him. He visited again and they killed him.
The real question here is why American missionaries did it in a country, Haiti, that's over 93% Christian. The U.S. is only 63% Christian.
Because Haiti is mostly Black and therefore can't be Christian. It must be full of heathens.
I guess maybe they were there more for the humanitarian rather than the religious?
I seriously doubt it.
Because people in the US aren't as desperate and likely to believe in some whacky religious stories.
Haiti is about 70% Catholic, 30% protestant (mostly Pentecoastal), and 100% Voodoo. Which, to US missionaries, means 70% heathens and 30% heretics.
Sure, but the U.S. is 23% Catholic and 37% non-Christian, which makes 60% heathens. It still seems like starting at home first would be the right move.
To shove the bible down people's throats, which they insist resolves all earthly issues.
They were already there. “They made the decision to remain even when it got worse because they felt like if they left, then those kids would have no where to go" Source
They were ambushed by gang members, after helping orphans at a church, in an attempted robbery. They were leaving the church and got attacked on their way home.
Damn, so genuinely good people caught in the crossfire. I don't like how so many commenters are shitting all over them here.
Because even if they are doing charity work, the real reason they're there is to spread the colonizer's religion and ideas.
What a waste. The two of them could have just helped people in need in a safer place instead of going to a place where people were most vulnerable and try to covert them. They likely would have lead long productive lives. But instead, they were sacrificed by thier families and religion for the sole purpose of trying to grow the religion so that the people in power of that religion can have more power.
People who aren't in vulnerable situations are less likely to believe in religion
To be fair, don’t people need help in the most dangerous areas? Missionaries mainly spread religion but they also offer aid
People need help everywhere. These two are unlikely to have been trained or prepared to work in that kind of dangerous area.
Don't spread the word of god, kids.
They didn't pray hard enough, probably.
Sucks for the family.
Thoughts and prayers 😞🙏
People try to free themselves from your colonization
This is terrible but I don't understand why these missionaries go to violent war zones or areas in a state of anarchy.
Same reason missionaries went to dangerous places in past centuries, I imagine. There are people in need to convert, and the risks aren't all that meaningful if you honestly believe in your message. What's the worst someone can do, kill you? You're in heaven then. It's life that's the difficult and painful period to get through, not what comes afterwards.
They go to those places because the poor and downtrodden tend to have a higher propensity to want to believe in something that will improve their life. It’s the best place to get converts
There is something extremely depressing about that. Knowing that their beliefs aren't real, it is incredibly sad to see two people in their early 20's die for what they believe in. Their one and only life is over because they couldn't mind their own business. There is no heaven, there is no reward. They spread a fairy tale and got murdered, that's the summary of their existence.
Check out the story of John Chau. He spent a year planning and preparing to be the first missionary to visit the North Sentinelese, a virtually uncontacted people. During his first couple (illegal) attempts, they shot arrows at him. He visited again and they killed him.
The real question here is why American missionaries did it in a country, Haiti, that's over 93% Christian. The U.S. is only 63% Christian.
Because Haiti is mostly Black and therefore can't be Christian. It must be full of heathens.
I guess maybe they were there more for the humanitarian rather than the religious?
I seriously doubt it.
Because people in the US aren't as desperate and likely to believe in some whacky religious stories.
Haiti is about 70% Catholic, 30% protestant (mostly Pentecoastal), and 100% Voodoo. Which, to US missionaries, means 70% heathens and 30% heretics.
Sure, but the U.S. is 23% Catholic and 37% non-Christian, which makes 60% heathens. It still seems like starting at home first would be the right move.
To shove the bible down people's throats, which they insist resolves all earthly issues.
They were already there. “They made the decision to remain even when it got worse because they felt like if they left, then those kids would have no where to go" Source
They were ambushed by gang members, after helping orphans at a church, in an attempted robbery. They were leaving the church and got attacked on their way home.
Damn, so genuinely good people caught in the crossfire. I don't like how so many commenters are shitting all over them here.
Because even if they are doing charity work, the real reason they're there is to spread the colonizer's religion and ideas.
Vulnerable people are easy to recruit.
What a waste. The two of them could have just helped people in need in a safer place instead of going to a place where people were most vulnerable and try to covert them. They likely would have lead long productive lives. But instead, they were sacrificed by thier families and religion for the sole purpose of trying to grow the religion so that the people in power of that religion can have more power.
People who aren't in vulnerable situations are less likely to believe in religion
To be fair, don’t people need help in the most dangerous areas? Missionaries mainly spread religion but they also offer aid
People need help everywhere. These two are unlikely to have been trained or prepared to work in that kind of dangerous area.
Don't spread the word of god, kids.
They didn't pray hard enough, probably.
Sucks for the family.
Thoughts and prayers 😞🙏
Tale as old as time
Missionaries are colonizers, let them die