Posted on 08/07/2023 2:51:24 AM PDT by aquila48
John Allen Chau had tried to make contact with the hostile and isolated Sentinelese people, who were known to be aggressive toward outsiders and are a protected tribe with restrictions on visiting their island
An ambitious Christian missionary met an untimely end when he was slaughtered by a uncontacted tribe after trying to convert them to his religion.
John Allen Chau, 27, visited an island in the Indian Ocean inhabited by people who are part of an endangered tribe. People are banned from even approaching North Sentinel Island to protect the people who live there and their way of life.
But that didn't stop John, who made the dangerous journey to try and convert the people who lived there to Christianity. He'd grown up in a Christian home in Vancouver, Washington, and had a passion for hiking, camping and travelling.
John regularly documented his experiences online, and after returning from a trip to Mexico in high school he gave a homily where he said Christians "need to know how to defend our faith".
"When we go out in our world, there are people that'll just come and oppose us, and they'll have questions, and they'll have questions, and they'll have arguments..." he said. "We can't just, like, go out there unprepared. We need to know what we believe and why we believe it."
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
Thank you so much. No apologies needed. I appreciate any and all tips and helpful suggestions here. :)
I remember a meme with John Wayne saying “Life is hard. It’s harder if you’re stupid.”
If they are totally isolated, with what language would you communicate with them?
This sounds like the kid who was killed a few years ago. Or is this another religious moron?
Indian Ocean.
I don’t think the Amish example applies here. The Amish know about technology and pick and choose what works for them. The savages have no idea about clean water, modern medicine, etc. Is it wrong to give them better, more comfortable lives?
It’s the same. It was reported again in The Mirror yesterday and I hadn’t heard of it before.
That’s fine…I was just wondering if it had been long enough for another fool to try.
Are you sure about them having no idea at all? And how would they spend their time, in that better and more comfortable life?
With the benefits of modernity come the pitfalls of modernity. (Firewater!)
As long as *they* are not complaining, just best leave them be.
They’re happy; we don’t have to deal with them. Win-win.
So by not going there yourself, you are depriving them...?
Thx!
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