• bobalot@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    This is terrible but I don’t understand why these missionaries go to violent war zones or areas in a state of anarchy.

    • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      To shove the bible down people’s throats, which they insist resolves all earthly issues.

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      6 months ago

      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.

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        6 months ago

        Damn, so genuinely good people caught in the crossfire. I don’t like how so many commenters are shitting all over them here.

        • TimeNaan@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          Because even if they are doing charity work, the real reason they’re there is to spread the colonizer’s religion and ideas.

  • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    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.

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldOP
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      6 months ago

      To be fair, don’t people need help in the most dangerous areas? Missionaries mainly spread religion but they also offer aid

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    People try to free themselves from your colonization

    Go to their country

    Wololo.mp4

    Get shot