Christian missionary has been killed .....

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Christian missionary has been killed .....

"An American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean where he had gone to proselytize, local law enforcement officials said on Wednesday" ..

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/66742804.cms?utm_source=c...

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horse's picture
Even though I don't know this

Even though I don't know this guy, my sincere condolences for his family loss.
People get killed all the time. Had he been a non-believer, he could still be killed in several different ways (e.g. be killed in middle-east for being an atheist).

Cognostic's picture
https://www.youtube.com/watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42oZ-sWG7Zg

The missionary was an idiot. The people on this island have long threatened anyone who approaches their shores. They are well known as one of the last aboriginal tribes and have been photographed by passing boats and drones. Anyone walking onto that island would be a frigging idiot.

Sorry that the man killed himself. It reminds me of the moron who thought he could live with the bears and then videotaped himself being ripped apart. As far as I am concerned, this idiot is a candidate for the DARWIN AWARDS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7BNwmVvk6g

Sky Pilot's picture
According to the biblical

According to the biblical fairy tale Jess absolutelty demands that a certain number of believers must be killed for their faith before he returns (Revelation 6:9-11). Most people say that they want Jesus to return. So the guy did them a favor by getting killed while trying to preach to the pagans. He could have been the magic one and Jesus would be here now. Keep getting killed and maybe in 100,000 years Jesus will return. Who knows how many more people he wants to die for their faith? The next one could be the magic one!

Sheldon's picture
As cog says, it was

As cog says, it was recklessly irresponsible. Whilst I sympathise with his family he took an absurd risk, and has sadly paid the price.I'm not sure I see what significance his beliefs have here at all. Except maybe to ask why his all powerful deity can take time out to destroy entire cities on a whim, but didn't lift a finger protect an ardent follower?

David Killens's picture
What an idiot.

What an idiot.

What part of "leave us alone or we will kill you" did he not understand?

Sky Pilot's picture
David Killens,

David Killens,

It will be interesting to see if the authorites invade the tribe's land and kill them trying to arrest them for murder in a system that the tribe doesn't know anything about. This could get really ugly.

arakish's picture
He got what he deserved.

He got what he deserved. Even by the Indian Government has made that island forbidden. Even if he did not know, ignorance is no excuse.

rmfr

CompelledUnbeliever's picture
I do not think he deserved to

I do not think he deserved to have his mind infected by religion. This is a sad thing.

Grinseed's picture
The natives of this island

The natives of this island have killed intruders before. Some years ago two local fishermen from the mainland unfortunately drifted onto the island after having engine problems. They were killed. The authorities seem to treat the tribe as a natural hazard, like wild animals and no legal action was taken.
This missionary was particularly determined. He had been to the island the day before he was killed. The natives fired arrows at him, one apparently pierced the bible he was carrying. He beat a hasty retreat, but went back.

watchman's picture
Yep.... I'm pretty much with

Yep.... I'm pretty much with you guys on this.....

BUT when I first read about it two things really struck me (apart from the totaly sensless loss of a young life)....

1/ Access to this comunity is severly restricted (one report said "by law") and yet this pilgrim considered himself above such man made mundanity ,obviously he was operating under the aegis of a higher power .... even to the point of bribing local fishermen to ferry him into the danger zone.

2/ One of the reasons this community is kept "apart" is that they are now and always have been bloody dangerous to outsiders.

BUT there is also a second reason for their isolation. As they have been in isolation for so long they have no immunities to outside illness & diseases. Thus our intrepid explorer was running the risk of not only contaminating the indiginous culture but also of bringing killer diseases (as per the Cortez play book ... although Cortez could at least plead ignorance in his defence .. not so sure about this champion of christ ).... thus ,at a stroke , introducing his lord and saviour as well as bringing the means to dispatch the new flock to the foot of the throne in pretty short order.

Do these evangelising pillocks ever actually think things through ?..... (Although I rather like the Andaman method of disuading unwanted callers .... I'm wondering about using it on the next patrol of Jehovah's Witness' that cross my path.)

Grinseed's picture
Jesus, watchman, I hadn't

Jesus, watchman, I hadn't thought of the contamination aspect...and they have his body rotting in a shallow grave on their island right now...and the two bodies of the fishermen I mentioned...it could all be happening as we write because from irregular inspections by aircraft the population of the islanders is believed to be dropping already, though that may be due to other survival pressures.

And the' pillocks' don't think this through because Jesus had no regard for basic hygiene nor knowledge of germs...and he didn't even want his disciples to go spreading his teachings amongst the Gentiles much less among the remote island communities. Pillocks indeed.

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Tin-Man's picture
Regarding our intrepid

Regarding our intrepid missionary explorer....

Two words: Dumb..... Ass....

Cognostic's picture
Look at the bright side guys.

Look at the bright side guys. At least now, when the tribes are all killed off with exposure to chicken pox, measles, mumps, smallpox, influenza, cholera, diphtheria, typhus, malaria, leprosy, or anything else this idiot introduced into their society, they will all have died as good Christians.

algebe's picture
@Cognostic: when the tribes

@Cognostic: when the tribes are all killed off with exposure to chicken pox

Yes. It's likely several of the islanders were exposed to this idiot's blood when they killed and buried him. This tribe has been living in total isolation, so any diseases lurking in his bloodstream could wipe out the entire population.

It's a pity the islanders didn't have access to to the Internet, because they could have learned about all the benefits brought by Christian missionaries to the Americas, Africa, and the Pacific.

Cognostic's picture
(Wiping tears from my eyes...

(Wiping tears from my eyes....) Yes, the glorious benefits of Christendom.

Tin-Man's picture
A missionary visited an

A missionary visited an isolated tribe in the jungles of Africa to spread the wonderful word of the Lord. After gathering the tribe, the priest started his sermon. He told them that all who hear the word of God must obey His laws and accept Christ into their hearts. He told them those who reject the Lord after hearing His divine Words will be punished in the eternal fires of hell.

At that point, the tribal leader piped up and asked the priest, "So what would happen to those who never heard of God?"

The priest replied, "God is very understanding and generous. Those who never hear of His mighty name will automatically go to heaven."

At which point the leader asked, "Then why the fuck did you tell us about him?"

AUS-LGBT's picture
I wonder how he thought he

I wonder how he thought he was going to convert them, they've got their own language

Cognostic's picture
Loads of holy water - (It's

Loads of holy water - (It's an island) and you don't need a language when you can talk in tongues.

Cognostic's picture
A missionary whose goal it

A missionary whose goal it was to witness to the heathen tribes made his way up the Amazon. Into the darkest jungles he made his way with loads of bibles and his one vice, cases of 7up.

Suddenly he was set upon by a tribe of flesh eating cannibalistic pygmies. They attacked his little group, ripped open his backpacks and found all the bibles and cases of 7up.

They took everything back to the village. They got a big pot and poured all the 7up into it. Then they tore apart the bibles, stuffed them under the pot and lit them on fire. Once the pot of 7up began to boil, they tied a rope around the missionaries thing and they raised him off the ground, positioned him over the pot, and lowered him into the boiling 7up. They boiled him alive as he hung there by his thing. The natives never cooked his thing because,,,, Things go better with Coke!

Randomhero1982's picture
Ladies and gentleman....

Ladies and gentleman.... natural selection.

LogicFTW's picture
Dunno if you guys read about

Dunno if you guys read about this guy, he had to get smuggled in, as their is a perimeter of patrols that makes sure people stay way, as the island is protected. To keep both outsiders safe and as other mentioned in this thread, to keep the tribe safe from modern communicable disease.

This tribe is small, the island cannot support much life as it itself is small and lacks modern agriculture techniques. And generations of intense incestual breeding. I saw one article that stated there was only 11 of these people left, but was not able to verify that number.

He was on the island for several days, and like others stated: he got shot with an arrow and injured the day before he was killed. He would meet the smugglers once a day via boat to report back, drop off his journal and get supplies. His last journal entry stated he realized he was likely to get killed yet he still had to "try" to do his missionary work.

Only a "relgidiot" would think a highly isolated tribe that is known for killing all outsiders would not kill him, just because he is on a: "mission from god and god will protect him."

I wonder what his final thoughts were as he lay dying and tortured and knew his end was about to come. Probably something along the lines of ow, this hurts, this was stupid, I am going to die, but I will go to heaven..."

Dang this hurts a lot, so much I think I would of rather lived out the rest of my life, then die this way, and get into heaven then.
This is part of the reason why various religious ideas are so dangerous, people think and operate against their own safety thinking they have an all access pass to "heaven" in the afterlife. Luckily this idiot only got him self killed. (Unless is contagious disease affects the rest of the tribe and wipes them out too.)

 
 

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Tin-Man's picture
This pretty well sums it up..

This pretty well sums it up...

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LOL

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CompelledUnbeliever's picture
It is sad that his misd was

It is sad that his misd was so infected by religion that he may have hurt the people living there by killing them with the common cold. They still may die because of him. It is also sad that his delusions caused him to die.

Randomhero1982's picture
I wonder what his final

I wonder what his final thoughts were as he lay dying and tortured and knew his end was about to come

Probably, "why are they basting me in BBQ sauce?"

watchman's picture
….. and ,of course

….. and ,of course ,completely missing the point...….

"The Joshua Project, a ministry dedicated to tracking unreached ethnic groups, reports that little is known about the Sentinelese due to their isolation and hostility, but asks supporters to “Pray that the Indian Government will allow Christians to earn the trust of the Sentinelese people, and that they will be permitted to live among them."

….What was that definition of insanity …?

something like.....

"Keep doing the same thing ,expecting a different result"

CompelledUnbeliever's picture
I was so upset about the

I was so upset about the reactions I saw from atheist I made a video about it. What he did was wrong. He was a human being infected by religion. The responses I saw were mostly hostile towards him. We do not hate someone that has cancer, we hate the cancer. Religion was his cancer. There are many that can not seem to understand this. I do not make any money in any way from my YouTube channel. The question was asked this was my thoughts on it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1321vnwn-Ww&t=9s

Tin-Man's picture
@Compelled Re: "The

@Compelled Re: "The responses I saw were mostly hostile towards him. We do not hate someone that has cancer,"

Uh, excuse me, but speaking for myself, how or why would I hate the guy? Hell, I don't even know him. However, based on the story as reported, I can definitely determine his actions to be that of a dumb-ass. Therefore, I make the call as such. I have seen dumb-ass stuff before. I have even DONE dumb-ass stuff before. As such, I am quite adept at recognizing dumb-ass when I see it. And whenever I do something dumb-ass, I totally expect people to call me out on it should I happen to survive. And if I don't survive, then that just proves even more how incredibly dumb-ass whatever I was doing was. And people SHOULD talk about it and call it what it is, because hopefully it will prevent others from doing the same dumb-ass thing.

Cognostic's picture
When an idiot walks into a

When an idiot walks into a Church and begins blowing people away with an AK-47 we do not blame his ideology. We do not arrest his ideology and lock it up. We do not send the ideology to the gas chamber. Yes, you can hate the ideology, That;s fine. And when some moron acts out the ideology, that moron is directly responsible. I am sorry there are idiots in the world. No one is immune from them, If we were better at identifying them, we could treat them all before they go to your house and rape and kill your family members. Unfortunately. all most of us can do is object to the ideology.

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