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US tourist enters tribal area in Andaman island, to preach Christianity, killed
RE: US tourist enters tribal area in Andaman island, to preach Christianity, killed
(November 21, 2018 at 9:04 am)Reltzik Wrote: Yet another victim of bad ideas.

Bad ideas kill.

.... also, arrows kill, but bad ideas help set up the situation where arrows fly in the first place.

I'm sure ALL the conservative evangelicals who have been enthusiastically supporting closing the borders will completely agree with the islanders' actions based on shared principles.

Yes, indeed, bad ideas kill. As I put it, unfounded claims to truth, when acted upon, have consequences.

I take a very dim view of missionaries. And I have absolutely no sympathy for the guy. He was clearly in an area of the world where he had absolutely no business being in. As I look at it, the Sentinelese were only protecting themselves from outsiders. There is one less idiot in the world now. They want nothing to do with the outside world and their stinking religions.

From Wikipedia article on "Sentinelese":

Quote:"The Sentinelese, also known as the Sentineli and the North Sentinel Islanders, are an indigenous people who inhabit North Sentinel Island, located in the Bay of Bengal in India.[3][4] As North Sentinel Island is part of the Andaman Islands, the Sentinelese are considered to be one of the Andamanese peoples. They are designated as a Scheduled Tribe.[5]

An uncontacted people, the group, estimated to be composed of anywhere from 40 to 500 individuals, is believed to have lived on North Sentinel Island for as long as 55,000 years and speaks the Sentinelese language, a language isolate not related to the native languages found on the surrounding islands.[6][7][8] Indian authorities have put in place laws that prohibit any individual being closer than 3 miles (4.8 km) to the island, for both the protection of the inhabitants and the safety of outsiders, as the Sentinelese are known to be hostile to outsiders and have killed people who approached the island. Being an isolated group, they likely do not possess the genetic immunity to survive exposure to common viruses, such as influenza and measles.[6][9]

Unlike other ethnic groups found in the Andamanese Islands, who were more welcoming to outsiders and now interact with them somewhat regularly, the Sentinelese appear to have consistently refused any interaction with the outside world.[10][11] In November 2018, John Allen Chau, a 27-year-old American evangelist, was attacked and killed after he traveled illegally to North Sentinel island.[12]"

I personally think there should be an international ban on religious missionary efforts to "Stone Age" cultural level groups of people. There are so few of them remaining these days and they should be protected from numb nuts like Christians.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."--Thomas Jefferson
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RE: US tourist enters tribal area in Andaman island, to preach Christianity, killed - by Secular Elf - November 23, 2018 at 8:04 pm

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