(October 24, 2023 at 4:59 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:(October 24, 2023 at 2:04 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: There’s a story (probably apocryphal) of a Maori dealing with a Christian missionary. The native explains that their gods are vengeful and need to be placated with rituals. The missionary says that’s all the more reason to convert - the god of the Christians is a good god.
The Maori laughs and says, ‘What’s the point of praying to him, then? If he’s truly good, he’s not going to do anything bad to you.’
Boru
There's an entrance in a Kiwi family's bible, one of those with a family tree in it, in which a family member, a missionary, went to the East Cape in the early 1800s and disappeared.
He is listed as, "probably eaten by Maori".
THAT'S how you deal with missionaries!
I hope that wasn't in bad taste.
