Why “missionaries” is being discussed
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The message is also "love your neighbour as yourself", and this "Lord" that people bow to is, according to the message, someone who died instead of taking that Lordship by force…
by magarnicle · Sep 16, 2026
Missionaries aren't there to inform the locals but to persuade them. They are intellectually dishonest.
by esafak · Sep 15, 2026
By the way, your discontent about missionaries shouldn't be centered just around "gospel" groups. Multiple denominations of Islam have pretty far-reaching missionary networks in…
by TFNA · Sep 15, 2026
One of the problems is the power dynamic westernized/developed societies have. The article talks about just that: Australians brought shells in and basically one-shotted a…
by PhunkyPhil · Sep 15, 2026
From the description it sounds like it is talking about the war the Dani people in the Baliem Valley fought in that region. They did not keep written records but archaeological…
by tzs · Sep 15, 2026
Probably not, but there is a massive imbalance of power between white missionaries with the trappings of the modern world and indigenous people.
by hermitcrab · Sep 15, 2026
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