honestly missionaries are evil. the idea of traveling the world to tell people Who Didnt Fucking Ask that their beliefs are wrong in the hopes that theyll adopt your beliefs seems sinister
The Christians in the notes whining are so absolutely stupid
I don’t even want to talk about how they specifically target poor people and hold basic necessities over their heads in exchange for faith.
“I read about an [Inuit] hunter who asked the local missionary priest, ‘If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?’ ‘No,’ said the priest, ‘Not if you did not know.’
‘Then why,’ asked the [Inuit] earnestly, ‘did you tell me?” -Annie Dillard
(edited to remove slurs/dated language)
My culture and our religious practices (Inuit) have been decimated by Christianity and I fucking hate pretending its a neutral thing.
Christians in the notes still don’t get it. They’re saying that missionaries aren’t that bad bc they’re just trying to save all ppl and they’ve started quoting bible verses and whatnot but here’s the thing: I. Don’t. Believe. In. That. Like your beliefs and scriptures are non applicable to me (and everyone else who isn’t Christian, or at least abrahamic) bc we’re not christian and I literally don’t care if you think we “need to be saved from Satan” or smg bc frankly, it’s not your business and that “well meaning, innocent” intention is still forcing your religion onto us. OP is right. Missionaries are evil. Leave other religions tf alone.
One half of my family is Native Christians via forced conversion.
The other half is white Christians, including missionaries.
I can tell you that missionaries don’t just invalidate other religions (mainly indigenous religions) to try to convert people, they blatantly hold valuable resources hostage to convert people.
They’ll provide books to communities with low literacy rates… but all the books are bibles or otherwise Christian-centric.
They’ll host free meals for the whole community… but the people have to attend a church sermon before they’re allowed to have food.
They’ll host events and groups for kids… but all the education and activities are about Christianity.
Missionaries blatantly take advantage of scared and vulnerable communities, who are like that because of Christian colonialism, to forcefully convert them and kill off their religions and cultures.