Seamaster said:
I saw that and thought, "Man, for such a well traveled guy, he was very naive."
A few months ago a couple of Americans were cycling through the Middle East near Syria and were murdered by Islamists.
Both cases and many others like them involve incredible naive people who simply go though life oblivious to real danger and evil.
PacifistAg said:
Based on the little I've read about this, I applaud him and his willingness to lay his life down to build relationships and spread the Good News of Christ victorious.
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I hate to say it and could be wrong but I think ultimately he was an adventurer/thrill seeker who used mission work as a cover for doing something he knows was not allowed...
AstroAg17 said:
So you think it's worth putting people in danger if it leads to them hearing the gospel, even if they don't want to be contacted?
That seems just awful.
AstroAg17 said:
You can't take sufficient precautions for disease. That's one of the reasons people aren't allowed to go there. Believe what you want on faith. Don't endanger the lives of others on faith. Refusal to mind one's own business, even at the cost of lives, is a basic facet of Christianity.
AstroAg17 said:
We are. I get it from your end. Hopefully you see how you seem like a monster to those who don't share your beliefs. That's a hat you're comfortable wearing? On faith?
AstroAg17 said:
I'm genuinely curious. Do you understand why I think it's horrible? Would you think it was horrible if it was someone else's belief risking your life? It's a direct consequence of your beliefs and that's why your beliefs are a problem.
Yes. Yes it should. The hubris here is just astounding. "I know what's better for you than you do. God told me so."PacifistAg said:
If the Spirit put this call on this young man, then he needs to follow the Spirit's call. That the tribe members are willing to murder anyone that comes near, or that they may catch a disease, should not trump what he believes the Spirit has called him to do.
PacifistAg said:
If the Spirit put this call on this young man, then he needs to follow the Spirit's call.
PacifistAg said:
That the tribe members are willing to murder anyone that comes near, or that they may catch a disease, should not trump what he believesthe Spirit has called him to do.
AstroAg17 said:
They wouldn't accept his request under any circumstances. The government isn't going to let you go proselytize to an intentionally isolated group known for killing visitors.