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Who thinks this was a good idea? "I'll go off to an island of hostile cannibals and convert them. I'm sure they will be reasonable." The Telegraph
‘He paid the ultimate price’: the grisly fate of the missionary who met the last ‘uncontacted’ tribe
Alex Diggins
Sun, November 19, 2023, 3:00 AM EST·7 min read
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Missionary John Chau - Reuters
On the morning of November 17, 2018, on the island of North Sentinel in the Indian Ocean, a man stepped from the sea. He was dressed only in shorts, shouting incomprehensibly and waving his arms violently. A sentry spotted him and warned him away.
The man came closer. His shouting grew more desperate, his gestures wilder. The sentry drew a bead on the man with his bow and arrow. The man stepped closer. The sentry fired.
The stranger in the surf was a 26-year-old American evangelical Christian missionary, John Allen Chau, who believed he was on a mission from God – “The Great Commission” – to convert the island’s inhabitants. The lookout on the beach was a member of the North Sentinelese, one of the last remaining “uncontacted” tribes in the world.
The group, which is perhaps 200-strong, appears to use only stone-age tools and technology. They defend their remote island – in the far-flung Andaman archipelago – aggressively. After the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, they shot at a reconnaissance helicopter; and they’ve been known to kill fishermen who’ve drunkenly washed up on their shores. In 2018, on Chau’s second approach to the community, they killed him – and found themselves at the centre of a global news storm.
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The road to hell is paved with do-gooders!
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Lol, I know a couple of Christian windbags I'd like to see Try to convert that tribe.
I'll bring that up as a challenge next time I see them......
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
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"things that make me shake my head"? about 80% of the posts (and posters) in this place...
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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"things that make me shake my head"? about 80% of the posts (and posters) in this place... Came here to say something just about like this
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They likely knew the risk and paid the price willingly. Not without precedent in the New Testament, is it?
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"things that make me shake my head"? about 80% of the posts (and posters) in this place... Yup. Was going to say 24 hour campfire.
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