@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 1 year agoMissionaries killed in Haiti by gang are state reps' daughter, son-in-law, nonprofit sayswww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1135
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minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish30•1 year agoThe real question here is why American missionaries did it in a country, Haiti, that’s over 93% Christian. The U.S. is only 63% Christian.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoBecause Haiti is mostly Black and therefore can’t be Christian. It must be full of heathens.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoBecause people in the US aren’t as desperate and likely to believe in some whacky religious stories.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoI guess maybe they were there more for the humanitarian rather than the religious?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoHaiti is about 70% Catholic, 30% protestant (mostly Pentecoastal), and 100% Voodoo. Which, to US missionaries, means 70% heathens and 30% heretics.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoSure, but the U.S. is 23% Catholic and 37% non-Christian, which makes 60% heathens. It still seems like starting at home first would be the right move.
The real question here is why American missionaries did it in a country, Haiti, that’s over 93% Christian. The U.S. is only 63% Christian.
Because Haiti is mostly Black and therefore can’t be Christian. It must be full of heathens.
Because people in the US aren’t as desperate and likely to believe in some whacky religious stories.
I guess maybe they were there more for the humanitarian rather than the religious?
I seriously doubt it.
Haiti is about 70% Catholic, 30% protestant (mostly Pentecoastal), and 100% Voodoo. Which, to US missionaries, means 70% heathens and 30% heretics.
Sure, but the U.S. is 23% Catholic and 37% non-Christian, which makes 60% heathens. It still seems like starting at home first would be the right move.