jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoMissionaries killed in Haiti by gang are state reps' daughter, son-in-law, nonprofit sayswww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down18
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkMissionaries killed in Haiti by gang are state reps' daughter, son-in-law, nonprofit sayswww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down3·7 months 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-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·7 months agoBecause Haiti is mostly Black and therefore can’t be Christian. It must be full of heathens.
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI guess maybe they were there more for the humanitarian rather than the religious?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoI seriously doubt it.
minus-squarefuckingkangaroos@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoBecause people in the US aren’t as desperate and likely to believe in some whacky religious stories.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoHaiti is about 70% Catholic, 30% protestant (mostly Pentecoastal), and 100% Voodoo. Which, to US missionaries, means 70% heathens and 30% heretics.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months 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.
I guess maybe they were there more for the humanitarian rather than the religious?
I seriously doubt it.
Because people in the US aren’t as desperate and likely to believe in some whacky religious stories.
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.