jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoMissionaries killed in Haiti by gang are state reps' daughter, son-in-law, nonprofit sayswww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down12
arrow-up124arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 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-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI guess maybe they were there more for the humanitarian rather than the religious?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoI seriously doubt it.
minus-squarefuckingkangaroos@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoBecause people in the US aren’t as desperate and likely to believe in some whacky religious stories.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoBecause Haiti is mostly Black and therefore can’t be Christian. It must be full of heathens.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 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-up1·3 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.
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.
Because Haiti is mostly Black and therefore can’t be Christian. It must be full of heathens.
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.