The hubris of the young missionary killed in Sentinel Island

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His family requested that those responsible for transporting him near the island not be punished. It’s pretty clear the hubris runs in the family.

Do you know what hubris means? You are saying the opposite. Chau's family is FORGIVING the islanders and the sea crew because they are Christian. They don't want anyone punished. That is what true Christians do.

Chau and his family bribed fishermen to break the law and now say that they have forgiven them? They should go on their knees and ask the fishermen to forgive them instead, because they exploited the poverty of the fishermen to make them break the law. This is soooo ass-backwards!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His family requested that those responsible for transporting him near the island not be punished. It’s pretty clear the hubris runs in the family.

Do you know what hubris means? You are saying the opposite. Chau's family is FORGIVING the islanders and the sea crew because they are Christian. They don't want anyone punished. That is what true Christians do.

Chau and his family bribed fishermen to break the law and now say that they have forgiven them? They should go on their knees and ask the fishermen to forgive them instead, because they exploited the poverty of the fishermen to make them break the law. This is soooo ass-backwards!

x 10000

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

What a stupid messianic lunatic. He could have killed the entire population of Sentinelese by carrying disease and he comes there with the attitude that he's helping "Satan's last stronghold."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/22/asia/north-sentinel-island-john-allen-chau-diary-intl/index.html

The Christian evangelist who attempted to convert one of the world's last remaining isolated tribes wrote of his convictions in pursuing the mission even in the face of open hostility and attempts on his life, according to diary entries and notes.

In excerpts from his journal, John Allen Chau, the American who is believed to have been killed by members of the isolationist Sentinelese tribe on a tiny, remote island in the Bay of Bengal, wrote of returning to the island to continue his attempts at conversion even after a tribesman shot at him with a bow and arrow, piercing a Bible he was carrying.

"I hollered, 'My name is John, I love you and Jesus loves you,'" he wrote in his diary, pages of which were shared by his mother with the Washington Post. Shortly after, a young member of the tribe shot at him, according to his account.
In pages left with the fishermen who facilitated his trip to the island, his musings are a clear indication of his desire to convert the tribe.
"Lord, is this island Satan's last stronghold where none have heard or even had the chance to hear your name?" he wrote.
His notes indicate that he knew the trip was illegal, describing how the small fishing vessel transported him to the isolated island under cover of darkness, evading patrols.
"God Himself was hiding us from the Coast Guard and many patrols," he wrote.
All seven locals who facilitated the trip have been arrested.

[Anonymous]

"I hollered, 'My name is John, I love you and Jesus loves you,'"

Perfect. American evangelical arrogance in a nutshell.

[Anonymous]

What an amazingly hate filled thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What an amazingly hate filled thread

Hate for whom? A zealot takes proselytizing to a dangerous extreme and people are justifiably horrified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What an amazingly hate filled thread

Why? Because he was a Christian missionary? He was dumb and arrogant.

[Anonymous]

Chau sounds like he wanted fame as a martyr. He nearly killed an indigenous population that he wanted to "save". And meanwhile Indian police are putting their lives at risk trying to retrieve the body so it doesn't further endanger the Sentinelese with disease for which they have no immunity.

[Anonymous]

He went to Oral Roberts University. Enough said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What an amazingly hate filled thread

Why? Because he was a Christian missionary? He was dumb and arrogant.

+1 More than that he was deadly to these people who have no immunity to modern diseases. I would say the exact same thing about anyone of any religion who tried to approach these indigenous people in such a half-baked way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His family requested that those responsible for transporting him near the island not be punished. It’s pretty clear the hubris runs in the family.

Do you know what hubris means? You are saying the opposite. Chau's family is FORGIVING the islanders and the sea crew because they are Christian. They don't want anyone punished. That is what true Christians do.

Chau’s Family is forgiving the islanders because they see killing Chau as the crime that needs to be forgiving. In reality the forgiveness that is needed is by the islanders for Chau’s parents for raising and indoctrinating a genocidal son. The crime wasn’t murdering Chau, that was self defense. The crime was invading the island.

Oh come on. I agree it was reckless and foolhardy for him to go there, but do you really think he went in there with the intention of committing genocide?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What an amazingly hate filled thread

No shit. It's astounding isn't it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His family requested that those responsible for transporting him near the island not be punished. It’s pretty clear the hubris runs in the family.

Do you know what hubris means? You are saying the opposite. Chau's family is FORGIVING the islanders and the sea crew because they are Christian. They don't want anyone punished. That is what true Christians do.

Chau’s Family is forgiving the islanders because they see killing Chau as the crime that needs to be forgiving. In reality the forgiveness that is needed is by the islanders for Chau’s parents for raising and indoctrinating a genocidal son. The crime wasn’t murdering Chau, that was self defense. The crime was invading the island.

Oh come on. I agree it was reckless and foolhardy for him to go there, but do you really think he went in there with the intention of committing genocide?

"I didn't mean to" is an excuse for 3 year olds. He did something that had the potential to cause a genocide. He knew it was against the law, he almost certainly knew why, and he did it anyway. I think genocidal is a fair adjective to apply to him.

Reckless and foolhardy is when you do something that endangers yourself. He endangered 40+ people, a language, a culture, and a way of life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What an amazingly hate filled thread

No shit. It's astounding isn't it?

Hate isn’t the right word. Disgust is what you’re seeing here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His family requested that those responsible for transporting him near the island not be punished. It’s pretty clear the hubris runs in the family.

Do you know what hubris means? You are saying the opposite. Chau's family is FORGIVING the islanders and the sea crew because they are Christian. They don't want anyone punished. That is what true Christians do.

Chau’s Family is forgiving the islanders because they see killing Chau as the crime that needs to be forgiving. In reality the forgiveness that is needed is by the islanders for Chau’s parents for raising and indoctrinating a genocidal son. The crime wasn’t murdering Chau, that was self defense. The crime was invading the island.

Oh come on. I agree it was reckless and foolhardy for him to go there, but do you really think he went in there with the intention of committing genocide?

You think a guy who spent time getting a special permit to the Andaman Islands and bribing 7 fishermen to get there didn't realize there was a public health reason why the Indian government kept the Sentinelese isolated?