The hubris of the young missionary killed in Sentinel Island

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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.

Wrong. They were saying it was his decision and he paid the price--no one else should be held accountable for his actions. This sounds like taking responsibility and no laying blame--the opposite of hubris.

It is absolutely not their place to decide who else should or should not be held accountable for assisting him in breaking the law.

Oh, my gosh. do you say the same things when loved ones of murder victims speak up on the perpetrators behalf at sentencing requesting leniency because the "forgive" them?

Oh my gosh. You realize that those loved ones are requesting leniency within the bounds of the law, right? Not requesting that law enforcement ignore the law, as the missionary’s family is doing.

Family statement: “We also ask for the release of those friends he had in the Andaman Islands. He ventured out on his own free will and his local contacts need not be persecuted for his own actions”

I’m not bothered by his family’s statement. Basically, it’s a nice way of saying, we acknowledge it was our kid’s fault.

Agree with the bolded.

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Anonymous wrote:At least he died doing something he believed in. Not a bad way to go.

There it is, the stupidest thing I will read all day.

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What a D bag. Good riddance.

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Anonymous wrote:A colonizer getting killed via bow and arrow certainly perked up my Thanksgiving.

Amen!!!

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Missionaries spreading their religious ideologies get no sympathy from me - a purely selfish phenomenon. Leave the locals alone - they do not need your "saving."

these posts are sick and disturbing. The man wasn't a colonizer. He seems to have been mentally unwell. He was wrong to do what he did. He's dead now. Hopefully, the tribe won't experience any negative ramifications.

And if he had succeeded in his ‘mission’ Christian evangelicals would be praising him. He’d probably get his own televised preaching gig.

But since he failed and his illegal actions have been made public, he was simply ‘mentally unwell’.

There are anti-conversion laws in some parts of India. But there foreign missionaries cry religious intolerance. Are they mentally unwell too?

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Anonymous wrote:A colonizer getting killed via bow and arrow certainly perked up my Thanksgiving.

Amen!!!

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Missionaries spreading their religious ideologies get no sympathy from me - a purely selfish phenomenon. Leave the locals alone - they do not need your "saving."

these posts are sick and disturbing. The man wasn't a colonizer. He seems to have been mentally unwell. He was wrong to do what he did. He's dead now. Hopefully, the tribe won't experience any negative ramifications.

In this day and age, what non-selfish motives could missionaries have? I'm not talking about service missionaries, although they also want conversion as a return for the good works. People like John Chau want to convert for the numbers and the control that comes with it. This guy may have been unbalanced but he was also a graduate of Oral Roberts U and indoctrinated in forceful conversion.

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Send in the Marines

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Anonymous wrote:Send in the Marines

Send in Colonel Sanders

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Anonymous wrote:At least he died doing something he believed in. Not a bad way to go.

How you must admire suicide bombers and 9/11 terrorists.

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Anonymous wrote:Send in the Marines

Send in Colonel Sanders

Send them porn and McDonald's

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The tribesmen are smart. Contact will mean the end of their sovereignty and way of life. Captain Cook died a similar way. It was not taken for granted that they would welcome back in those times, so why do you think that has changed.

Does anyone know who was Captain Cook?

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Anonymous wrote:He wasn't a missionary. He was an Instagram adventurer. Big difference.

+1 I've read many articles and also his Instagram posts. He was definitely a wanna-be instagram celebrity while preaching was just a side gig, in other words it was secondary. He clearly had a very strange and troubling desire for danger since this was not his first brush with death, although it was the last.

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Anonymous wrote:He wasn't a missionary. He was an Instagram adventurer. Big difference.

+1 I've read many articles and also his Instagram posts. He was definitely a wanna-be instagram celebrity while preaching was just a side gig, in other words it was secondary. He clearly had a very strange and troubling desire for danger since this was not his first brush with death, although it was the last.

No, he was a missionary. His last letters were released. He was all about spreading the Word.

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Anonymous wrote:He wasn't a missionary. He was an Instagram adventurer. Big difference.

+1 I've read many articles and also his Instagram posts. He was definitely a wanna-be instagram celebrity while preaching was just a side gig, in other words it was secondary. He clearly had a very strange and troubling desire for danger since this was not his first brush with death, although it was the last.

As if harvesting “unsaved souls” “for Jesus” is not the goal for missionaries and celebrity pop star status Christian believers is not a thing.

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Anonymous wrote:He wasn't a missionary. He was an Instagram adventurer. Big difference.

+1 I've read many articles and also his Instagram posts. He was definitely a wanna-be instagram celebrity while preaching was just a side gig, in other words it was secondary. He clearly had a very strange and troubling desire for danger since this was not his first brush with death, although it was the last.

No, he was a missionary. His last letters were released. He was all about spreading the Word.

The media is purposely focusing on the missionary part instead of discussing mental health in this country. 99% of missionaries did not go to the island, therefore this exception means that this man was mentally troubled. Mental health professionals should be discussing how thrill seeking costs people lives and it is fueled by social media. There are many recorded Instagram deaths (selfies in dangerous locations) but they are not talked about because there is no religion involved. The bigger question is: what is the social media doing to people to compel them to even risk their lives, in order to post "cool" photos on Instagram and Facebook?

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Anonymous wrote:He wasn't a missionary. He was an Instagram adventurer. Big difference.

+1 I've read many articles and also his Instagram posts. He was definitely a wanna-be instagram celebrity while preaching was just a side gig, in other words it was secondary. He clearly had a very strange and troubling desire for danger since this was not his first brush with death, although it was the last.

No, he was a missionary. His last letters were released. He was all about spreading the Word.

+1. Very devout. Went to Oral Roberts University. These posts are so judgmental. Think of his poor parents should they read this thread!