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So, by definition, you think poor people are too stupid to listen to new ideas and determine which religion is most meaningful to them?  I think it is more likely that they are smart enough to accept charitable aid and continue to believe whatever they want.[/quote]

This. Also, pp’s whole premise is flawed. For almost 30 pages, posters have asked repeatedly for examples of 21st century missionaries “pushing” their religion on anybody—or foisting it or making their aid conditional in any way. Nobody can give examples, because that’s not how missionary aid works today. All we’ve seen are almost 30 pages of middle school-level invective.[/quote]

I'm confused. Which is it?  Modern missionaries don't try to push their religion on anyone, or "you think poor people are too stupid to listen to new ideas and determine which religion is most meaningful to them? You can't have it both ways.  Either you're just rendering aid or your aid comes with making them "listen to new ideas to determine which [u]religion[/u] is most meaningful to them?  [b]Why not just render the aid and leave your religion out if it?[/b]  What's the impulse here to spread the word?  [/quote]

That's what missionary work is all about -- spreading Christianity.  Helping people is important, but secondary.[/quote]

It seems a little disingenuous on your part that you keep ignoring the many posts that have said:
— what you’re asking for is exactly what most missionaries these days do: people come get the medical care and then they leave, and maybe or maybe not they get offered a pamphlet that they can refuse or throw away down the block; and 
— charity and in-person service are key tenets of most faiths and, for many missionaries, this is as, or more, important than winning souls.

I’ve never been on a mission and have no plans to go on one, but all this is obvious from the thread. (Full disclosure: I have however, taught in one of the poorest countries in the hemisphere.)

If you’re not going to read the many earlier posts that said all this, and instead you’re going to keep doubling down on your misconceptions, it’s not worth engaging with you. Especially if you’re the sort of person who thinks people in developing countries lack intelligence and discernment to make their own decisions. We should just leave you on your sofa in your Kate Spade jammies waving your glass of vinho verde around as you fulminate about the stupidity of the third world’s poor. [/quote]

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