jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMissionaries killed in Haiti by gang are state reps' daughter, son-in-law, nonprofit sayswww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month agoBecause Haiti is mostly Black and therefore can’t be Christian. It must be full of heathens.
minus-squarefuckingkangaroos@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoBecause people in the US aren’t as desperate and likely to believe in some whacky religious stories.
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI guess maybe they were there more for the humanitarian rather than the religious?
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoHaiti is about 70% Catholic, 30% protestant (mostly Pentecoastal), and 100% Voodoo. Which, to US missionaries, means 70% heathens and 30% heretics.
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.
Because people in the US aren’t as desperate and likely to believe in some whacky religious stories.
I guess maybe they were there more for the humanitarian rather than the religious?
I seriously doubt it.
Haiti is about 70% Catholic, 30% protestant (mostly Pentecoastal), and 100% Voodoo. Which, to US missionaries, means 70% heathens and 30% heretics.