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Just remember what you said, his heart is in the right place, and that is all that matters. That might come back and bite you. Unless you get to decide what is the right place. 😀
Any place devoid of love, kindness, compassion, mercy, and gentleness is NOT remotely the "right place."
Any place devoid of love, kindness, compassion, mercy, and gentleness is NOT remotely the "right place."
Oh he had all of that. We don't doubt it. His heart was in the right place. Trouble is, his head wasn't. That's always the trouble. His heart was in the right place, thanks to his religion, and he paid the price. His heart was in exactly right place, but the Sentinalenese feathered him generally, just to be sure.
His heart was indeed in the right place and i do feel for him and his. But if he has become a poster boy for religious stupidity, arrogance and disregard for 'worldly' values like Law or community health or "letting people believe what they like", blame religion as he has to become a propaganda item for irreligion in the religious battle, mainly to stop him being used as a propaganda item for the other side.
Based on the article, it seems as if the language is known.
It seems not. One contact -party took along an Islander from nearby Andaman, but they couldn't understand each other. The language does not appear to be understood.
I don't blame you - the article does make the claim "and studying at a respected linguistic institute in order to learn this previously undocumented language." There was one peaceful contact, on film. You can see the Sentinelanese being quite chummy with the visitors, climbing about in the boats. Probably the words they used were transcribed, if not understood, and maybe, Chau went to see what words were known, though they wouldn't have helped him much. Possibly a greeting. A few basic words; "Boat", "Food", "Money", "Women". Not much more than that.
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You mean the real world where hopeless people are commiting sucide in record numbers? This guy may have been foolish in his actions, but his heart was in the right place and that's what matters.
Seems to me this guy found a loophole in how to kill himself and still get to those golden streets of heaven.
It seems not. One contact -party took along an Islander from nearby Andaman, but they couldn't understand each other. The language does not appear to be understood.
I don't blame you - the article does make the claim "and studying at a respected linguistic institute in order to learn this previously undocumented language." There was one peaceful contact, on film. You can see the Sentinelanese being quite chummy with the visitors, climbing about in the boats. Probably the words they used were transcribed, if not understood, and maybe, Chau went to see what words were known, though they wouldn't have helped him much. Possibly a greeting. A few basic words; "Boat", "Food", "Money", "Women". Not much more than that.
Also they used the nearby island term for coconuts.
Either the language was not know to the outside world or it was wemm known enough for Chau to have learnt it. I thought his diary had stated that on his second encounter he yelled back words he hear from the first and they laughed at him.
Somehow I doubt it, and that he is not now learning Sentinelese and preaching the Good News.
A very foolish mistake made by the this young man, considering the history there. (the last 2 illegal Indian fishermen who strayed onto the shores were killed in 2006)
I was thinking that the missionary got done in because he kept on disobeying God. He made how many attempts to land on that island and got driven away? That was God telling him not to go there. Then finally God said; "For you disobedience, I will let you suffer the consequence!"
The Quran teaches us not to force our will on others? Really? It seems at odds with news reports coming out of some parts of the world. Would you be so kind as to show us where it teaches this?
P.S. I puzzle over why missionaries were so hell bent on spreading "The word". Wasn't it accepted that if someone did not know about the 'word of God' they would not go to hell? So why in heaven's name tell them?
I have seen Evangelical Christians argue that these people (and other uncontacted peoples) should have heard about the Word anyway, and that God would have already revealed Himself to them.
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