@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-square32fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down18
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkMissionaries killed in Haiti by gang are state reps' daughter, son-in-law, nonprofit sayswww.usatoday.com@jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareFlying SquidMlinkfedilinkEnglish27•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-square@Cryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 month agoBecause Haiti is mostly Black and therefore can’t be Christian. It must be full of heathens.
minus-square@Tangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoI guess maybe they were there more for the humanitarian rather than the religious?
minus-square@fuckingkangaroos@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoBecause people in the US aren’t as desperate and likely to believe in some whacky religious stories.
minus-square@barsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 month agoHaiti is about 70% Catholic, 30% protestant (mostly Pentecoastal), and 100% Voodoo. Which, to US missionaries, means 70% heathens and 30% heretics.
minus-squareFlying SquidMlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoSure, but the U.S. is 23% Catholic and 37% non-Christian, which makes 60% heathens. It still seems like starting at home first would be the right move.
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.
I guess maybe they were there more for the humanitarian rather than the religious?
I seriously doubt it.
Because people in the US aren’t as desperate and likely to believe in some whacky religious stories.
Haiti is about 70% Catholic, 30% protestant (mostly Pentecoastal), and 100% Voodoo. Which, to US missionaries, means 70% heathens and 30% heretics.
Sure, but the U.S. is 23% Catholic and 37% non-Christian, which makes 60% heathens. It still seems like starting at home first would be the right move.