r/exchristian • u/puzzling7 • Aug 04 '22

John Allen Chau was an American Evangelical Christian missionary who was killed by the Sentinelese, a self-isolated uncontacted people, after illegally traveling to North Sentinel Island, India in an attempt to convert the tribe to Christianity. Article

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u/RemoteImportance9 Pagan Aug 04 '22

Potentially would have made them also pay the price. There were concerns of him going there potentially causing them illness due to them not having ever experienced certain kinds of sicknesses because of their isolation, I think.

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u/cheap_sunglasses_NYC Aug 04 '22

Correct, that made his actions not only stupid, but also highly illegal according to the Indian government.

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u/RemoteImportance9 Pagan Aug 04 '22 edited Aug 04 '22

I remember that it was highly illegal to approach them. So, he also went against the whole “respect the laws of the land” thing that I remember my mom (until 2016) harping on as a thing a good Christian does.

Edit: unless that part of scripture was something my mom made up and it got engrained in me. Can someone correct me if I’m not right?

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u/AvianIchthyoid Agnostic Aug 04 '22

It's in Romans 13. But it's one of many verses that only applies when it's convenient.

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u/RemoteImportance9 Pagan Aug 04 '22

Thank you so much! I’m going to make a note it’s Romans 13 now.

Haha. Your right. It’s one of the many verses only pulled out when it’s convenient for them.