tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post1681006965425765274..comments2023-09-04T08:51:16.091-06:00Comments on Hermano Juancito: On the receiving end of missionariesJohn (Juancito) Donaghyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711543214465586727noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post-88075963433319187532013-07-21T19:43:43.853-06:002013-07-21T19:43:43.853-06:00Charles' comment is interesting in that it ref...Charles' comment is interesting in that it reflects exactly the same sort of attitude ( and judgement ) which you found offensive in the young 'Evangelical.' ( I find it pertinent that those who promote others' views above their own sense are more arrogant about them than the original proponents ! )<br />But Missions have always been arrogant - and co-opted. A friend who had been a photojournalist in Cuba in the 60's had me read a biography of Nelson A. Rockefeller which pointed up the Company's covert involvement in JAARS and Wycliffe Bible translators. Today one must look at the Dominionist movement to subvert churches to their agenda ( though a state church already promotes the state's agenda, hm ? )<br />And then there is the Gulf between students of the underlying logic of stories and those 'fundamentalists' who flog literalism and Bible-faith to death. I wonder what their appreciation of the role of the Pharisees in Jesus' death is ?opithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01621946866211400380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30408888.post-48342650680574572932012-06-23T21:29:40.834-06:002012-06-23T21:29:40.834-06:00When I look at aggressive evangelicals like the yo...When I look at aggressive evangelicals like the young man, I remember anecdotal comments that young people in such churches often say they have had a personal experience with Jesus Christ because it's the only way to gain social acceptance (i.e., to get dates). In other words, to gain the things of this world, they trade genuine religious experience for a lie. That is at the very least consistent with unloving behavior by people who claim to have enjoyed the ultimate of transformative experiences. <br /><br />Because I see such people as perishing, they do not offend me.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761044906837521471noreply@blogger.com