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Related: About this forum'God, I don't want to die,' U.S. missionary wrote before he was killed by remote tribe on Indian isl
Source: Washington Post
God, I dont want to die, U.S. missionary wrote before he was killed by remote tribe on Indian island
A man from Washington state traveled to India to convert an isolated tribe.
By Joanna Slater and Annie Gowen
November 21 at 10:35 PM
NEW DELHI An American missionary trying to meet and convert one of the most isolated hunter-and-gatherer tribes in the world offered them fish and other small gifts before the tribesmen killed him and buried his body on the beach, journals and emails show.
John Allen Chau, 26, of Vancouver, Wash., an Instagram adventurer who also led missionary trips abroad, traveled to the Andaman Islands an Indian territory in the Bay of Bengal this month to make contact with members of the tiny Sentinelese tribe, police said. The tribe, which has remained isolated for centuries, rejects contact with the wider world and reacts with hostility and violence to attempts at interaction by outsiders. The island is off-limits to visitors under Indian law.
Chaus riveting journal of his last days, shared with The Washington Post by his mother, shows a treacherous journey by dark in a small fishing boat to the area where the small tribe lived in huts. The men about 5 feet 5 inches tall with yellow paste on their faces, Chau wrote reacted angrily as he tried to attempt to speak their language and sing worship songs to them, he wrote.
I hollered, My name is John, I love you and Jesus loves you, he wrote in his journal. One of the juveniles shot at him with an arrow, which pierced his waterproof Bible, he wrote.
You guys might think Im crazy in all this but I think its worthwhile to declare Jesus to these people, he wrote in a last note to his family on Nov. 16, shortly before he left the safety of the fishing boat to meet the tribesmen on the island. God, I dont want to die, he wrote
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A man from Washington state traveled to India to convert an isolated tribe.
By Joanna Slater and Annie Gowen
November 21 at 10:35 PM
NEW DELHI An American missionary trying to meet and convert one of the most isolated hunter-and-gatherer tribes in the world offered them fish and other small gifts before the tribesmen killed him and buried his body on the beach, journals and emails show.
John Allen Chau, 26, of Vancouver, Wash., an Instagram adventurer who also led missionary trips abroad, traveled to the Andaman Islands an Indian territory in the Bay of Bengal this month to make contact with members of the tiny Sentinelese tribe, police said. The tribe, which has remained isolated for centuries, rejects contact with the wider world and reacts with hostility and violence to attempts at interaction by outsiders. The island is off-limits to visitors under Indian law.
Chaus riveting journal of his last days, shared with The Washington Post by his mother, shows a treacherous journey by dark in a small fishing boat to the area where the small tribe lived in huts. The men about 5 feet 5 inches tall with yellow paste on their faces, Chau wrote reacted angrily as he tried to attempt to speak their language and sing worship songs to them, he wrote.
I hollered, My name is John, I love you and Jesus loves you, he wrote in his journal. One of the juveniles shot at him with an arrow, which pierced his waterproof Bible, he wrote.
You guys might think Im crazy in all this but I think its worthwhile to declare Jesus to these people, he wrote in a last note to his family on Nov. 16, shortly before he left the safety of the fishing boat to meet the tribesmen on the island. God, I dont want to die, he wrote
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/21/american-believed-dead-after-encounter-with-remote-indian-tribe-hostile-outsiders/
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'God, I don't want to die,' U.S. missionary wrote before he was killed by remote tribe on Indian isl (Original Post)
Eugene
Nov 2018
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stopbush
(24,396 posts)1. Dying for make believe. What a fool.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)2. Hubris kills
Sorry but this sanctimonious proselytizer died by his own arrogance. He should have known better.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)3. Stupid and brain washed. Sorry he died, but WTF, he brought it on. It was a really dumb thing to do.
Plus, he was doing it for a dumb cause.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)4. Millions of humans have died because of religion
this one deserved it. Guess what? Let's put it this way...it was God's will that you die for your sins.
KPN
(15,645 posts)6. THIS!
NCjack
(10,279 posts)5. Did Chau have children? He might have a chance at winning the Darwin. nt
KPN
(15,645 posts)7. What a misguided purpose, not to mention moron. So sad, but in this case, deserved.
When I hear "worthwhile to declare Jesus to these people", I am reminded of the Christians who have "declared Jesus" and "his love for me" to me followed by their concern that if I don't accept him into my life, I will spend all eternity in hell. That's some real love right there! No wonder they shot arrows at this guy.