The Rhenish Missionary Society ( is Re: GRGR (15): Good & Evil (was Enzian...)

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M. Perez

> Yes, all missionaries are evil.  This is a fine example of the evil of
> people who claim to be (and are often believed to be) working for
> goodness.  Their main task is to completely subvert (as opposed to
> convert) an indigenous culture.  As cultural carpetbaggers among the
> "ignorant primitives," they lay the ground work for the economic
> carpetbaggers.  The progression goes something like sweets, clothes,
> learning the language of the invaders, christianity, sweatshops. 
> Welcome to siphillization!

I'd agree with you that some, or many, do more harm than good, but
"all"? What about Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta.
"Cultural carpetbaggers" is a pretty harsh call for mine.

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