Good god. I feel bad for them on two fronts.
- That’s a brutal way to die and at a young age.
- They were so delusioned by religion that they put themselves in danger to spread around ancient mythological texts to random people.
In no way is religion worth the events.
In case anyone was curious about what sort of politician has a daughter who’s a full time missionary, yes he is exactly the cruel and corrupt grifter you’d expect, and a notably half assed one.
He introduced a bill to “regulate sexual content” in libraries, which he claimed was inspired by drag story hour, however drag story hours were not addressed in the bill.
He sponsored a bill to let parents sue schools if they don’t like what their children are learning.
He’s tried to pre-emptively block ranked-choice voting and forcibly de-transition adult prisoners as part of the “Missouri Child and Adolescent Protection Act.”
My favourite is that he tried to pre-emptively block cities from banning pet store animals, at the request of Petland and others, after Petland was linked to bacterial infection outbreaks, puppy-mills and some fairly obvious cruelty. “He further acknowledged that he had not researched existing Missouri law on the matter.” (per wikipedia)
If you’re cruel or rich, Ben Baker’s got your back.
Part of that RCV bill is also aimed at outlawing the current Approval Voting primaries they use in St. Louis. There’s been interest in switching the entire state to approval, and Ben Baker just can’t have that happen.
It was all a part of God’s plan. God works in mysterious ways. Jesus pulled the trigger.
Surprise Side Jesus
We jest, but they really do believe that. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Elliot
I’m sorry but you’ve got to read the room.
A lot of victim blaming in this thread.
I don’t agree with their theological views, and I don’t love that indoctrination is so often tied to humanitarian efforts.
But these are people who were trying to help out children in the middle of the second worst humanitarian crisis in the world right now, and the one that very very few people are giving much attention to as the other dominates news cycles and
most of the Western world has just written off Africa as a whole(oops). (Also, I think this may be the only story about Hati on Lemmy in recent history, in fact).They didn’t ‘deserve’ getting brutally murdered for sticking around and not abandoning the children’s schools and homes they spent the past decades cultivating.
They did a lot more to help people than I ever have, even if a key factor in their doing so was what I might consider delusional thinking.
And so even if I’m not a fan of some aspects of their lives, I respect what they did do, and think it’s a bit fucked up to be making light of their deaths.
Haiti is not in Africa. Also, Biden literally announced a partnership with Kenya this week.
I agree with you overall though.
Goddamn, Americans and maps are a terrible combination.
God’s plan
I guess you don’t have to go all the way to the Indian Ocean to be an idiot missionary that gets yourself killed…
This is exactly the guy I was thinking of when I read the headline!
I respect the work they were trying to do, but like… everyone was saying to GTFO of Haiti nearly a year ago. It’s not worth your life.
I respect the work they were trying to do
Why? They were missionaries. That’s not a good thing. Not saying they should be murdered of course but I think respect is really not what they deserve either.
With how much religion kills, no one who spreads their faith has clean hands.
I don’t respect the work they were doing. Shoving the Bible down people’s throats isn’t a nobel cause.
I don’t, keep your religious beliefs to yourself or fifo
The family should file a civil lawsuit against the church.
