#mission work

[victusinveritas]

Introducing the good citizens of Provo to fisting and various forms of oral sodomy.

[exvangelical]

i think something very important to acknowledge about the intersection of evangelical christianity and neocolonialism is the fact that evangelical christianity, even more progressive forms, allow for little room for keeping of cultural tradition. yeah, they might not make an indigenous person cut their hair if that’s culturally important to them, but they’ll have to give up nearly all of their spiritual traditions in order to align with christianity’s all-or-nothing mentality. because most sects of christianity think that christianity is the only way to get to the afterlife where you’re not slow roasted at 365 degrees for all eternity, it is not a question of “how can we adapt these principles to the life we’re already living,” it’s “take these principles or else our loving god will abandon you.” it’s all about dominating the evil, “worldly” culture that honestly probably predates their own religion.

it’s the same reason that most mission work focuses solely on evangelism and foreigners coming in and doing things for those in other countries, as opposed to supporting the people who are already there financially so the locals can actually build their own infrastructure and become self sufficient: they don’t get the ego (or afterlife) boost from it. they don’t care about the wellbeing of those people once they leave, they just care about crowns in heaven and conversion. because that culture never had any value to them to begin with beyond the photo op, because their white bread version of christianity was always the peak of perfection and what every human being should be doing. every aspect of evangelical mission culture is built on the white (or western/united states) savior complex.

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[picturesponiesandpronouns]

Do good. Be better for yourself. Live happier.

[inspired-gal]

Weather

In present-day America, I believe that the biggest persecutor of the church is the weather. We can very easily go anywhere and everywhere telling people the good news, despite feigned oppression from the government, atheists, and other anti-Christian subgroups… As long as it’s a nice day!... As long as there’s no chance the weather will “hinder” us from going forth.

American Christians have let things like snow and rain keep us from sharing the truth because we do not want our hair or our outfits to be “ruined”. Sure, each of us would and most likely have said that if God sends us overseas to third-world countries, that we will stand up and face whatever persecution comes our way; that we will die for our faith. But at home, if one thing is out of line in the atmosphere, we completely bug out and decide that it’s too risky to try and get out in those conditions. We sincerely believe that traveling in bad weather is absolute insanity.

Think about this, we will go and die for our faith in a different country, no matter the terrain, but at the same time in our own country, we crumble if it is not the right temperature outside. Poor us.

We’ll let people die because we don’t want to get our shoes wet.

[conquerorsthroughchrist]

So I wrote a thing

It's not a poem, but it's not not-a-poem either?? Idk If you could read it & give me your opinions that'd be great! Title (tbc): city of contradictions/ Kolkata This city of contradictions; With its familiar peculiarity And its peculiar familiarity. My home 5000 miles from home. This city of contradictions; Never has the phrase 'ordered chaos' made more sense than watching the random choreography of these streets. These streets which dance with vibrant dullness. The gentle yet violent hum of shouts, bangs and beeps. Blinding colours dusted with a layer of grey. This city of contradictions; Never has nonsense made more sense. The energising exhaustion Of life and death and life In all its fullness and its emptiness. Hopeful in its hopelessness And helpful in its helplessness. Devastating poverty And all the more devastating wealth. This city of contradictions; The abnormality of complete normality. This family of complete strangers, I'm welcomed as an outsider. Constantly on edge, yet so at ease In this dangerous safety This city of contradictions; I'm brought to tears and I leap for joy. You are dirty, loud and confusing, Beautiful, mad and horrific, With your terrible endings and amazing fresh starts. You, city of contradictions, You have captured my heart

[exvangelical]

too lazy to scroll back but friendly reminder that mission work is neocolonialism and if xtians actually cared about making the world a better place they would use that time and money either supporting local orgs where they would have gone or in their own communities. also nobody asked for your religion, becky.

[justanotheremoteen]

so, last summer I took a trip to the Dominican Republic with my youth group and it was such an amazing experience. We were helping with a summer camp for girls that come from poorer households in the area we were in and it was so fun to just get to hang out with them and make friends despite the language barrier. I remember having to push five girls on swings at once as they all shouted for me to push them harder, in Spanish ofc. When the older girls came, it was amazing to see them trying to teach us Spanish and learn English at the same time. I remember one of the girls coming up to me and saying in clear English "Hi, how are you?" And it was so cool to see how proud she was, and I was proud too. It was just such an eye opening experience and I think its important we do things like that in life