It’s entirely believable. Almost by definition, missionaries work by hook or crook.

I do not believe that any Missioneries would have asked the Tsunami victims to convert. This is fabricated story created by some Hindu Bastards.

I don’t

Kent: The people explained that when they saw the signs in the forest and the ocean, the elders told them they must head for high ground as the sea and land were going to do battle and that when they returned they would find new boundaries had been set between the land and sea.

The signs the elders probably saw were the untethered animals running to higher ground in response to the torsion waves they were picking up from the tension set up between the plates before they moved which may have been caused in part by the impending Galactic Superwave due at the end of 2012 … if you believe in that sort of thing. 

Hamlet 1:5
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Teri, you are free to believe whatever since the media itself is biased. Haven’t you heard Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunte

I am from India, and I have first hand experience of these attrocities. Conversion is big business here and ironically degrading the heritage of our culture. Add the money mongering politicians who gets a fair share of the aid coming in, they turn a blind eye. You are right about mother theresa, she is a hated figure, and also the convent schools who propogates conversion. It wouldn’t be a surprise if younger generation here turns hostile and take direct action.

It seems to me their mythology served them well in this life,I am of the opinion that this is/was the function of mythology.

Bible (Bi-bell Noun) Survival guide for desert living.  Should not be taken seriously on matters of science (See Also- Torah, Koran)

It seems to me their mythology served them well in this life,I am of the opinion that this is/was the function of mythology.

I agree, kent.  We invent stories to help us navigate our lives- myths, parables, and science are all maps of one sort or another.  Of course, myths were not usually consciously designed to function as memorable ways of passing on useful knowledge- they were considered to be true stories, at least before we learned more about the world.  But function they did, and do.

Unfortunately, many religious people cannot let go of their belief in the literal truth of their myths, even when their absurdity is apparent, and their danger to our world obvious.

An excellent programme in the UK on the aftermath of the Tsunami provided me with some food for thought I would like to share.
Speaking to devestated individuals afterwards a Muslim young man believed it to be Allah’s will that he be tested he lost all his family.
A young Roman catholic girl was told afterwards the people were being punished for their sins(she lost both parents)some consolation to know they were bad?
A young man a Bhuddist believed it was Karma for misdeeds in a past incarnation.
The programme then travels with an anthropologist? to a nearby small island.
He has been studying the people over the past decade.
A “primitive” people who’s world myth is that they live atop a giant tree growing from the ocean depths,he discovered that although the coastline was devastated no lives had been lost.
He found this was not a fluke.The people explained that when they saw the signs in the forest and the ocean, the elders told them they must head for high ground as the sea and land were going to do battle and that when they returned they would find new boundaries had been set between the land and sea.
Lo it was so
It seems to me their mythology served them well in this life,I am of the opinion that this is/was the function of mythology.
I could of course be wrong

regards

You need to study your Christian history then, Teri. You’ll be quite amazed at some of the shit your own belief system is responsible for. The Crusades and Inquisitions mentioned already are just two of the commonly known examples, there’s plenty more you’ve probably not heard about.

Parading your ignorance isn’t helping your cause.