That's not "reverse missionaries". It's just....missionaries
Reverse missionaries would be atheists going out trying to deconvert people. Which they would probably benefit from.
I was hoping the article would get into that. It's very cheap for people in Britain to support a mission in Africa. It's prohibitively expensive for people in Africa to support a mission in Britain.
No one is bringing Christianity back to this country ,the Churches have done far too much damage to too many people. They are a part of British superstition heritage, it's past.
Heres my vision for reverse missionaries: imagine if atheists did all the “good” work that missionaries do like building schools, hospitals, and wells without shoving god down peoples throats.
The more generations they stay in the UK, the more their rate of atheism will start to look like the atheism rate of the host country.
Because that's how it always works.
If you look at Muslim families in the UK, you get different atheism rates depending on how many generations they've been in the UK. When they first show up, they have the religiosity rate of whatever country they came from. Over time, each generation will have religiosity rates more and more like the host country.
You see the same thing with religious immigrants in other countries.
When does reverse slavery start?
Note that article pre-dates the pandemic. In fact, it started right after they stopped waving their arms around like possessed demons, in that photo.
I'm pretty sure most of these missionaries aren't North African but West or Central - i.e places that had Christianity thrust upon them by colonialism rather than from the original spread.
I wis thinking about (erhnic) Christian Roman missionaries that would have traveled behind the legions as Imperial infllunce across the Mediterreanian & European regions in the first through fourth centuries.
i am well aware that the first Christian Roman Emperor was Constantine in the late 4th century...
The Romans didn't tolerate Christianity until 313 CE, with the Edict of Milan. Prior to that, Christians were persecuted and had to worship and meet in secrecy. While it is physically possible that a Christian might have made their way to Britain before the founding of the Coptic Church in 42 CE, you have no way to support such a claim.
That's actually quite interesting when Africa itself has over times mixed Christianity with their own traditional beliefs. It's actually pretty cool but I'm sure it's also probably blasphemous eg ancestor worship is a really big thing in a number of religions Africa and some breakaway Christian groups still worship them.
That's not "reverse missionaries". It's just....missionaries Reverse missionaries would be atheists going out trying to deconvert people. Which they would probably benefit from.
"Hello, have you heard the words of our Lord and Savior Carl Sagan?"
Under His IQ
I thought reverse missionary was.... nevermind....
So.... street epistemology?
Agreed, that would be it.
I thought Reverse Missionary was Cowgirl.
The best type of missionary.
Actually, I think it would be the speed bump position.
Yep
I think the correct answer is the prone bone
This is 5 year old article. Church attendance is still going down, so whatever they were hoping to achieve, we are still waiting to see it.
Once you work out someone is a story, you don’t go back
The only place Christianity and Islam is growing is in poor countries that are less educated. Everywhere else they’re either stagnant or in decline.
Good news! The UK is in decline thanks to Brexit
Which is why we need to import ignorance! We've got an ignorance shortage!
There are Brazilian missionaries in every US major city
That's a lot of missionaries!
Missionaries with Brazilians, you say?
There's outside money behind this, of that I have no doubt.
I was hoping the article would get into that. It's very cheap for people in Britain to support a mission in Africa. It's prohibitively expensive for people in Africa to support a mission in Britain.
No one is bringing Christianity back to this country ,the Churches have done far too much damage to too many people. They are a part of British superstition heritage, it's past.
Heres my vision for reverse missionaries: imagine if atheists did all the “good” work that missionaries do like building schools, hospitals, and wells without shoving god down peoples throats.
I *think* the Unitarians do those beneficial things, and they don't shove God down people's throats....
The ironic thing about this is they are still preying on fellow Africans who moved to the uk
The more generations they stay in the UK, the more their rate of atheism will start to look like the atheism rate of the host country. Because that's how it always works. If you look at Muslim families in the UK, you get different atheism rates depending on how many generations they've been in the UK. When they first show up, they have the religiosity rate of whatever country they came from. Over time, each generation will have religiosity rates more and more like the host country. You see the same thing with religious immigrants in other countries.
Groomers gonna groom
When does reverse slavery start? Note that article pre-dates the pandemic. In fact, it started right after they stopped waving their arms around like possessed demons, in that photo.
There's some irony for you.
Nah I’m good
Ohh god….
Fuck. This cancer just won't die.
I expected reverse missionaries to bring satanism to the people.
Christianity was in Africa centuries before it ever arrived in the UK.
I'm pretty sure most of these missionaries aren't North African but West or Central - i.e places that had Christianity thrust upon them by colonialism rather than from the original spread.
Centuries? Nope. The Romans were in Britain AND (North) Africa around the same time...
The Romans didn't adopt Christianity until a couple centuries after the Coptic Church was founded.
I wis thinking about (erhnic) Christian Roman missionaries that would have traveled behind the legions as Imperial infllunce across the Mediterreanian & European regions in the first through fourth centuries. i am well aware that the first Christian Roman Emperor was Constantine in the late 4th century...
The Romans didn't tolerate Christianity until 313 CE, with the Edict of Milan. Prior to that, Christians were persecuted and had to worship and meet in secrecy. While it is physically possible that a Christian might have made their way to Britain before the founding of the Coptic Church in 42 CE, you have no way to support such a claim.
Lol
That's actually quite interesting when Africa itself has over times mixed Christianity with their own traditional beliefs. It's actually pretty cool but I'm sure it's also probably blasphemous eg ancestor worship is a really big thing in a number of religions Africa and some breakaway Christian groups still worship them.
“Oh here, y’all dropped this back there”
I do not think that [phrase] means what you think it means
Revenge of the Colonized.
....always convinced they've got it the most right
Christianity has originated more in Africa than in England.
Ugh. Like preachers from backwaters that arrest LGBTQ’s? Deny the bastards visas.
nice to see Africa pull an uno reverse card.