Re: Onward Christian Soldiers.
Christianity brought many good things to the people of the developing countries. One Victorian missionary was hacked to death when she tried to prevent a young African girl from bleeding to death after she had been circumsised. In India, many of the hospitals were started by missionaries....who incidentally, would treat people regardless of their religion.
How can we apologise for our ancestors bringing faith to communities?......we cannot change our history......and apologising does nothing constructive.
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The world will not be destroyed by evil people...
It will be destroyed by those who stand by and do Nothing.
(a paraphrase on a quote by Albert Einstein)
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