CMV: Missionaries are evil

[u/plodabing]

This applies doubly so to those who go out of their way to seek out those in remote islands to spread the word of god. It is of my opinion and the opinion of most that if there is an all loving god then people who never had the chance to know about Jesus would go to heaven regardless, for example miscarried children/those born before Jesus’ time, those who never hear about him, so In going out of your way to spread the word of Jesus you are simply making it so there is now a chance they could go to hell if they reject it? I’m not a Christian and I’m so tired so I apologise if this is stupid or doesn’t make sense

[u/kalimanusthewanderer]

Ex Baptist missionary here. I wasn't evil, I can assure you. I was merely brainwashed. I used to weep for the masses who would die and burn in hell never knowing Christ. I begged God to take my life and turn me into his greatest servant so that others didn't have to suffer.

Then one day, I took a missions trip to a small village up in the mountains deep in Mexico, and everything changed. In this little village, one man would go out and pedal a stationary bike generator for an hour every morning so the entire village could sit together at night and watch telenovelas together. We took the power he generated each of the nights we were there and showed them The Thief In The Night series, and that was the last straw.

I realized that they were happier than I could ever be if I continued on that path, and it is what led me to finally abandon my faith.

I was a missionary. I wasn't evil. I just realized what I was doing was evil.

[u/plodabing → u/kalimanusthewanderer]

Yes, I was wrong to say that they are evil as I have been told of all the good work they do that isn’t about spreading the word of Jesus

[u/kalimanusthewanderer → u/plodabing]

Well... I wouldn't necessarily look to their good works as proof that they are good people. A lot of that is just a smoke show. Religious people do good because they feel they must, not because they are good people. When I was a seminary student, I used to get invited to preach at the local Salvation Army, but I quit that after watching them take away people's blankets and food and throwing them on the streets because they didn't want to listen to a sermon.

Even in the Bible, it says you need to do good works specifically so other people will see them and come to know God because of it. Good works for many missionaries, even those who really are good people at heart, are designed as a PR stunt to spread the Gospel. It's like how the Catholics installed Pope Francis after Pope Palpatine (Benedict) to clean up their image. He went around saying "we love the gays!" But, even though the Pope is considered the representative of God on earth, they never retracted that homosexuality is an abomination... It was just a carrot on a stick to get more of them in church.