Posted by:
caffiend
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Date: November 22, 2018 12:27AM
It was only a matter of time before somebody posted this to "prove" Christians are stupid. Would this story be posted on RfM if this was a self-appointed "humanitarian" who was trying to bring medical care to this remote tribe?
My take is that he was a Christian the way Timothy "Grizzly Man" Treadwell was an environmental scientist--mainly, in their own minds. And both suffered gruesome deaths because of it. Worth noting is that at least John Chau went alone. Timothy Treadwell brought his girlfriend, who was also killed by grizzlies.
Note that genuine missionaries are screened carefully, trained, funded, and overseen my denominations, boards or institutions. Chau had none of this. He was simply a tourist adventurer with a self-appointed sense of mission.
The UK Independent has better coverage:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/american-tourist-killed-tribe-sentinel-island-john-allen-chau-death-bow-arrow-a8644196.html