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You do realize that what you're talking about ties heavily into colonialism which also ties heavily into the erasing of indigenous cultures. Do you also realize that the whole reason there is Christianity in a lot of these places is because of colonialism and Christians forcing the "poor brown folk" to be Christian.

"Spreading the Word of God" is not always as innocent as it sounds and can even at it's most innocent be very disrespectful to people of different faiths. OP has every right to be hesitant about someone who makes it their life mission to spread Christianity. Christianity has a violent and horrible past and present, I don't understand why Christians act like those outside the faith are the bad guy when they're scared.

This. This right here. These words that you said. Yes.

This, oh so fucking much.

I really don't think simply having a message for those who wish to hear it is anything like missionary work during imperialism. However, based on various things the OP said I get the impression his or her "friend" was doing more than simply talking about God to anyone who was interested, and was quite patronizingly proud of it.

I agree with your first statement, at least somewhat, part of the reason I brought up what I did is because missionary work often gets whitewashed and part of that is erasing the history of it, and it bothers me when conversations go down that road.

Corruption in the church still exists, and that still includes missionary work.

I find it interesting that you think it's about three hundred years ago, no one in Africa speaks English, and that the Africans aren't capable of looking out for their own interests - it's not like they regularly sign natural resource agreements with China, compete in the Olympics, allow or disallow churches/mosques/temples in their communities, or saying "No, thanks" on a personal basis.

Oh wait, they do that every day.

There are certainly legacies from colonialism, but the inability to say "No, thanks" to the government of France, much less a small group of U.S. missionaries who show up to build infrastructure for free isn't one of them.

(And way to lump all Christians together and make wildly inaccurate statements about them.)

lol, you beat me to it.

Not to mention THE METRIC SHITTON OF CHURCHES IN AFRICA BUILT AND STAFFED BY ACTUAL AFRICANS

Or the Christian communities that have existed in Africa since the first century of the common era.

(Okay, not in sub-Saharan Africa, but OP and defenders are the ones in this thread who are talking about Africa as if it were one big homogeneous country.)

THIS.

This person is just being embarrassing right now honestly.

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