Former missionary Daniel Everett recounts his story of losing faith to Amazonian tribe

A very inspiring story of a former missionary who lost his faith after years of living with the Piraha people in the depth of the Amazonian jungles.For more info about him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Everett

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• christianity
• atheism
• logic
• rationalism
• faith
• piraha
• tribe
• amazonas
• bible
• daniel
• everett

[afx777]

Christians have a lot of answer for as they are responsible for eroding traditions and beliefs of many tribal people across the world. We should leave them alone and not interfere them with illogical beliefs, discriminatory dogmas and superstitions...

[Akatam0t0ma]

@Yesica1993:

Wrong, the "name of Jesus Christ" is a disgrace to the human race.

Also, the word "denial" can only be applied when there is evidence. And since there is no evidence for the divinity of the god in which you believe by accident of birth, and not even evidence for existence, the word "denial" does not apply.

[1rebelblood]

@thisutuber Say that to "god" whos love is not quite the same, but then again if you are right, you must do as "he" says, and not do as "he" do. What a load of crap from a loving "god" my friend.

[pinz2022]

@Akatam0t0ma

So then, the Piraha have NO superstitions at all? No gods, demons, animal spirits, genies or afterlife?

That would be most unusual, indeed, downright unique.

Has anyone else researched them? I hate to take just one man's description as... er, "gospel."

[thisutuber]

@thisutuber

I Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient, kind, tolerant...

[99minerkc]

@thisutuber I believe that some people would experience hell on earth even if we all agreed to love and actually did love. Loving doesn't resolve the problem of physical suffering and some suffering can be so bad as to be hell. However, I do believe the world's people would have evolved to a new positive level. One can dream lol

[thisutuber]

@99minerkc Would we be experiencing hell on earth if we all agreed to love?

[99minerkc]

I never said a tribesmen or women could read. It was hypothetical, do you know what that means? Also, you have to be blinded if you believe that, "I so desperately long for and look forward to the day when God-haters and blasphemers like you will be held accountable." Is not an angry, hateful statement because it most definitely is. Jesus called you to "love" but certainly NOT make comments like you did. I know much about christianity and what a "true" christian is and you are NOT one.

[Yesica1993]

@99minerkc Projection, much? There are no angry, hateful, uncaring, insensitive comments here, except for yours toward me.

What's most pathetic is that you can't even comprehend that these tribespeople can't read anything I write, since they are often illiterate in general and certainly in English. Christians go to share the gospel with groups like this to not only tell them of Christ's love, but to help them in practical ways as well, including literacy.

[99minerkc]

@thisutuber Hell on earth? We're ALL experiencing that at the present time. Now if you're implying hell on earth as in "eternal hell" aka being thrown into the "POOL OF FIRE" for ALL eternity, NEVER ENDING SUFFERING for not loving a god that refuses to reveal it'self then what an EVIL DICK this god is. I mean seriously an eternal punishment for a "finite" transgression??!!

[thisutuber]

@99minerkc Ssaaataaan :p

Hell on earth

[99minerkc]

@thisutuber Hmm.... So there's a result to rejecting love? What is the result to simply reject love?