The Gospel according to the Papuans - Clip

With gentle irony, this film records the overlay of Christianity on native beliefs
that occurs in the Huli tribe, one of seven hundred tribes living in Papua New
Guinea. In many areas of the world where Christian missionaries have brought
their message, similar confusions and misconceptions abound.
Recently, two rival groups of missionaries appeared in Papua, one Catholic and
the other Seventh Day Adventists, creating competition for conversions. In past
years, other Christian churches like the Lutherans, Methodists and Apostolics had
tried to convert the tribe, with varying degrees of success. When chief Ghini
agrees to be baptized a Catholic after being bribed with a shirt and tie, a large
proportion of the Hulis follow. But first there were heated debates comparing
their ancient spiritual beliefs with the tenets of Catholicism. One man argues,
« Missionaries only came here to stop our traditions they couldnt show me God
or bring him to me. »
Chief Ghini organizes the sacrificial slaughter of a pig, which is divided up among
the soon-to-be baptized. The film builds to a great baptismal ceremony,
revealing the divisions among the tribe created by competing missionaries.

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[gorrillamosh]

That's how it all starts, you get baptized become a christian, next thing you know all your lands will be robbed from you and the natural resources will be exploited. Trees get cut down, forest wiped out, and these natives will be working in some big shot company that pays them very low wages haleluyah.

[adz09ish]

Keep those arrows sharp you never know what those white devils are up to. Keep your bullshit white supremacy religion to yourself. Go and try to covert your people because most of the world atheist live in western countries. White race do the most wickedness in the world. Don't trust them.

[OperaNotes]

@amazonhippie Could be miscommunication or simply a wrong interpretation. I highly doubt they'd lie to them about how vehicles work. It just seems like a completely stupid way to convert someone and the missionaries are probably smarter then that. Or at least they ought to be. ;)

[OperaNotes]

This is incredible. Obviously, some are a bit confused, perhaps a problem of miscommunication, but this discussion reminds me of discussions about religion in the west (leaving out the airplanes bit, hahahaha!).

I guess the problem with some missionaries is that their point is too convert numbers instead of introducing individuals to another kind of spiritual satisfaction.

[ArnoldKlein]

@kortexsirvasil youtube . com/watch?v=-MUlxI3xcBQ

[kortexsirvasil]

This is one of few really fascinating videos on Youtube. Just think about it - we are watching - on the Internet - people who hadn't heard about the modern world until few years ago. We are witnessing the fall of the last bastions of primitive culture, this is how Christian missionairies would convert pagans hundreds of years ago. This short video shows a world that may be already lost. It reminds us that even now we are living through the end of an era.

[amazonhippie]

It's so sad that Christians would lie to them like that.

[MrMohamed09]

"God made all the airplanes." This is so hilarious. Those poor people are going to be brainwashed that they are sinners and, if they do not reject the satanic Christianity, they would be brainwashed and scared to believe that their brand of God will punish them if they don't give money to the church. What the waste.