These missionaries I'm referring to are people sent to nations and in addition to being a witness for the christian faith they report what they see in private news letters to the supporting churches and give eyewitness accounts when they return home to give reports to the churches that are supporting them.
There is probably more oversight and checking of missionaries than there are of most reporters.
They aren't "just any idiots". This sounds like your very close to having a "blood libel" against missionries.
You don't have to believe, but I personally put more trust in the face to face accounts and rich background details than the impersonal filtered sound bite reports given by the news media.
Sadly the Jonesboro school shooting of a few years ago highlighted how badly the "professional" news media can slant or distort what they report in the sound bites, video snippets and even in the "In depth" article that make national news and magazines.
I agree most of the moderate muslems aren't actively involved in the slave trade or supporting the terror groups, but I think you would be shocked at how large a majority of even the moderate muslems believe there is nothing wrong with slavery or owning a slave as long as he or she wasn't of the muslem faith.
For many muslems slavery is a valid system of ownership and it meshes nicely with the belief that non-muslems are at best 3ird class humans ranking behind women.
The source of the statement above comes from personal experience and is probably most valid for the Saudi, Iranian and Kawaite citizens.
It's based on a few close Saudi and Kawaiti friends I knew over nearly 8 years and personal experiences with being a study partner to several dozen middle east students (mostly science and engineering majors) over a 5 year period in the late 1980's and early 1990's.
In spite of having been born and raised in Arkansas by parents and grandparents all born in the state I have no southern accent.
Many foreign students struggling with english and the unfamiliar southern accent looked me up to help them with many required engineering classes both within the engineering department or outside requirements such as American History.
The secondary discussions the notes from the history classes generated were very interesting and I remember how surprised I was at the muslem student's view on slavery and what they thought the majority view of others in the homeland were.
Almost by definition most of these students were moderate muslems from moderate families and yet most saw little wrong with slavery or the ownership of a person especialy of non-muslem women.
Before I forget I'm not saying or even trying to imply that the missionary's newletters or reports are constantly mention kidnapping or the slavery issue, but it does come up often enough to make me believe that the muslem faith has a weakness for slavery especially of women.
howard melton
God bless
There is probably more oversight and checking of missionaries than there are of most reporters.
They aren't "just any idiots". This sounds like your very close to having a "blood libel" against missionries.
You don't have to believe, but I personally put more trust in the face to face accounts and rich background details than the impersonal filtered sound bite reports given by the news media.
Sadly the Jonesboro school shooting of a few years ago highlighted how badly the "professional" news media can slant or distort what they report in the sound bites, video snippets and even in the "In depth" article that make national news and magazines.
I agree most of the moderate muslems aren't actively involved in the slave trade or supporting the terror groups, but I think you would be shocked at how large a majority of even the moderate muslems believe there is nothing wrong with slavery or owning a slave as long as he or she wasn't of the muslem faith.
For many muslems slavery is a valid system of ownership and it meshes nicely with the belief that non-muslems are at best 3ird class humans ranking behind women.
The source of the statement above comes from personal experience and is probably most valid for the Saudi, Iranian and Kawaite citizens.
It's based on a few close Saudi and Kawaiti friends I knew over nearly 8 years and personal experiences with being a study partner to several dozen middle east students (mostly science and engineering majors) over a 5 year period in the late 1980's and early 1990's.
In spite of having been born and raised in Arkansas by parents and grandparents all born in the state I have no southern accent.
Many foreign students struggling with english and the unfamiliar southern accent looked me up to help them with many required engineering classes both within the engineering department or outside requirements such as American History.
The secondary discussions the notes from the history classes generated were very interesting and I remember how surprised I was at the muslem student's view on slavery and what they thought the majority view of others in the homeland were.
Almost by definition most of these students were moderate muslems from moderate families and yet most saw little wrong with slavery or the ownership of a person especialy of non-muslem women.
Before I forget I'm not saying or even trying to imply that the missionary's newletters or reports are constantly mention kidnapping or the slavery issue, but it does come up often enough to make me believe that the muslem faith has a weakness for slavery especially of women.
howard melton
God bless