Is there anywhere in the world that christianity was exported to peacefully?

Question

Cortez established a pretty poor precedent in the Americas.
The Jesuits were known to be somewhat intolerant.
It seems in most countries, the christian missionaries saw the indegenous peoples as savages to be forced into recieving Jesus into their hearts.
Is there anywhere this wasn't the case?

Meg........I think the druids who were slaughtered might argue the point with you.

gwhiz....just because they were primitive doesn't mean they were savages. Although some were rather nasty, eating people and such.

Paresh....I had a look at your site.........it didn't move me, sorry.

Jesus M....you're ignoring history

Answer 1

Oh, come on. Let's talk about this century and the last. Prior to the 20th ANY changes to ANY country or foreign people wasn't peaceful. That's the way life was. Even now it's hard to change a country---even for what most would consider the better---peacefully.

Answer 2

Evangelism has not been violent for some centuries now. A majority of the world has been reached. There were a lot of conquerors who were not motivated by missionary ideals yet Christianity was brought in as a side effect. I give you British Imperialism.

JoMo

Answer 3

Pitcairn Island.

Answer 4

Modern day Christians are constantly going on mission trips to spread the Word. They go to 3rd world countries, offer food and supplies, help clean the place up, all the while preaching and demonstrating to the world that through God there is hope.

And if you can believe it, not ONE DROP of blood is shed in the process.

Answer 5

I can't think of anywhere ( particularly ireland where the "snakes" were driven out). Blood baths all around as far as history indicates.

Soops, apparently there are reputable (?), peer-reviewed (?), objective (?) sources like cyberwitch that say otherwise.


Um. Meg, dear, that second link you sent was about iceland, not ireland.


In response to those who talk about modern missionaries. When I attended the International Insitute of Human Rights in Starusborge one of the lecturers was an american indian who told stories about being chained to a radioator by the missonaries at her school for saying anything in her naitive language and being beaten for bad behavior. Considering her age, that was probably in the early seventies, that is modern enough for me.

Answer 6

Ireland. England. Iceland.

EDIT:
According to Joanna Hautin-Mayer (a cofounder of Vanaheim Hof, a Heathen magical group, active in the Denver-Boulder Neopagan community, and holder of a master's degree with an emphasis on medieval history from the University of Colorado), "In fact, Ireland seems to have made an easy and virtually bloodless conversion from paganism to Christianity..."
http://www.cyberwitch.com/wychwood/Library/whenIsACeltNotACelt.htm

Answer 7

No meaning question.. This should be supposed to be constructed.- Was Christianity introduced peacefully entire the world?

Reform it or change it to be answered by people of intellect.
jtm

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Ethiopia?

Answer 10

No.

See:
http://one-faith-of-god.org/final_testament/end_of_darkness/evil/evil_0200.htm

If anyone says somewhere like Rwanda- then c'mon who do you think as behind the massacre? Why are so many catholic priests and nuns who were there now in jail for crimes against humanity?

And if anyone says "Ireland" they must be kidding.
The Vatican turned Ireland into a car park- and sold a whole culture to the British- so please give me a break..