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"Stop liking things that I don't like"
by qsymmachus 10y ago
"Stop liking things that I don't like"
- spraak 10y agoEh, more like "stop forcing people to like the things you like" christianity was undoubtedly coerced upon them
- sp332 10y agoYour second comment is dead-on, not sure why it's getting downvoted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Kiribati https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Kiribati However, Christianity does not really give a reason for them to stay. I suspect it's just an excuse not to face up to the truth. If they stuck to Bahá'í (which was invented in 1844 and introduced to the island in the early 1900's) they would probably have had the same reaction.
- jessaustin 10y agoNo mention of "coercion" at your link.
- sp332 10y agoI admit I don't really understand the timeline given on these pages. But I don't think I misunderstood "deported" and "banished". More detail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith_in_Kiribati#Incidents_related_to_the_first_native_Bah.C3.A1.27.C3.AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith_in_Ki...
- jessaustin 10y agoThe incidents described at that new link are certainly regrettable, however the discussion above seemed to concern the actions of Christian missionaries in the nineteenth century, not random Catholic Kiribatis in the 1950s. It's not as though Bahá'í was a native religion of Kiribati.
- aetherson 10y agoIt might have been coerced on their great grandparents. Everyone living was born into a mostly Christian population. They presumably would react to your assertion that they should go back to selected beliefs of their ancestors much the same way that you would react if someone demanded that you do the same.