I understand what this guy is talking about. Christianity holds a different meaning some places outside the US. I've met quite a few Christians in Norway, as pa

I understand what this guy is talking about. Christianity holds a different meaning some places outside the US. I've met quite a few Christians in Norway, as part of going to a Christian private school for three years. A lot of these people have a drive that you don't see so often - a sense of purpose. I'm worried that there may be a correlation/causation issue here, but it's definitely something to investigate. There is a lot of really evil people in the undeveloped parts of Africa, and I'm positive to any idea that can reverse this trend. Nothing the Western world has done so far has worked, and it may even be impossible for us to influence the African continent to become a better place to live. But this story supports anecdotes I have heard from people working as missionaries in Africa. Christianity does good things to the mindsets of the people who live there. One missionary that talked to us had worked for 10 years translating the Bible to some obscure African tongue. One major snag in the process was getting the tribe he lived with to understand the concept of forgiveness. After a few weeks of on-and-off talking to the people, one of them understood - he replied that "yes, we have a way to express not getting revenge for a wrongdoing. But no one would ever do that." Africa stumps me - I just don't understand why so many people there keep doing so many nasty things to one another. It's really un-PC to claim that there is a moral and ethical issue involved, but it's a belief I hold pretty strongly. I'm not saying that Christianity is the only way to fix this, but something is needed.