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Author Topic:   Fundamentalists (of all stripes) at it again (Re: Textbook Wars: Religion in History)
mark24
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Message 68 of 194 (282035)
01-27-2006 6:02 PM
Reply to: Message 61 by randman
01-27-2006 1:08 AM


Re: multi-culturalism
randman,
For example, as a student I learned of the explorer Livingston, but not of his motivation which was missionary zeal.
I thought Livingston's missionary zeal was common knowledge? ie. He converted no-one, he placed personal emphasis on exploration. He left the missionary work to others. Hardly "missionary zeal".
If I knew that without looking it up, how can you possibly claim conspiracy?
You see what you want to see.
Mark
This message has been edited by mark24, 01-27-2006 06:04 PM

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mark24
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Message 84 of 194 (282108)
01-28-2006 4:03 AM
Reply to: Message 71 by randman
01-28-2006 2:10 AM


Re: multi-culturalism
randman,
How easily you can be made to work for me, what, three cites that contradict your historical conspiracy claim?
In fact, if you google "David Livingstone", almost every site that tells you of his life will tell you of his missionary status.
The point being that there is no conspiracy, as you claim. Like I said, you see what you want to see, but just by typing it randman, doesn't make it true. You poor beleaguered christian rewriter of the truth, you.
But for the record:
quote:
In fact Livingstone was almost totally unsuccessful in his own aims, failing to set up any successful trading missions, or even to convert many Africans permanently to Christianity. However, his travels opened up areas north of the Limpopo for later British missionaries, and by 1887 British mission stations were established in Zambia and southern Malawi.
http://www.sunvil.co.uk/africa/zambia/guidebook/...
In other words, Livingstone was a far, far more successful explorer than missionary.
Mark
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