WorthyNewsBot Posted December 20, 2019 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.45 Content Count: 44,435 Content Per Day: 7.18 Reputation: 987 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted December 20, 2019 The post Primitive Christian church burned in eastern India, Bibles set ablaze appeared first on Worthy Christian News. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_abc Posted December 20, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 900 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 537 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/06/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted December 20, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, WorthyNewsBot said: The post Primitive Christian church burned in eastern India, Bibles set ablaze appeared first on Worthy Christian News. View the full article I have a small question. Why is the church called primitive in the title? Edited December 20, 2019 by just_abc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appy Posted December 22, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 23 Topic Count: 133 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2,864 Content Per Day: 0.61 Reputation: 2,596 Days Won: 2 Joined: 08/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted December 22, 2019 @just_abc It means that the people in the village adhere to the original teachings and methods of the early church. Has nothing to do with ingenious people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_abc Posted December 22, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 900 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 537 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/06/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted December 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, appy said: @just_abc It means that the people in the village adhere to the original teachings and methods of the early church. Has nothing to do with ingenious people. Thank you very much for explaining Appy.... I appreciate that very much.... But.... I am very sorry Appy... but using such a term for an article about local villagers or indigenous people.. especially without explaining beforehand or in the post / article.. exactly what one means by 'primitive'....I don't think that is always a good thing to do.. Because it can so easily be misunderstood.... Just my personal thoughts. Truly don't mean any offence to you or anyone else.. Thanks. And I am very sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegaman 3.0 Posted December 23, 2019 Group: Graduated to Heaven Followers: 57 Topic Count: 1,546 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 10,320 Content Per Day: 1.41 Reputation: 12,323 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/15/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/05/1951 Share Posted December 23, 2019 On 12/20/2019 at 4:04 AM, just_abc said: I have a small question. Why is the church called primitive in the title? I believe that the term here, is being applied to the church building, the thing that was burned. It is not a reference to the people as primitive, if that is the concern. From an article in Morning Star News (cited in the Worthy news article) come these paragraphs: Quote "Tribal animists in eastern India earlier this month surrounded a church building with axes, threatened to kill Christians within and later burned down the thatched-roof structure, sources said." "They took no one else hostage, but that night they set the mud-and-bamboo structure on fire, the pastor said." "Christians from the Adivasi hamlet reside about one kilometer far from the church site,” Pastor Pradhan said. “But the fire spread faster, and within 10 to 15 minutes the roof made of dry grass shattered, and the bamboos also caught fire." I bolded verbiage in the above for emphasis. There are three references to the structure of the building. I think that is all that was likely meant by "primitive". The buildings are not of a more modern type of construction nor ornate, etc. If I was to ask someone to build me a primitive structure, I would expect them to make me something that would not require high tech tools, nor modern materials. The building in the article, was made from grass, mud and cut sticks. Here then, primitive just means is just very basic, nothing insulting about it, and I do not think any offence should be taken, just because something is described accurately as being very basic. The point of the article, I believe, is to draw attention to how Christians are being persecuted in that part of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_abc Posted December 23, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 900 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 537 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/06/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted December 23, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Omegaman 3.0 said: I believe that the term here, is being applied to the church building, the thing that was burned. It is not a reference to the people as primitive, if that is the concern. Thank you very much for explaining brother. I was wondering what exactly was being meant. So thank you for explaining! The reason I raised the issue is because in some parts of the world.. .. the word 'primitive' can sometimes be considered offensive or negative by some .. especially when used to describe indigenous peoples or local villagers etc.... There is also sometimes a um not good history.. regarding how the term was sometimes/often used in the past against indigenous people or even local villagers in some non-western countries.. for example during colonial times in those countries.. So that term can be controversial.. or misunderstood perhaps.. Anyways just wanted to explain that's all. Thanks again. Edited December 23, 2019 by just_abc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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