Notwithstanding the rhetoric used by the author of this opinion piece, he does have a point, in that missionaries (God bless them) who choose to travel to a dangerous part of the world to spread the Gospel must fully accept the consequences of their actions. There ought to be some kind of requirement for missionaries to sign a paper which indemnifies Coalition forces against having to rescue them. Kind of like the old “Mission Impossible” show where the opening communique ends with “Should you or any member of your IM force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.”
“Notwithstanding the rhetoric used by the author of this opinion piece, he does have a point, in that missionaries (God bless them) who choose to travel to a dangerous part of the world to spread the Gospel must fully accept the consequences of their actions. There ought to be some kind of requirement for missionaries to sign a paper which indemnifies Coalition forces against having to rescue them.”
If they were granted a visa then they had official permission to be in the country. Perhaps it would be better to let the taliban cut their heads off though. Just to make a point ya know.
I can’t remember exactly what was on all the papers I signed, but I think I did sign one that is very similar to that. It was certainly something along that lines.
I sort of look at the, let’s call it “reaction,” to go in and rescue these Korean missionaries as part and parcel of the superiority of the brand of biblical Christianity people like Jemian are talking about here. “No greater love hath a man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” I’m not saying that these rescues should be expected or demanded. I think, though, that the influence on the hearts of men and women in the Western world to think to do this kind of thing comes from the proliferation of the Gospel message throughout the centuries.
Contrast this notion with the influence of the Islamic faith, where bombs and death are strapped around the waist and then unleashed in crowded marketplaces.