Being that I don’t have a dog in this fight, I nevertheless have more respect for those who proselytize in China and the middle east than to get the easy pickings among the Indians in Peru. Remember that the Indians (throughout the Americas) are notorious for mixing religions and/or changing their denomination depending on the latest missionary to show up.
“Remember that the Indians (throughout the Americas) are notorious for mixing religions and/or changing their denomination depending on the latest missionary to show up.”
You are right about this. I read of a Lutheran missionary to Korea in the late 19th century. She wrote about the horror of learning how they had learned that Korean shamans taught of an unknown god who was higher than any other. They taught these pagans that God was this god and watched as the Koreans twisted Christianity together with Shamanism and ended up with demonic half-truths.
It’s a danger in every culture - it’s simply easier to see when it’s in methods and behaviors different from our own culture.