Originally posted by: luvly
"And how am I ungrateful? I even thanked you for your efforts 3 posts above? Isn't that enough for you?"
Oh no, no . . . it was more than enough, except it didn't come from you naturally. You always seem to wait for people to ask you or imply that you should have the courtesy to say thanks before you do. One example would be the other member, DaWhim, who endeavoured to help you. It may not have been the most useful help, but it would have been courteous to express gratitude for his endeavour. You did a little better in this thread than in other ones, though.
At the same time, you aren't the only AT member guilty of discourtesy. Many members who seek help here are discourteous. But courtesy is one thing in my blood.
Maybe I'm too demanding if the average member seems to have trouble saying at least "Thanks for your efforts" without being told to say so. It gets on my last nerves when people are discourteous. I generally don't make any efforts to help people who show lack thereof, manners, but sometimes I make exceptions.
The night you made the request for help, I was quite tired and it was so late. Maybe I can find a few more resources for you. It just kind of puzzles me that you're still seeking help. I mean, I suspect you need help because you don't seem to have an idea at all of the subject you chose to write about. For example, to me it doesn't make sense to write about converting tribal people to Christianity today being unjust without touching the background that led to millions of tribal people now Christians in Africa. So if it is bad to convert them now, was it insignificant then when they were all either of no belief system or primarily spiritual in mythology, voodoo and gods? It rather seems to make sense to me to touch the history of Christian influence there by means of colonialism and then connect it to modern day Africa. How much influence did it have in their culture, way of life, etc. How much do the Africans who consider themselves Christian follow traditional rituals grounded upon their original beliefs in voodoo/witchcraft or any other belief systems? For instance, I'm aware that a tribe in Nigeria, in spite of Christian influence and their visits to churches on Sundays, still believe in witchcraft, accuse other members of witchcraft, visit witch doctors to make potions for them etc. You can see the mixture of church and witchcraft in their videos. (Hey, wasn't Michael Jackson accused of going to a witch doctor in Mali to request a curse on Steven Spielberg and some other celebrity guy? LOL! I heard that on a documentary and on the replay of Larry King's interview with LaToya last night. It's only a rumour/allegation.) So if after answering all of these questions, you are still convinced that modern day conversion of tribal people is unjust, then you can make a connection with the two. It also makes sense to do this because the method used by modern day missionaries is not that of power or force. It's rather the friendly approach, and it is the tribal people who make their choices on converting or not. It is done through crusades, not from door to door. There's also the distribution of tracts, but on the road, not in people's houses. In contrast, during colonialism, there was a show of force through empowerment of the foreign government. You know, come to think of it, you haven't even stated who you're referring to as the implied missionaries. Are you referring to Europeans/people of European descent trying to convert the tribal folks of Africa? Or are you referring to fellow Africans that are Christians doing the missionary work?
I wonder if this subject was of your own choosing, or if you had to write about it because it was the only subject you found most interesting in a list of options given by your professor. My advice would be, if you have trouble with it and have not the slightest idea about the influence of Christianity in Africa, then choose another subject that you have basic knowledge about.
Hope that helps!
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