I think the young Indian man found the missionary in Canada and that may be where he went to translate the Bible into his tongue.
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I enjoyed reading your post, FHN.
I wish that all Christian religions and sects were like how you described above. I too believe that Jesus taught love and mercy and tolerance.
Gently Feral, your post was very enlightening...you make a very good point in your final sentence. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
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Aha! Seek and you shall find. I had found the film I mentioned at my local library, accidently. So I went and searched that branch for a while until I found the film. It's called Beyond the Next Mountain. The Hmar people in Northern India were savage headhunters when this missionary brought the message of love and peace from Christ to them. It's a good movie to watch whether you are Christian or not. It will give you a different side to Christianity and missionaries, etc.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: A dramatic and superbly produced feature film , February 4, 2005
At the close of the 19th century, the occupying forces of the British Empire cited the Hmar people of northeast India as "the worst headhunters". An appellation that was well deserved. But in 1910 a single copy of the New Testament Gospel of John came into the Hmar village and changed the course of history for the Hmar people. Through that one copy of the Gospel of John, Chawnga (the father of Rochnga Pudaite) was introduced to a "new life in Christ" that was to revolutionize his life and the life of his fellow tribesmen as he and some of them "forsook all and followed Christ". Chawnga believed that Rochunga was God's chosen instrument to bring the Scriptures to the entire Hmar tribe in their own language. Beyond The Next Mountain is a full color, 97 minute, DVD production showcasing the story of Rochunga's personal pilgrimage. This true life saga of one man's dedication to a vision and of seeking God's direction for his life was filmed in India, Hawaii, Scotland and America. The DVD format allows viewing in English, Spanish, Korean, or Hindi with or without English subtitles, chapter titles providing easy scene access, and biographical information on Rochunga Pudaite. Also available in a VHS format, Beyond The Next Mountain is a dramatic and superbly produced feature film which is enthusiastically commended to the attention of Christian communities everywhere.By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews -
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Movie Details More On 'Beyond the Next Mountain'
Type: FeaturesRating: NR
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Starring:
Directed by: James F. Collier, Rolf Forsberg
Beyond the Next Mountain
1987-USA-Religious DramaPLOT DESCRIPTION
A veteran supporting cast graces the inspirational Beyond the Next Mountain. The story follows what happens when the Christian gospel of John finds its way to one of the most violent tribes in India and changes its leaders from bellicose warriors to Christ-loving pacifists. One of the converts, Rochunga Pudaite, is so moved and changed inside that he launches the 'Bibles for the World' organization, so that others can hear the gospel as well. Jon Lormer, Edward Ashley and Barry Foster are among the familiar faces in the cast. James F. Collier (Joni), a veteran helmer of Christian cinema, directs. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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PrimateDave
Here is something else that might shed some light on the proliferation of Christianity among conquered peoples. This quote is taken from Chapter 7 of Forgery in Christianity by Joseph Wheless.
UNBORN BABES TO BURN FOREVER
The damnable doctrine of Infant Damnation was one of the most
terrifying and effective impostures of the Church to drive helpless
victims into the fold of Christ. Infamous enough was the earlier
doctrine of exclusive salvation, that the unbaptized adult, the
individual outside Church was the heir to eternal damnation. But
soon the terror was extended to the just-born infant, to even the
fetus in its womb.
St. Augustine affirmed this atrocity with all
his vehemence; all the Fathers without exception dinned it
eternally, -- as yet today. A treatise of the greatest authority,
De Fide, long attributed to Augustine, but now known to be the work
of Bishop St. Fulgentius (CE. vi, 317) thus states the horrid
doctrine: "Be assured, and doubt not, that not only men who have
attained the use of their reason, but also little children who have
begun to live in their mothers' womb and have there died, or who,
having been just born, have passed away from the world without the
sacrament of holy baptism, administered in the name of the Father,
Son and Holy Ghost, must be punished by the eternal torture of
undying fire; for although they have committed no sin by their own
will, they have nevertheless drawn with them the condemnation of
original sin, by their carnal conception and nativity." (sec. 70.)
Lecky, who quotes the passage, thus comment the effects as
witnessed in practice throughout the Middle Ages: "Nothing indeed
can be more curious, nothing more deeply pathetic, than the record
of the many ways by which the terror-stricken mothers attempted to
evade the awful sentence of their Church. Sometimes the baptismal
water was sprinkled upon the womb; sometimes the still-born child
was baptized, in hopes that the Almighty would antedate the
ceremony; sometimes the mother invoked the Holy Spirit to purify by
His immediate power the infant that was to be born; sometimes she
received the Host or obtained absolution, and applied them to the
benefit of her child. For the doctrine of the Church had wrung the
mother's heart with an agony that was too poignant for even that
submissive age to bear." (Rationalism in Europe, i, 362-364.) And
all this on account of an apple eaten four thousand years before
they were born; willed by the Deity who had foreordained their
birth and premature death, before His Holy Church could come at the
Baptismal fees!Dave
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