“Missionary groups are using audio devices in protected territories of the rainforest to attract and evangelise isolated or recently contacted Indigenous people in the Amazon. A joint investigation by the Guardian and Brazilian newspaper O Globo reveals that solar-powered devices reciting biblical messages in Portuguese and Spanish have appeared among members of the Korubo people in the Javari valley, near the Brazil-Peru border”

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      According to the article the devices that were found are usually distributed by In Touch Ministeries, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

      Correction: In Touch Foundation, sort of their HQ is in Atlanta. the Church itself is global.

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    I watched the documentary about the missionary kid who illegally traveled to Sentinel island and was killed by the natives. What was actually more interesting was the documentary also told a parallel story of an older missionary who tried converting one of the uncontacted tribes in South America. He spent so much time there that he learned the language and became friends with them. He ended up becoming a non-believer by the time he left.

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      It does doesn’t it? Almost as if they worship an AI tech God with all those hard to trace gadgets, like solar energy radio transmitters & possibly drones.

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    That is some strong Conquistador energy these guys are vibing off… to be “educated” against your will

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    Well done guys, using solar, keeping the environment in mind

    Fuck this backwards shit. It should have disappeared centuries ago