I don't like missionaries any more than you do, but I prefer a tolerant Thailand.

Who could possibly argue with such a well thought out plan?

Dboy wrote:

I say kick out the damn christians and other worthless cults and let the people enjoy their lives in peace. Christianity has NOTHING to offer anyone.

dboy

Especially the Christians that pay for and run PLACES LIKE THIS .   Really, you have excelled yourself with that little gem.

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Asia has plenty of nuns and priests who do a great deal of good work and don't bible bash. The missonaries were dreadful..making people wear clothes etc (!!) but don't blame Christians collectively..not when I'm often compared to Jesus Christ.

If they are two by two, they are most likely Mormon or Jehovah's Wittiness, don't confuse and NGO with religion they are two different things entirely.

Wesley

Wesley wrote:

... don't confuse and NGO with religion they are two different things entirely.

Wesley

Yes, the staff of farang NGOs will likely be driving expensive SUVs and living in luxury accommodation.

Bwana wrote:

Especially the Christians that pay for and run PLACES LIKE THIS .   Really, you have excelled yourself with that little gem.

christians run orphanages so they will have vulnerable people to indoctrinate.  No doubt they already got to you. I'm sure it wasn't difficult.

dboy

Yes, I'm sure those orphans would have a much better future sniffing glue in Sunee Plaza than staying in that horrible orphanage.

Geezer wrote:

Wesley wrote:

... don't confuse and NGO with religion they are two different things entirely.

Wesley

Yes, the staff of farang NGOs will likely be driving expensive SUVs .............

How very fitting. A vulgar vehicle for equally vulgar people.

Soi 10 Tom wrote:

I think that it is more than just a little interesting that Thai Buddhist do almost nothing to help the children of the poor and oppressed in their own country.  I notice that almost all orphanages and other welfare activities for children, the poor, and oppressed in Thailand are conducted by Christians.

It is "more than just a little interesting" that this is what often appears to be the case to farangs who "notice that almost all orphanages and other welfare activities for children, the poor, and oppressed" in places like Pattaya  "are conducted by Christians" and they automatically assume that it is true throughout Thailand. It is not - far from it.

Simply because "Christian" organisations are more vocal and blow their own trumpet more, particularly and understandably amongst the expats, does not mean that Thais and Buddhists are doing "almost nothing" either in Pattaya or elsewhere. If, for example, you take time to look at the actual numbers helped by the most vocal  and best known of these organisations in Pattaya (and how directly selective they are in terms of who they help) you, and others, may have a surprise.

Soi 10 Tom wrote:

It would seem that Thai Buddhist have been taught to not judge others and to not help.

Totally incorrect - to not help would be not to earn merit, thereby not earning the "karma" you refer to. Greed is not "taught" as part of Thai Buddhism, as you say seems to be the case - it is part of secular society, everywhere, and is hardly part of Buddhist or Thai teaching. You also appear a little confused over the concept of "karma", which is a Hindu concept not a Buddhist one.
  

Soi 10 Tom wrote:

Meanwhile Christians have been taught to judge everyone...and then help any way they can, thereby earning their way into Heaven.

They have also been taught, amongst other things, that only Christians can enter "Heaven" (the Kingdom of God) making it their automatic responsibility to try to convert others - something which Thai Buddhism does not try to do - and, more correctly, Christians are taught not to judge others (Matthew 7.1).