Missionary Killed on Remote Island

[Roy]

Well, that shows what the voters think of proselytizing, if nothing else.

Both sets, Darwin award and Sentinelese voters.

[Cow Poke]

*which he probably wouldn't have bothered with if he believed in the gift of tongues

Perhaps you're using an unnecessarily tight understanding of 'gift of tongues'.

[Cow Poke]

Yes, perhaps he was a bit daft. I guess whatever he thought, he was wrong, and now he's dead.

Your sensitivity and compassion is overwhelming.

[JimL]

Your sensitivity and compassion is overwhelming.

I feel bad for the guy, I just think he was a bit daft. Religious fanaticism has a tendency to do that to people, like the daft belief in "the gift of tongues."

[One Bad Pig]

Both sets, Darwin award and Sentinelese voters.

Well, no - unless you think he managed to communicate with them after all.

[Cow Poke]

I feel bad for the guy, I just think he was a bit daft. Religious fanaticism has a tendency to do that to people, like the daft belief in "the gift of tongues."

I've experienced the gift of tongues - albeit only one occasion - for the purpose for which I believe God intended it. It would have applied, in my opinion, to this situation.

[Roy]

Perhaps you're using an unnecessarily tight understanding of 'gift of tongues'.

I don't recall the Apostles having to speak in e.g. Japanese for the gift of tongues to work.

[Roy]

Well, no - unless you think he managed to communicate with them after all.

I think he successfully communicated the message that he wasn't going to stop intruding.

[seer]

Perhaps you're using an unnecessarily tight understanding of 'gift of tongues'.

Well it could include speaking in a language that you were not familiar with. Like in Acts.

[Cow Poke]

I don't recall the Apostles having to speak in e.g. Japanese for the gift of tongues to work.

Pentecost.

Had any Japanese been present, they would have heard the Gospel in their own language.

(Though I personally don't believe the Apsotles were required to speak in other languages)

[seer]

Well it could include speaking in a language that you were not familiar with. Like in Acts.

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[a] as the Spirit enabled them.5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.

[One Bad Pig]

I think he successfully communicated the message that he wasn't going to stop intruding.

...which is to say, no communication at all. He was sorta stuck there once his assistants dropped him off. Keep straining, you might find something.

[Roy]

Pentecost.

Had any Japanese been present, they would have heard the Gospel in their own language.

(Though I personally don't believe the Apsotles were required to speak in other languages)

Agreed. Therefore Chau was counting on the gift of tongues, he wasn't required to speak in Xhosa.

[JimL]

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[a] as the Spirit enabled them.5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.

Funny how that never happens publicly, except in the biblical fiction.

[Cow Poke]

Agreed. Therefore Chau was counting on the gift of tongues, he wasn't required to speak in Xhosa.

I can't say what he was counting on... haven't seen enough facts to validate that assumption on my part.

It seems reasonable to me, however, that he may have been expecting (or hoping) for the Holy Spirit to intervene in a way that would cause the islanders to understand his intent, if not his message.