Sometimes, You Got to Leave Stuff Alone

I've been telling people this for years and years. It ain't broke, don't fix it, Leave stuff alone. Leave people alone.

So, this Christian Missionary decided that he would take the " Great Commission " literally and decided to try and convert a group of people who have rejected the rest of the world for the last 30,000 to 60,000 years.

John Chau decided to meet and convert a group of people who live in the Bay of Bengal, on North Sentinel Island.

The tribe shot him full of arrows. 

The people on the island are protected by the Indian government( India's territory) by law. One of the fears being the tribe has no resistance to modern illnesses and even the common cold could kill everyone on the island.

The people on the island are so isolated, they do not even know how to make fire.

I am sure Chau has read about the disciplines of Christ were martyred and even though he wrote he did not want to die, well, he thought he was doing "right."

Sometimes however, you need to leave folks alone. Are you really doing them good by exposing them to the illnesses of the world? And are they really better off wearing clothes( the tribe is nude) and surfing the internet?

And don't give me you got to teach them about Jesus.....I worked in the mission field for a while and to be honest, there are a lot of people who call themselves 'Christian" are acting a whole lot worse than those people on the island who just want to be "left alone." 

I know there is a discussion as to how to retrieve Chau's body.....But you know, it might be best he is just left alone.