What is your opinion on foreign missionaries coming into Japan to convert the local infidels?
When I was living in Japan I got quite irritated by the numbers of brainwashed foreign missionaries operating in Japan. DOn't get me wrong I all for freedom of belief, but on encountering these individuals I found them to be generally young, naive and zombie-like. They were generally American and seemed to epitomise the stereotype that the rest of the world has about Americans ( which is a shame, because I also made some great friends among the American ex-pats). I find the Japanese refreshingly innocent of organsied religion, and feel the people and culture is much better off without it. I couldnt help feeling that these missionaries in the unliekly event they achieved success would ruin the fantastic country that Japan is. I also fear that instead of China becoming like Japan, it may, through the influence of these missionaries, end up crippled by organized religion.
When I was living in Japan I got quite irritated by the numbers of brainwashed foreign missionaries operating in Japan. DOn't get me wrong I all for freedom of belief, but on encountering these individuals I found them to be generally young, naive and zombie-like. They were generally American and seemed to epitomise the stereotype that the rest of the world has about Americans ( which is a shame, because I also made some great friends among the American ex-pats). I find the Japanese refreshingly innocent of organsied religion, and feel the people and culture is much better off without it. I couldnt help feeling that these missionaries in the unliekly event they achieved success would ruin the fantastic country that Japan is. I also fear that instead of China becoming like Japan, it may, through the influence of these missionaries, end up crippled by organized religion.