Monday 5 February 2007

Faith of myself, the Sawi and Don Richardson

Although I have basic knowledge of the concepts of the main religions around the world, I do not completely agree with any of them. My mum is a Christian and she is fully aware that the bible says to spread Christianity, she gives me the freedom of choice which I am very thankful for. I find those people who invite themselves to your house door to give lectures extremely rude and annoying. I plan to live the rest of my life without religion. However this does not mean I am an atheist. If many people say that there is a God whether it is Jesus or Allah, I will accept it but I do not believe in their powers and couldn’t care less of their existence. Because I am a person who does not enjoy being controlled and/or restricted having no preferred faith is the right thing for me. So in conclusion I would say I have faith in myself and people around me. In contrast the Sawi tribe had a quite different faith.
For thousands of years, they were not bothered by interference of modernizing and their culture and habitats were able to be preserved. Although there were a bit of a cultural revolution caused by influences of some stronger tribes, they mostly believed in spirits. However this all changed when Don Richardson dedicated his life for the Sawi and help them get closer to God. Don who was a Christian missionary spent quite a bit of his life studying the Muslim world and then he dedicated 15 years of his life to spread Christianity to the Sawi. For this to happen, Don leaned the language of Sawi, translated the whole bible to Sawi language for them to read. This shows how much faith Don had for Christianity.

1 comment:

African Globe Trotters. said...

Your frankness is app laudable. The Sawi culture needed to change for their survival in this modern world. Mrs.Mc.