Mission Trips

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Inspired by my last thread (LOL) but have any of you all ever been on a mission trip? Where to and what was it like. I've been thinking about it lately because I really want to put my life to good use .</p>

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<p>Yes, when I was 11 I went along with some adults from our church to Nicaragua. That trip gave me a whole new perspective on faith and wealth.</p>

<p>And as a secondary benefit, I never waste food anymore.</p>

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<p>No. I do useful things with my time.</p>

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<p>^ Wow. There almost nothing more useful than going to a third-world country on mission work. It’s not about the help you give them, it’s about the help they give you.</p>

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If that wasn’t a joke, it sure is that there are people out there with that mindset lol</p>

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<p>I’d honestly rather spend my free time playing CoD.</p>

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<p>^ See? You’d make a perfect “before” for mission trips.</p>

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<p>If I was religious, yes. Since I’m entirely without an opinion and couldn’t care less, no.</p>

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<p>^Way to step up to the plate.</p>

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<p>^^^
Same</p>

<p>I dont want to brainwash 3rd world hoi polloi with religion.</p>

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<p>That is kind of my mentality. Yeah, I know that religion encourages helping others, but that helping others always comes with a catch. People are perfectly fine with being their animistic ways, though I suppose that’s where I split with the religious. </p>

<p>I’d rather do it without being encouraged by some higher being. Our intrinsic goodness as human beings, I suppose.</p>

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<p>@Mosby - i dont think anyone is opposed to helping people, some of us, however, are morally opposed to doing it in the name of religion</p>

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<p>Yeah, I take frequent charity trips. To help people in Haiti, New Orleans, or just down the street to help someone chainsaw a tree that fell on his driveway during a storm. None of it is sanctioned by any religious group.</p>

<p>The concept of mission trips further propagates the myth that morality and charity is a product of religion, and in an agnostic society all hell would break lose.</p>

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<p>Agreed. While my statement was pretty harsh, I do not think religion should be one’s driving force to do good. Those who think spreading Christianity is “helping” people… that’s the joke.</p>