Christian missionaries have historically found their encounters with indigenous religions to be peaceful, and converts willing and accepting.

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This statement is false. Christian missionaries have a long history of violence, oppression, and forced conversion towards indigenous peoples and their religions. Many indigenous communities were forcibly colonized, enslaved, and their religious practices were suppressed and sometimes even punished by missionaries. The notion that encounters with indigenous religions were peaceful and converts were willing and accepting is a myth perpetuated by Western scholarship and Christianity.

Christian Missionaries Have Historically Found Their Encounters with Indigenous Religions