Kenneth C. Zirkel via (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) Wikipedia Commons
Wheaton College is removing a plaque meant to honor two missionaries that were slain in Ecuador while on a mission, the reason? The Plaque was deemed offensive.
Students and faculty demanded the school do something about the plaque, the school elected to assign a task force to investigate the plaque. The plaque was originally gifted to the school by the class of 1949 and read:
“for generations, all strangers were killed by these savage Indians. After many days of patient preparation and devout prayer, the missionaries made the first friendly contact known to history with the Aucas.”
Many took issue with the use of the word “Savage” to describe indigenous people.
NEW: Wheaton College removed a plaque honoring Christian missionaries because it uses the word “savage”.
The missionaries were speared to death, their bodies thrown in a river, while trying to make contact with an indigenous tribe in Ecuador in 1957. https://t.co/GgF2N2yUcC
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) March 17, 2021
The task force than found that it would be best to alter the plaque, but before they can do that they will be removing it.
From The Daily Caller:
Elliot and McCully, along with fellow missionaries Nate Saint, Peter Fleming and Roger Youderian, initially made friendly contact with the Waodani people, formerly known as the Auca, exchanging gifts with them for months. However, shortly after meeting face-to-face with the tribe, the five missionaries were murdered with spears and their bodies thrown into a river.
As of Wednesday, the plaque has been removed from Edman Chapel, The Spectator reported.
So sad that here were missionaries traveling to witness to these tribes and share Christ’s love to them and Elliott lost his life and it was his wife staying and being a witness to these people and they began trusting and loving her and their lives were changed. Why do they take down such truth and love. Why not teach these students and those that enter in about what mission work is about and how sharing God’s love can change us. God’s love is tearing down those walls that we have up when we feel offended. Isn’t it time instead of tearing down plaques and messages to share how if it offended you, in what way, and how and discuss it and appreciate what these missionaries were doing dedicating their lives for love of God? Maybe they then can wake up to the truth. It appears we are trying to destroy the truth to satisfy our sins and evilness we may have.
That’s the TRUTH, get it the hell out of here
The college faculty and American born and raised wokesters took action because they claimed the missionaries had trespassed against the indigenous tribe in Ecuador in 1957.
They said that because the missionaries were all white Christians, they were practicing racism against darker skinned people.
Meanwhile China is laughing at the U.S. claiming the U.S. is weak and can longer negotiate from a position of strength.
The Chinese, Russia, Turkey, France have taken note after just 2 months of the ‘rats in power.
Many will be appalled, others will be alarmed or at least sad,
Increasingly, more Americans are feeling less sympathetic for the woke generation that is getting away with creating this lunacy. They are increasingly enjoying watching foreign adversaries telling democrats they are weak and irrelevant.
As a grad of Wheaton (61) who grew up during the time when these brave missionaries were martyred I was appalled to read today’s report that Wheaton collapsed to cancel culture pressure. .
It appears that cancel culture crowd has won another victory.
This is shameful and I expected more of this once great Christian College.
They need a good dose of Jordon Peterson
Due to political correctness and left diabolical ideologic. this country is becoming a satanic culture.Their goal is to tear down anything that may interfare with their evil believe .For example christian religions.monuments and history.law and common sense or anything that is good for our society. Be aware this is a preview of what is coming(It is written)
Outstanding commentary. Kudos.
I wonder if Wheaton would support removal of all plaques and carvings that honor those who owned most of the slaves prior to 1865. If so, the terms “democrat” and “democratic” would be removed from all public places.
I wonder if American educators are sufficiently intelligent to know that destruction of monuments and symbols magnifies the fame and prestige of the historical events they represent. Perhaps they don’t know this because they never read much history.
Erasing them is much like burning books that contain material they don’t like but leaving those they don’t know about. Destroying monuments that celebrate people they don’t like or uses words they deem offensive eventually will lead to changing city names, street names and even individuals’ names. It’s a product of America’s urban ignorami and rapidly approaching a majority.
What in the hell is wrong with this country? We are on the brink of total collapse. I’m sick of this politically correct crap.
Wheaton has become a secular school. This tribe were savages when they like killed these two missionaries. Years later when Elizabeth Elliott and the wife the other wife went back to live among them and witness to this tribe they were accepted.
The tribe probably mistook them for Jesuits moving in!?!?!
Well, It WAS savage. Or worse. I can’t wait to. see the “alteration.” “not nice” would probably fit in the space.
Unfortunately, and perhaps even by design, we have an enemy from within – We have sunken into a society of Envy, Hate, and constant Resistance at any cost – even the deliberate destruction of the economy fueled by the Mainstream Media.
Social Media Mob is the new tool of Extortion by the Cancel Culture
• Companies are afraid for their reputation, so they give hundreds of millions of dollars to the Marxist BLM cause without knowing where the money goes – ‘peaceful’ demonstrations, riots and lootings are well organized and funded operations
• No major law firm can no longer represent any individual or corporation the Cancel Culture does not agree with, because they and their clients will be targeted in the Social Medial – major intimidation (extortion)
• Individuals are afraid for their safety and jobs
• Feel-Good Limousine Liberals (Hollywood and Media) want to demonstrate that they ‘understand’ and ‘care’, until the Mob shows up in their neighborhood
If it is not too late – It is a high time for adult and fact-based news reporting, as well as civil conversation on Social Medial, if we want to preserve the foundation of this country (USA – the best in the world) was built on.
Let’s remember that any time we judge the past based on today’s (real or manufactured) standards, all of us will fail every time.
Wheaton College has gutless, pathetic, spineless administrators. Shame on them and whoever it was that came up with the thought to dishonor their martyrs. My guess is that those who sacrifice will still do so despite the shocking idiocies of modern day snowflakes.