I will reword it for night912: Why are you so quick to point out wrongs of Hmong Christians, when there are plenty of Hmong people out there who practice Shamanism, but yet there kids don't speak or write in Hmong, listen to Hmong music, care about Hmong traditions, etc....
But yet, there is a lot of Hmong Christians who can read and write in Hmong....
So quick to point the finger at the Hmong Christians, but yet the Hmong Shamans are also losing the battle of the Hmong Culture as well. 95% of Hmong people who live in France do not speak Hmong anymore nor do they practice Hmong rituals... be it Christians or not... ask a Hmong Fabkis and they will tell you.
Hmong Shamans that live in America, tons of their kids do not practice or even speak Hmong anymore nor do they know the rituals.... I have tons of little cousins who live in St. Paul and do not speak or write Hmong, English only...
How many times have you been to a Shaman Funeral and none of the adolescent know what to say(greet) or even know when to bow down when the Shaman playes the qeej.
And where is the blame on the Hmong Atheist, who even cares less than the Hmong Christians about keeping the Hmong Culture... since they don't even believe in anything, they don't even care about any rituals etc...
So how do kids who have forgotten (or haven't learnt yet) Hmong ways, atheists, etc, somehow absolve you of your wrongs? They are for another discussion. We are at the moment talking specifically about your foreign Christian religion and how it's killing the Hmong ways for now. If you read my post "reply#24" you will see I brought up the issue of some of my cousins and friends who don't think about or value the importance of Hmong cultural preservation, destiny, and future aspirations as a collective group. So yes, I'm aware of it.
I poke at the Christians primarily because they make up a large portion of who goes against us and are relentless in their desire to attack and convert the rest of us. Just take a look at you. Here's you, a guy who believes in Jehova on
mere faith (but won't do the same for the Hmong way however,,, double standards?) because he's been indoctrinated and returns to belittle our way of life, our beliefs.
Indeed the ppl who have forgotten and are just ignorant of Hmong ways are not as bad as Christians. If talked to and taught they will return without much fuss, or at least they won't fight us. They are often apologetic and admit to their oversights thus are salvageable. It's not the same with the Christians. These guys (including you) will fight tooth and nail to keep the foreign religion/culture as part of theirs and at the same time turn their sabres on us. And the proofs are in here and the "faith" section. But that's not even the worst part of it. Even when you don't want them they will keep on coming back trying to convert the rest of your family/ppl; They're like zombie bots. These ppl are just Christians who can speak Hmong and not really Hmong anymore. So yes, they are THE big threat, whether they see this or not.
And no, I don't really consider Christians holding onto Hmong language/writing as preserving our culture. Why? Because now these qualities are just tools for them to perpetuate the foreign Christian religion only. It's just a medium for them to convert more of our ppl. They may in some minor yet perverse way, "preserve parts of our culture (language)" but on the other hand they destroy (like religion and everything ancillary to it) more than what they're saving. The Christian doctrines compell them to do so. Thus they then will ask us to accept and ingrain this mixed hybrid Christian baloney as being part of the Hmong culture.... Are you not shamed at all that some foreign imperial Christian ppl/culture just pissed on your ancestors' beliefs and yet you're going to accept this? If these foreigners can actually prove that their gods are real then sure, that will be fine, but they can't even do so. So why would you accept this nonsense? Have you no pride?
Funny for a guy who names himself "Viking" (one who conquers?) yet doesn't see that he just got Viking'd (one who is conquered). And you've been Viking'd by the White Christians.