daniel everett and stamp it out

daniel everett is a linguist at ISU and also an ex-wycliffe bible translator who did not convert the pirahã people, but says he was converted by them. it plays out as a really fascinating story of language and culture in which the pirahã would not believe in god because they do not value things which haven't been experienced. everett says that the pirahã lost interest in his stories about god, when they found out that he hadn't met him personally. these ideas of collective thought and representation, as well as the overlooked sophistication of the pirahã society and language exemplify the one dimensionality of western religious thought and the reasons that conversion never really can happen in the way missionaries could want.

his personal website

chicago sun times article about daniel everett

http://www.freethinker.co.uk/2008/11/08/how-an-amazonian-tribe-turned-a-missionary-into-an-atheist/

please do this:
Stamp it out! campaign