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THAILAND (100,000 Christians, an estimated 20,000 of them Protestants"). "Lovely, smiling, shapely people in their fascinating, glittering, flowery land." who bend gently before the harsh winds from outside and so seem impervious to them. This lotusland temperament is the chief obstacle to the Gospel. "Couldn't you almost say that Christianity has its hardest time with people who are nicest? . . . The Christian news has a hard time coming as good news to people who are not themselves torn by the rifts in the world, who are not deeply agitated about what may be wrong with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Asia's Protestants | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

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