Along the way up to the churches, we had a chance to stop at a place that gave elephant rides. It was located in a village were 80% of the people had become Christians. That's highly unusual for Thailand which is 95% Buddist. Part of the reason for the high percentage has to do with the Thai culture. If the head of the village does something (like become a Christian) the rest of the people make the decision as well. Decisions are definitely "community" decisions. It's very different from the individualist society that we live in. What do you think? Are there advantages to this kind of community decision making process? Do you we see it in the Bible? I would love to hear from you. Oh, ya- back to the elephants. Our kids loved the rides and as you see in the picture even had the chance to feed them.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Elephant Rides
Along the way up to the churches, we had a chance to stop at a place that gave elephant rides. It was located in a village were 80% of the people had become Christians. That's highly unusual for Thailand which is 95% Buddist. Part of the reason for the high percentage has to do with the Thai culture. If the head of the village does something (like become a Christian) the rest of the people make the decision as well. Decisions are definitely "community" decisions. It's very different from the individualist society that we live in. What do you think? Are there advantages to this kind of community decision making process? Do you we see it in the Bible? I would love to hear from you. Oh, ya- back to the elephants. Our kids loved the rides and as you see in the picture even had the chance to feed them.
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