My Dear Raz,
Perhaps if we get into the mind of a former Triber, we might get some insight into why there is a lack of compassion. Of course the one I will pick, is the one I know the best (or thought I knew, I'm having doubts about that too).
The logic went like this. Those that have never heard the gospel are the top priority, hence the name NEW TRIBES (as opposed to Tribes Already Reached Mission). It has something to do with "The Great Commission" and making sure everyone on this planet has had a chance to hear the gospel and then the faithful can be zoomed up to the Pearly Gates, job well done. Now those that have already heard the gospel, fall into two categories. Those that have accepted and those who have rejected. Alas as you have so correctly observed, there is a Tribe of Unreached "The Casualty Tribe". To my fathers logic, this is a Tribe that is beyond his comprehension, for they have been truly "blessed" by the amazing opportunity they were given and are not even grateful for the experience and worse still, they are complaining unjustifiably about the experience. Therefore his reaction is quite biblical, he shakes the dirt off his shoes as he walks away from them. But he hasn't walked away from them, he's walked all over them and over a lot of other people in his endeavour, for their was little genuine compassion for anyone he encountered, especially those who did not agree with his narrow point of view.
Is he typical of Tribers today? I leave that for the more enlightened to answer, but in my experience he is very typical of his generation of Triber.
As for Bemused, no wiping the dust off my shoes, you wear you're high heels and I'll wear my hiking boots and together we will journey the long, dusty, winding road, meeting fellow members of "The Casualty Tribe" as we go, administering a bit of first aid here, a bit of encouragement there and a compassionate heart.
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