They told the people how their religion was wrong and that the only right religion was Christianity (Achebe 144-145). They didn’t bother caring what the Ibo people believed they just wanted to have more converts in their religion to make it more powerful. They had their minds set that the Ibo people’s gods could not be real since they were the more civilized, many even more powerful, people. Some Ibo people did not like the fact that these missionaries were trying to push their religion on them. To show that they still had power, some of the Ibo tribe members decided to burn down many of the Christian’s buildings, due to one of their own who transferred to Christianity committing a serious crime to the natives (Achebe 190-191). They looked to show that they still had power, even these missionaries had come in and preached their beliefs and influenced many Ibo people to switch to Christianity. The people used their power to do wrong against the men by burning down their buildings. Their need to show that they are still powerful possessed them, in a way, to do damage to others’
They told the people how their religion was wrong and that the only right religion was Christianity (Achebe 144-145). They didn’t bother caring what the Ibo people believed they just wanted to have more converts in their religion to make it more powerful. They had their minds set that the Ibo people’s gods could not be real since they were the more civilized, many even more powerful, people. Some Ibo people did not like the fact that these missionaries were trying to push their religion on them. To show that they still had power, some of the Ibo tribe members decided to burn down many of the Christian’s buildings, due to one of their own who transferred to Christianity committing a serious crime to the natives (Achebe 190-191). They looked to show that they still had power, even these missionaries had come in and preached their beliefs and influenced many Ibo people to switch to Christianity. The people used their power to do wrong against the men by burning down their buildings. Their need to show that they are still powerful possessed them, in a way, to do damage to others’