I was browsing through my New Man magazine, courtesy of my dad, and came across an interesting movie advertisement. End of The Spear is a new movie about Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, and three others and their families contact with the Waodani Tribe in Ecuador. In high school, I was a fan of Jim Elliot, having been quite inspired by his memiors, Shadow of the Almighty. Though, I do think their intentions where good, I’ve started to question the way their mission was carried out.
What struck me about this advertisement was this statement:

50 years ago five families dared to make contact with the most violent society on earth.

I’d personally like to see a reference for that fact. I’ll look up the statistics in a minute, but I would suggest violent might properly be measured by “number of people killed” or something similiar. My guess would be the USA is probably the most violent society on earth. I’m mean really, how do you measure something like that? Let’s see what statistics we can pull up on google…

1. Yes, this society has created sick, violent individuals, after all it is the most violent society on earth.
2. Although an unpopular proposition, the assertion that America is the most violent society on earth is true.
3. …one dedicated group’s incredible will and desire to save the most violent society on earth
4. South Africa may be the most violent society on earth that is not at war.