Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Photographed

I find this absolutely fascinating. This tribe has never been contacted by the civilized world. They are obviously still doing things the way their ancestors have for thousands of years. And now we have pictures of them. They have never before seen a airplane fly over them, (can you imagine?) as shown by their survival instincts kicking in to protect themselves and their families from this UFO, if you will. Their livelihood is threatened by illegal logging in the Amazon. That makes me sad. They have lived there without us bothering them, and they haven't bothered us for how many years? And we are going in there and trampling on everything that they know, the forest that sustains life for them. What right do we have to do that? Now it's not all our faults, because there are rules in place that protect their precious environment, but bad people out there are breaking the rules and doing just that, threatening these beautiful people. They deserve the privacy they've always had. They were doing just fine before we saw them for the first time ever in May of 2008 (and people have been in that region of the world for thousands of years prior to this airplane and camera!).

This site is what the news websites were referencing for the pictures and story of these uncontacted peoples. It says that there are over 500 indians near the Peru-Brazilian border who could see themselves in conflict with loggers, all because of illegal logging.

There are more than one hundred uncontacted tribes worldwide, with more than half living in either Brazil or Peru. All are in grave danger of being forced off their land, killed and decimated by new diseases. Survival has launched an urgent campaign to get their land protected, and a unique film narrated by actress Julie Christie.
Survival’s director Stephen Corry said today, ‘These pictures are further evidence that uncontacted tribes really do exist. The world needs to wake up to this, and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with international law. Otherwise, they will soon be made extinct.’

With over a hundred uncontacted peoples in the world today, we should make it our mission to protect them.

After looking at a wikepedia article on uncontacted peoples, I am even more enthralled. There are many and we only know a little bit about them. It's a mystery and completely captivating.

This really makes me think of that I was always taught as a child at church (I still want to validate this belief with my own studies as an adult)...that Christ's second-coming will happen when everyone on this planet has had the oppertunity to hear the name of Jesus. I think that, if that is in fact truth, that we are getting closer to that moment. What do you think?