Thus, when many indigenous people accepted both the Christian God and modern medicine at the same time, they distanced themselves from traditional beliefs.
泰雅族人楊明輝認為，過去深入原住民部落傳教的外籍傳教士將傳統泛靈信仰斥為迷信，因此許多原住民走入教會接受上帝與醫療資源的同時，也與傳統信仰漸行漸遠。