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@kolev @Lkdc in my country individual christians are ok. But foreign christian institutions are trying to convert people whenever possible --- Israel's pluralistic, but they don't respect that.

There's Armenian (branch of the Eastern Orthodoxy), Protestant, and Coptic local churches here (maybe more, idk); but almost every christian branch has a church or two (usually one near the Galilee sea and one in Jerusalem).

Missionaries still exist here, too. They use YouTube ads to feed on people's doubts and fears regarding the war. "שיקרו לעם שלי במשך אלפיים שנה" mf (I genuinely hate that woman, these words are a disgrace to the Hebrew language).

But as I said, individual christians are ok. They're just people. Who are christians. There isn't much to it.

Sidenote, bells are super annoying. Around christian holy sites, every round hour, ding dong ding dong. How dare you tell a Jew when to wake up on a Saturday? /lh

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@laxla @kolev Wow, I can't imagine the audacity of Christian missionaries going to Israel, of all places! That's so weird!

It's good to hear that you're okay with the local Christians who are just living their lives. They sound more pleasant to be around than the missionaries.

I completely agree about the annoyance of church bells. I don't like any noise pollution waking people unnecessarily. Sleep is so important!

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@Lkdc @kolev idk if you're sarcastic, but missionaries fundamentally have no right to exist. It is the purest form of bigotry possible.

They're basically crusaders without kings backing them.

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@laxla @kolev I wasn't being sarcastic. I was genuinely shocked at the idea of Christian missionaries going to a country that is majority Jewish and trying to convert people. That isn't what I'm used to here. The only missionaries that I encounter here are Mormons and J------'s Witnesses (members of two minority Christian sects). I don't know what they do in other places, but in my city they mostly approach other Christians and try to get those Christians to switch from their current churches to the missionaries' church. They are very annoying, but what they do is much less offensive than approaching Jews and telling Jews to become Christians. I was shocked to learn that there are people doing that, and am surprised that the Israeli government gives visas to missionaries to enter the country.

@Lkdc @kolev oh I'm not sure if the government gives them visas. It could be it's completely online.

But yes. It's absolutely ridiculous.

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@Lkdc @kolev but they're trying, that's for sure. I wouldn't be surprised if some people's visas got revoked cause of this.