FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-28 days agoLula, send in the tankshexbear.netimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1194arrow-down1imageLula, send in the tankshexbear.netFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGlueBear [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 days agoIran and Saudi Arabia banned missionaries and building churches, it’s the only law I wish western countries would just adopt. The church hasn’t ended its predatory behaviors, it just has better marketing now.
minus-squareShariaLawZ [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 days agochina also doesn’t allow foreign missionaries, only local Chinese people can be missionaries in China
minus-squareGlueBear [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 days agoThis is the best option tbh, if you can’t ban it outright at least prevent outside actors from coming to your country and treating their “mission” like it’s a vacation and opportunity to gawk at the backwards locals who desperately need your help.
Iran and Saudi Arabia banned missionaries and building churches, it’s the only law I wish western countries would just adopt.
The church hasn’t ended its predatory behaviors, it just has better marketing now.
china also doesn’t allow foreign missionaries, only local Chinese people can be missionaries in China
This is the best option tbh, if you can’t ban it outright at least prevent outside actors from coming to your country and treating their “mission” like it’s a vacation and opportunity to gawk at the backwards locals who desperately need your help.