From an FB post by someone I know
Really? You think the “Greek Island dwellers” have never heard of Jesus Christ? A country that’s generally listed as 97% Christian?
Evangelicals make me alternate between :dubious: and :smack: .
Why not fly?
Maybe they’re looking for the cast of the Jersey Shore.
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Perhaps only Protestantism (or their particular brand of) is real Christianity. If they don’t make it as far as the Aegean, maybe they could preach to the pagans of Sicily.
No, no, they’re not Christian, they’re Orthodox.
Remember The Mosquito Coast, where an American Protestant preacher sets up a mission in Nicaragua? Same sorta deal.
You’re telling us that someone posted something stupid on FB? No!!!
They’d really make an impression if they walked.
There have got to be a few smart people on FB, but I keep hearing stories like these…
Wasn’t there a man called Paul who tried to do something similar once?
Then they wouldn’t look all devout and stuff.
That didn’t work out too well. He succeeded.
Yeah, I’ve got some Evangelical friends that used to do ‘missions’ to France. I asked them about it once, since as a non-Christian I tend to lump all sects of Christianity together to an extent.
They’re of the notion, it seems, that Catholics/Eastern Orthodox are not truly ‘saved’, and only by embracing some branch of Protestantism (preferably that of the missionaries) have they been saved.
I wonder whether they’re sailing around the west coast of Africa, or the east coast. If the latter, maybe they’ll meet some nice Somalis they can try to convert.
Look the important thing is, are they going through the Straits of Gibralter or the Suez Canal?
I once met a group of young missionaries who were working to bring the message of Jesus to Italy.
“They’ve kind of heard of the guy here, you know,” I told them.
I think the Lord is moving me to bring His gospel to the people of Jamaica, specifically to the people of the Sandals resort.
I dunno. I think I’d make more progress looking for converts in Rio during Carnival. My understanding is it’s a religious festival of some sort so presumably the locals are in a spiritual mood.
Dude, it’s far more comfortable and a lot safer to prosthetize in western nations that are already Christian. And using the cover of “missionary work” is a ludicrously easy way to get people to pay for your extended vacation.
But that’s the Catholic Jesus. He doesn’t count. 