Venezuela to missionaries: "Stay home...!" [UPDATE]

Venezuela's government has temporarily suspended permits for foreign missionaries after a U.S. televangelist said Washington should assassinate President Hugo Chavez.

disallowing the entry of christian missionaires into their country is perhaps the smartest thing venezuela could do... i've witnessed firsthand how christian crusaders have, all in god's name of course, systematically exploited the vulnerabilities of the poorest of the poor, imposed fundamentalist christian principles without regard for how they support or do not support previously existing values and culture, and turned peasants into proselytizers... and that's just the more MAINSTREAM christians...! the mormons and the 7th day adventists [and jehovah's witnesses - see update below] are much worse in terms of manipulative tactics and imposition of rigid beliefs... i hope more countries around the world follow venezuela's example...

('course, let's not forget that the original pattern was established hundreds of years ago by catholic missionaries...)

(thanks again to AMERICAblog, this time to joe...)

[UPDATE]

well, son-of-a-gun... i made this post about 2 1/2 hours ago, ate a late lunch, talked with a friend, walked to the mercado norte for a few things, just got back and was settling down when i hear these male voices on the street outside my door... i peeked through the curtain to see who they were and why they weren't ringing the bell... then i saw the dark suits... they must have been discussing their approach because they finally stopped talking and pushed the bell... i opened the door and, sure enough, out came the jehovah witness literature... no, gracias, i said... they wanted to leave me with the literature but i politely declined... there are 30 million people in argentina and, you can bet, a good number of 'em are answering their doors today to face the same thing... stick to your guns, hugo chavez...

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