Operation: Plunder Hell
on It began in Africa (Kenya), 19/Apr/2011 07:00, 34 days ago
Coming from a largely secular world, the religiosity of Kenya can take you aback; people will, on being introduced to you, asked if you have been‘saved’ and downtown Nairobi is a ghost town on Sunday mornings when people are in church.When I went to the YMCA the other day, I spotted this banner for‘Operation: Plunder Hell’ a somewhat more aggressive marketing strategy for the church than you would see back in the UK. The event promised a range of miracles: ’Lame walk, Blind see, Dumb speak, Deaf Hear, Sinners saved, Oppressed delivered and prophetic release of destinies’.That is some miracle list! I would be happy with strained muscles healed, lisps cured, short-sightedness corrected.There is a lot of literal belief in the Bible and in the personification of the devil, so when the banner says‘Operation: Plunder Hell’, they don’t mean it as a euphemism. People will probably be disappointed if there isn’t actual fire and brimstone at the event.It just goes to show that church missonaries were very successful, it makes me wonder why there aren't any missonaries for atheism?Richard Dawkinsdoesn't count. I guess preaching the word of... ...well, nothing is never going to be as attractive as Operation: Plunder Hell.