LOL, if they didn’t oppress Christians in the Army, then what is this article reporting has changed?
“”The IDF has ruled that the army has no reason to prevent a soldier preaching Christianity if he is meeting with soldiers in an informal and routine social activity.””
This is a NEW ruling, we should be celebrating, instead you seemed upset with it, until now when you suddenly claimed that it was already the policy, which obviously isn’t true.
This is a great breakthrough for Christian religious freedom in Israel, we should be happy as punch.
I am happy. You misunderstand ( or the article does) the prior situation. No army allows speech that interfere with defense operations. We have to acknowledge that there are some zealous missionary types who may sometimes do this, just as we occasionally see zealous missionary types who interfere with normal civilian workplace functions. These people, bless them, do neither God nor any of us any honor. Fortunately, they are a small minority and most evangelists observe reasonable decorum and do their crusading at appropriate times and places (like, coffee break). The same basic standard will still be maintained in the IDF if only because it has to be thus. And yes, it’s great that the basic free speech principle is affirmed in Israel. May it be similarly reaffirmed — or restored— in the USA !!! Which right now is purging Christian chaplains in the military or trying yo force them to perform or accept anti-Biblical rites like homosexual “marriages” My comments are trying to focus on priorities and not dispute you. I will shut up now. Thanks for consideration Over and out