A church in Sweden will soon start using drones -- three meters wide -- to drop thousands of electronic Bibles over closed areas in the Middle East, the Washington Post website reports today (August 9, 2016).
The apparent logic of the Swedish church Livets Ord -- or "Word of Life" -- is that by using a tactic that simulates the airstrikes that have traumatized a region, they will bring light and love and maybe convert some Muslims to Christianity.
"We start our project in a few weeks and hope to drop thousands of Bibles," the church's website says. The Bibles are pillbox-size and will be dropped from high altitude by a contractor hired by the church.
Faced with scorn from the media, Christian Akerhielm, the church's missions director, has emphasized that the drone campaign adds to their good work in the region, which involves distributing aid at refugee camps.
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