Looks like Israel (the Jerusalem Municipality in particular) is going to allow the creation of a center for Christian worship at the Mount of Olives, the site of Christ's ascension to heaven. The center will essentially be a tent open for Christian pilgrims visiting Jerusalem to worship at a location sacred to their faith.
Less appealing are the plans mentioned near the end of the article to open a Christian theme park and center in the region of Galilee. This plan smells an awful lot like the now-defunct Heritage USA theme park and conference center, founded by tele-evangelist (and convicted criminal) Jim Bakker. Not surpisingly, this plan is backed by Bakker's (former?) buddy Pat Robertson.
Something about the Disney-fication of the Christian faith just doesn't sit right with me. However, anyway you look at it, the Israeli government is in position to rake in quite a bit of tourist dough from backing both of these initiatives.
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