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2007-12-27 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Priests duke it out at Bethlehem birthplace of Jesus

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Posted by Fred 2007-12-27 12:19|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I wonder if the lovely mosaics in the Church of the Nativity were badly damaged by the Paleo thugs who pissed on them in contempt while occupying the sanctuary a while back.

Reason alone why we should have nuked Mecca.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-12-27 12:48|| http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm]">[http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm] 2007-12-27 12:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Rivalry between the six different churches dates back to the aftermath of the crusades and to the great schism between Eastern and Western Christianity in the 11th Century.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-12-27 12:56|| http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm]">[http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm] 2007-12-27 12:56|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if thay got a softball league?

Posted by tu3031 2007-12-27 12:57|| 2007-12-27 12:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Mark Twain wrote about similar behaviour when he visited that part of the world. If I recall correctly, he explained that was why the keeper of the key to the Holy Sepulchre was hereditarily held by the head of a local Muslim family.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2007-12-27 13:12|| 2007-12-27 13:12|| Front Page Top

#5 TW, I was just thinking of that Twain commentary, which is in his book Innocents Abroad . The more things change ...

Posted by mrp 2007-12-27 13:38|| 2007-12-27 13:38|| Front Page Top

#6 IIRC it was Saladin who made the Muslim family the traditional keepers of the key.

Posted by john frum 2007-12-27 16:29|| 2007-12-27 16:29|| Front Page Top

#7 You are right John, IIRC, After the French pulled out of Acre and Fredrick Barbarossa died enroute, and Richard the lion-heart fought bravely against Sallidin(sp), Sallidin as part of the peace treaty Made the family gatekeepers. and I heard that the same family has been in charge ever since.
Time to reinstate the Knights Templar as gaurdians of the temple mount, methinks.

Posted by SCpatriot@work 2007-12-27 16:37|| 2007-12-27 16:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Actually with the various Christian sects duking it out like this (not the first time) Saladin's assignment of the keys to a Muslim family may have been a strategic necessity.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-12-27 21:03|| 2007-12-27 21:03|| Front Page Top

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