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longship

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3. Well, the monks of the various Christian sects fight, too.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2013, 07:12 PM

May 2013

Here is Jesus meek and mild at his best as interpreted by monks at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher discussing the allocation of worship time at the putative site of Jesus' tomb.

Looks more like Kung Foo movie than worship at Christianity's most holy site, eh?

When people make a claim to territory based on religious ideology, this is what inevitably happens. This is how they behave.

Hitchens said it right. Religion poisons everything.

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Well, the monks of the various Christian sects fight, too. longship May 2013 #3