From my previous OP, continuing on about this subject : How Would Jesus feel about sectarian clashes at his birthplace ?
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Two sects who worship The Prince of Peace beating each other up about who gets to clean up his church. I guess we should be grateful they don't use suicide bombs.
First, priests are people. No one ever claimed they are saints. They have the emotions, flaws, and tempers of any other group.
That said, the church is an incredible place. It is shared by five or six different sects. Naturally, each sect believes that it has the true meaning of the Bible, and the others are bordering on heratics. Considering the deeply felt differences, the fact that they share the church 99.99999% of the time without squabbles if pretty damn good.
I think it would be a wonderful thing if other groups got along as well as the people who use that church.
Think of the Sunnis and Shiites among our Islamic brothers. A suicide bomb here. A mosque blown up there. 40 death at the other place. 30 somewhere else.
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