One man's god is another man's spittoon.
Quote:When holy places are spat upon: a cry from a Christian pastor and leader in Jerusalem
While recently guiding a group of 16 peace studies students from the U.S., Canada, Hungary, and the UK through Jerusalem, I was teaching them about the sacredness of this city—a city revered by Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
As we stood near the Church of All Nations, also known as the Church of Gethsemane, a group of young Jewish students walked by with their leaders. To our shock and sorrow, they began spitting in front of the church—an act of contempt simply because it was a Christian place of worship.
As a local Christian and a follower of Jesus, this pierced my heart. Not just for the disrespect shown to a holy site, but for what it reflects: a failure to recognize the dignity of others made in the image of God.
How long will such despicable acts go unchecked and unchallenged? Where are the voices in Israeli society who will denounce this? Where are the educators who will teach their students respect, not hatred?
We, as Christians in this land, will continue to do just that. We will not return hate for hate, or spit for spit. But we will not be silent. We call on religious leaders, educators, and government officials to speak up, to act, and to teach the next generation a better way.
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
