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Originally Posted by Cheese
Say what? Over what? Sounds like a pilot for a new TV series.
Seven people were injured on Thursday when Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests came to blows in a dispute over how to clean the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Though shall not use Mr Clean!
For a quarter of an hour bearded and robed priests laid into each other with fists, brooms and iron rods while the photographers who had come to take pictures of the annual cleaning ceremony recorded the whole event.
A dozen unarmed Palestinian policemen were sent to try to separate the priests, but two of them were also injured in the unholy melee.
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Every Year Cheese, it happens every year.
The Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Catholic Church a share the Church of the Nativity. Considering it's importance it is unsurprising that passions and temper flare. Hence the Church's key is given to a Muslim family, the same family for some 400 years, to keep the uneasy peace.
Tell me Cheese. Considering how you feel about religion; If you are so sure of your Atheism/Intellectualism why do you feel you need to keep poking at those stupid myth believers anyways? A little ambivalence maybe? Got to keep poking the ant to reaffirm your superiority?