Geographically, it is indeed an interesting place on the globe, it is the seat of the so called birth of civilization, the Euphrates, it is the birthplace of 3 major religions, all from an Abrahamic mythos, there is something going on there, for sure, and it is not just the people. I dont understand why a place surrounded by desert was where so much of this started, where so many wars were fought, but I am glad for one thing, I do not live there. There do indeed seem to be places on the planet earth which have histories of war and strife, but nothing as bad as what is called the Holy Land. The images coming from their seem to be similar to those that came from the first and second gulf wars. Whatever is going on, I have a very bad feeling about.
there was an episcopal minister I had the good fortune to meet and have communion with whose ministry was in a tiny Christian church within the disputed territories outside of the Gaza wall. He and his wife really opened my eyes about the truth of what was going on with the expanded settlements, and the goodness of many of the people there, it was an agricultural region for centuries, olive groves, herbs, cut flowers which were bought from as far away (to them) as Europe, France and Spain. The terrorists are gangsters, same as cartels in South America, they yell about religion, but they are mobsters of another sort. For some reason I am very sad and worried about what is going on there. I knew it would happen, it is not a shock, but to bear witness, if you have seen so much of it, it just is so damn sad. Christ have mercy.
Geographically, it is indeed an interesting place on the globe, it is the seat of the so called birth of civilization, the Euphrates, it is the birthplace of 3 major religions, all from an Abrahamic mythos, there is something going on there, for sure, and it is not just the people. I dont understand why a place surrounded by desert was where so much of this started, where so many wars were fought, but I am glad for one thing, I do not live there. There do indeed seem to be places on the planet earth which have histories of war and strife, but nothing as bad as what is called the Holy Land. The images coming from their seem to be similar to those that came from the first and second gulf wars. Whatever is going on, I have a very bad feeling about.
when you meet a good person from there you really know it.
there was an episcopal minister I had the good fortune to meet and have communion with whose ministry was in a tiny Christian church within the disputed territories outside of the Gaza wall. He and his wife really opened my eyes about the truth of what was going on with the expanded settlements, and the goodness of many of the people there, it was an agricultural region for centuries, olive groves, herbs, cut flowers which were bought from as far away (to them) as Europe, France and Spain. The terrorists are gangsters, same as cartels in South America, they yell about religion, but they are mobsters of another sort. For some reason I am very sad and worried about what is going on there. I knew it would happen, it is not a shock, but to bear witness, if you have seen so much of it, it just is so damn sad. Christ have mercy.