I read today of the history of Palestine and Israel. I’ve always been somewhat unaware of the sources of todays conflicts in the middle east and with Israel; I only knew that the violence has been almost continuos most of my life.
Given that the sources of most western religious practices take their home there initially, it makes me wonder at the concept of holiness anywhere.
The site was protected, by the way, under a Creative Commons License… that much at least we have settled; and, of course, no one is losing track of the dollars and cents – only the lives.