It was obvious from watching this
documentary that Jerusalem is a holy place for many reasons. The question I was
asking myself during this video was why? Of course there is the historical
evidence. Jerusalem consists of many old religious statutes. The rock where
Abraham ascended a latter to heaven, the church of the Holy Sepulchre, the
temple Mount, and the Western Wall as well as numerous others is all located in
this city. The thing I was left wondering was - does it matter so much as too
what is actually left standing in Jerusalem or does it more so matter that so
many people there actually believe all these things happened here?
Jerusalem
is a no doubt a holy place; it’s not a typical city. It has no ports; it is not
the center of any type of industry, other then the ‘holiness’ industry. Jerusalem
is very concentrated on religion; there is not much else that it is known for.
I think that the fact that so many people believe it to be a holy place makes
it holy. In my opinion it is the belief that makes things true, not the evidence.
Everything has its own truth, as long as someone believes it to be true.
With this
idea in mind I started thinking about the following ideas and questions.
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What would mean/ feel like for a non- believer
to be immersed in these ideas?
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The reason for the violence could be due to the
fact that they have contradicting beliefs and feel threatened by others strong beliefs.
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Jerusalem is a holy but dangerous place because
it needs to have a balance of believing what you want but also the people need
to be accepting towards others.
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-Claire Shumaker
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