12-03-2016, 09:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-03-2016, 09:52 PM by Just Looking.)
http://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/jesu...li=BBqdg4K
The tomb has been sealed in marble since at least 1555 – and possibly centuries longer – to protect it from pilgrims who kept stealing pieces as holy relics.
Negotiations to open the tomb for vital repairs began in 1959 but all decisions must be agreed by a “status quo committee” of the three religious leaders.
The committee often struggles to agree, making any changes or repairs notoriously slow and difficult.
The key to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is kept by a Muslim family who have unlocked the building every morning for the last 500 years.
Fredrik says: “Everything has to be approved by the committee, so even changing a candle takes a long time.
"There is a ladder by the main entrance to the church that hasn’t moved in 240 years and they still haven’t reached a decision. It’s called the immovable
ladder. So the fact we were finally allowed to carry out this work is a triumph of negotiation.”
What really amazes me about this sort of news is that otherwise sensible normal people still follow religion and believe all that they are told by the above
dinosaurs.
The tomb has been sealed in marble since at least 1555 – and possibly centuries longer – to protect it from pilgrims who kept stealing pieces as holy relics.
Negotiations to open the tomb for vital repairs began in 1959 but all decisions must be agreed by a “status quo committee” of the three religious leaders.
The committee often struggles to agree, making any changes or repairs notoriously slow and difficult.
The key to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is kept by a Muslim family who have unlocked the building every morning for the last 500 years.
Fredrik says: “Everything has to be approved by the committee, so even changing a candle takes a long time.
"There is a ladder by the main entrance to the church that hasn’t moved in 240 years and they still haven’t reached a decision. It’s called the immovable
ladder. So the fact we were finally allowed to carry out this work is a triumph of negotiation.”
What really amazes me about this sort of news is that otherwise sensible normal people still follow religion and believe all that they are told by the above
dinosaurs.