Having been an ex-tour guide for a western company I had the pleasure (and pain) of summiting Mt Sinai (starting at 4am) and walking down the back stairs to the Monastery every two weeks for a year and as i understand it, protection to the site was also agreed upon by many the factions of WWI/II.. to be unmolested by any force!
A gorgeous monastery with exquisite Byzantine art work and of course 'the burning bush'.
This is the last thing Jesus would have wanted. Buildings, places, things… these are not where god resides. Protect the books the monastery has if you like, but the monastery itself is honestly inconsequential. Faith alone is the true shibboleth.
It seems a tale of what we now call Cultural Appropriation and the statement of Christianity's triumph over Judaism. That being said, it's a miracle it is still functioning and everyone ought to leave it alone.
Well, I wouldn't go that far since I'm not a theologist, but christianity was created with the New and Old Testament. In any case, Abrahamic religions are indeed characterized by sycretism. Let's just hope the monastery can keep operating as it had for more than a millennia.
Having been an ex-tour guide for a western company I had the pleasure (and pain) of summiting Mt Sinai (starting at 4am) and walking down the back stairs to the Monastery every two weeks for a year and as i understand it, protection to the site was also agreed upon by many the factions of WWI/II.. to be unmolested by any force!
A gorgeous monastery with exquisite Byzantine art work and of course 'the burning bush'.
I hope this gets settled correctly.
I hope so too! Visiting the monastery and the Holy Summit is certainly on the top of my bucket list. Thank you for your comment!
This is the last thing Jesus would have wanted. Buildings, places, things… these are not where god resides. Protect the books the monastery has if you like, but the monastery itself is honestly inconsequential. Faith alone is the true shibboleth.
It seems a tale of what we now call Cultural Appropriation and the statement of Christianity's triumph over Judaism. That being said, it's a miracle it is still functioning and everyone ought to leave it alone.
Well, I wouldn't go that far since I'm not a theologist, but christianity was created with the New and Old Testament. In any case, Abrahamic religions are indeed characterized by sycretism. Let's just hope the monastery can keep operating as it had for more than a millennia.