I swear, the "holy" land makes everybody batshiat crazy.

AKA the Rope-a-Pope.

Armenians and Greeks in the same room? That must have been as calm and peaceful as a sackful of cats.

/Ave Maria

Religion of peace

Pope George Ringo: Armenians and Greeks in the same room? That must have been as calm and peaceful as a sackful of cats.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. The only way to turn it up a notch would've been to throw some Turks into the mix.

The monks were brawling in an attempt to impress the Wu-Tang Clan.

Oh wow, that headline was so much better than mine!

sentex: Religion of peace

Unless you disagree on which hand was nailed to the cross first. Then its 'bash the heretics head in with a brick' time.

God protect me from your followers.

AH... the wonders of religion... think of the good things that come from organized religion.... im not gunna list any you can just try to think of some

Nailed it!

Reminds me of this for some reason

Did they turn the other cheek or pound it?

See that little ladder there, right under the window? That's on the outside of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where this took place. It's been there since before any one can remember, at least since 1852, because the Greeks and Armenians can't agree on moving it. It's in a no-man's land.

Really, this ridiculous thing is a wonderful metaphor for Christianity itself. Here, at the supposed site of Christ's crucifixion, the holiest place in Christianity, a bunch of squabbling sects have divided it up like 8-year-olds drawing a line across the bedroom they're forced to share. Because of their inability to work together on anything, the building is so neglected that it's in danger of imminent collapse. Oh, and to top it all off, it would have been impossible for any one to have actually been crucified on the rock the main shrine is built over. It's basically a big column five feet tall.

Can't someone please tell them that they hate Turks, not each other?

Now I don't feel pissed that my headline didn't make it.
/nice job

This is the same church that's in danger of collapsing because none of the (seven or nine) sects which occupy various parts of it can agree who's supposed to fix the roof!

People were actually killed when someone tried to move a ladder that's been in place for 150 years!

Churchill2004: See that little ladder there, right under the window? That's on the outside of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where this took place. It's been there since before any one can remember, at least since 1852, because the Greeks and Armenians can't agree on moving it. It's in a no-man's land.

Really, this ridiculous thing is a wonderful metaphor for Christianity itself. Here, at the supposed site of Christ's crucifixion, the holiest place in Christianity, a bunch of squabbling sects have divided it up like 8-year-olds drawing a line across the bedroom they're forced to share. Because of their inability to work together on anything, the building is so neglected that it's in danger of imminent collapse. Oh, and to top it all off, it would have been impossible for any one to have actually been crucified on the rock the main shrine is built over. It's basically a big column five feet tall.

SPLITTERS!

(Thanks for posting that pic, I read about the ladder....)

PacManDreaming: Pope George Ringo: Armenians and Greeks in the same room? That must have been as calm and peaceful as a sackful of cats.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. The only way to turn it up a notch would've been to throw some Turks into the mix.

Gotta watch those Armenians. They've been spoiling for a fight since at least 1915. Actually, everyone over there's been spoiling for a while, because of lack of refrigeration.

You could say "Can't you work it out like good Christians?" and then they'd all jump on you at once and flatten you like a bad sheepskin rug before turning on one another again. Something about deserts and mountains just makes people strange...

My left cross sucks. All I got's a mediocre right jab.

Apparently the same Muslim family has held the key as a compromise between the various Christian churches for 1300 years. That's a long time to hold a grudge. Even the current Arab-Israeli conflict has been going on for less than a century. Amateurs.

TheChemist:
Even the current Arab-Israeli conflict has been going on for less than a century.

Jew'll get over it.

Heh, just noticed that the BBC video widget audio goes to 11.

Video of the fight here (new window).

My favourite is the one in the red cloak.

Sounds like Dan Brown's got a new story!

Nicholas D. Wolfwood is not amused with the cross-related shenanigans.

danduran: Video of the fight here (new window).

My favourite is the one in the red cloak.

With the lights out its less dangerous

I thought the Greek guy in the BBC video was talking about a Fist of the Holy Cross, which made some sense in context. It turns out he was talking about a feast, not a fist.

/Mark Twain had some fun with that stuff 139 years ago

this happens annually

I love my religion

Can't we all just get... what? No? Carry on...

These guys could've used that priest from Hot Fuzz.

Turning the other cheek... into a bloody pulp.

Armenians!

/proud.

Who would Jesus punch?

I have this hypothesis that if Islam/Chrisitanity is true, God lost the war in heaven. Lucifer is now running the show and all their prayers are feeding the hubris of the wrong guy. Meanwhile he's busy mismanaging the whole thing and having a hell of a good time doing it.

/just a thought
//would explain all the crazy
///and the general state of the world

vartian: Armenians!

/proud.

You guys are all freaking crazy.

Pretty damn hot, though.

Churchill2004: See that little ladder there, right under the window? That's on the outside of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where this took place. It's been there since before any one can remember, at least since 1852, because the Greeks and Armenians can't agree on moving it. It's in a no-man's land.



I can be like a thief in the night and just get rid of that problem, no blood involved. Much like the scaffolding to the left in that picture. I'll accept that responsibility.

vartian: Armenians!

/proud.

You said it. If there are no Turks around, I guess the best they can come up with is the Greeks.

PacManDreaming: Pope George Ringo: Armenians and Greeks in the same room? That must have been as calm and peaceful as a sackful of cats.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. The only way to turn it up a notch would've been to throw some Turks into the mix.

Blame the British. Jerusalem was under Ottoman rule for centuries until the Brits decided to expand their empire during WWI.

If you want to be cured of Christianity, just study the history of your wonderful religion.

NotWithoutAsswelts: If you want to be cured of Christianity, just study the history of your wonderful religion.

Because the actions of individuals make ideas wrong. Maybe it isn't "religion is bad". Maybe, just maybe, its "people are assholes,regardless".

This is all just a Turkish conspiracy to get back at those Greeks and Armenians for making "Midnight Express".

"I'm more peaceful!" *whack*

"No! I'm more peaceful!" *pow*

MickCollins: NotWithoutAsswelts: If you want to be cured of Christianity, just study the history of your wonderful religion.

Because the actions of individuals make ideas wrong. Maybe it isn't "religion is bad". Maybe, just maybe, its "people are assholes,regardless".

Same can be said about anything then, like communism, maybe nazism too. You commie pinko loving nazi.

Mouser

Blame the British. Jerusalem was under Ottoman rule for centuries until the Brits decided to expand their empire during WWI.

Yeah! Damn those Limeys for not fixing something that's been going on for decades before they came there! Goddamn imperialist bastards!

Come on, this would have been a perfectly legitimate use of the "Ironic" tag!

"Fights are not uncommon in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre among the representatives of Christian denominations who are responsible for maintaining its different chambers."

Talk about missing the point...

elvisaintdead: AKA the Rope-a-Pope.

I almost choked on my tongue I laughed so hard.

Atheist thread !

/how completely new, edgy and different.

Did somesone get too close to someone else's juniper bushes?

/big nose

danduran: Video of the fight here (new window).

My favourite is the one in the red cloak.

Yeah gotta love it when he jumps from the top ropes lol.

/Who threw the big-ass candlestick? Could have killed someone with that.