Nov 9, 2008

Jesus Would Have Loved This

If you read the bible, like me, you would know that Jesus loved a good brawl. He was especially into bare knuckled brawling at holy sites (Jesus life was portrayed in a modern day telling in the Every Which Was But Loose series starring Clint Eastwood).

Jesus would have loved this.
Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus' tomb.

The clash between Armenian and Greek Orthodox monks broke out in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, revered as the site of Jesus' crucifixion, burial and resurrection.

Kicking ass in the name of The Lord. That is the life, bro.

The brawling began during a procession of Armenian clergymen commemorating the 4th-century discovery of the cross believed to have been used to crucify Jesus.

The Greeks objected to the march without one of their monks present, fearing that otherwise, the procession would subvert their own claim to the Edicule — the ancient structure built on what is believed to be the tomb of Jesus — and give the Armenians a claim to the site.

The Armenians refused, and when they tried to march the Greek Orthodox monks blocked their way, sparking the brawl.

That is why they call if a Fistfull of Jesus.

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