The scuffles broke out at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Orthodox Palm Sunday.
Brawls are not uncommon at the church, which is uneasily shared by various Christian denominations.
In this case, witnesses say an Armenian priest forcibly ejected a Greek priest from an area near the tomb of Jesus.
They say the attacker felt the Greek priest had spent too long at the tomb.
When police arrived to break up the fight, some were reportedly beaten back by worshippers using palm fronds.
Two Armenians were detained by police, prompting supporters to stage a rally in protest outside the police station.
Rivalry between the six different churches which grudgingly share the Holy Sepulchre dates back to the aftermath of the crusades, and to the great schism between Eastern and Western Christianity in the 11th Century.
Each denomination controls, and jealously guards, its own section of the labyrinthine site.
Source: bbc.co.ukAh religion. I am pretty sure that God loathes most of his (or her) followers. Either that or he find their utter ass-hattery hilarious.
4 comments:
I think the popularity of Professional Wrestling and Christianity should combine in one Super-Pseudo-Religion-Sport. With perhaps a title bout for the position of pontiff? No more pointy hats, replace those with Championship Belts!
"If you wanna worship here, first you have to beat me in a Holy Cage Match! If you wanna be the man you gotta beat the man of the cloth! Woooooo!"
Does that mean that Ric Flair would be the Pope? I could dig it. And Macho Man Randy Savage could be like the Patriarch of a rival denomination--WCW vs. WWF (e.g. Catholics vs. Easter Orthodox). "Snap into to some Jesus, oh yeah!"
Your ideas have some merit... Since most church services are already about as plausible and as staged as a professional wrestling match, you might as well zazz it up a bit by replacing the pews with folding metal chairs, rope off the front of the church, and just throw down.
"Whatcha gonna do, when the almighty Godster has forsaken you!? Oh yeah!1!"
I just have one question - will there be midgets involved? If there is no midget super-pseudo-religion wrestling then I'll have to take my worship elsewhere.
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