Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Who deserves the holy land?

I think that the Jews deserve the holy land, as I'm sure you realized in class. My three main reasons for this is because the land where Jerusalem stands now would not be holy for anyone if it wasn't for what the Jewish people did to develop it, who the land was holy for first, and who respects the land the most.
My first point is true because Christ wouldn't have been born in Bethlehem if his father wasn't a Jewish man celebrating something in the holy city. If the city was just some city, then the father and the mother wouldn't have been there in the first place. And also Muhammad wouldn't have been in the city of Jerusalem if it wasn't a holy city for the Jews. We was there because he agreed with the Jewish ideals of one god and they were people of the book. So if you really think about, the land wouldn't be holly to anyone if it wasn't holy to the Jews.
Jerusalem became the holy land for the jews around 1000 B.C when they build the temple on Mt. Zion. It was 1000 years later until anyone other group considered the it their holy land. And 1633 years until the muslims considered it holy. Its kinda like a situation i was in back in 4th grade. At recess there was a couple of 4 square courts. Nobody in my friend group ever wanted to play. Then one day the 5th graders started to play on it. Then we started to see how great is was so we wanted to play and eventually had it so the 5th graders were out numbered. Would it be right to then tell the 5th graders that they can play on it because it is funner for us?
My last point is about respect. Obviously the Christians respect the land the least because of the crusades, and how they were fine with bloodshed on the land. And the Muslims were very respectful on the Holy Land by not slaughtering the Christians, but they destroyed a sacred temple of the Jewish people on Mt. Zion. That is just disrespect to the people that build up this sacred city. The Jews have not killed people on that land, they could have destroyed the Mosque but didn't, and they are the most respectful to the land, which then shows me that they respect the land the most and care about it the most.

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