Jerusalem
When I was traveling in the mid-east I visited the Dome of the Rock in the old city of Jerusalem.
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The current building houses a religious site which is considered sacred to several religions. (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת, Har haBáyit) known as Mount Moriah and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary (Arabic: الحرم القدسي الشريف, al-haram al-qudsī ash-sharīf) There have been religious buildings on this site for at least 2,000 years. Ownership of this location has transferred between the various sects many times. Supposedly the muslim prophet Mohamed ascended to heaven riding his horse from this site.
This bickering between the Muslims, Christians, and Jews over the ancient city of Jerusalem and its various holy sites is all so silly and absurd. Especially so when it changes from just ugly words to bombings and death.
I used to think that the United Nations should own Jerusalem so that they could guarantee equal access to people of any religious faith including those who do not have faith in any religion. But over the last 40 years it has gradually become apparent to me that the UN is no longer neutral. The UN has shown clear biases to one side or the other on many occasions.
Jerusalem has caused so much grief over the millennia that it now is almost purely evil. Any hint of the claimed positive aspects of organized religions is now long gone. Maybe the best idea would be simply to completely bulldoze the site. A few old commercial airliners could be crashed into the site when flown by remote control.
Like in New York City, a multi-cultural monument could be erected commemorating all the evil, death, and destruction which has been caused over the years by the ignorance and dogmatic faith of the various organized religions.
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