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Maybe that was the only clean outfit she had that morning.That green just clashes with the black. Tsk tsk. You'd think she could co-ordinate her clothes to match the Orthodox. Then again maybe I just think it clashes 'cause that green is ugly!![]()
"Being here at the birthplace of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ has been a very special and moving experience," said the top US diplomat, a devout Christian whose father and grandfather were Presbyterian ministers.
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Wearing a light green trouser suit, Rice spent about half an hour inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, visiting its Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Catholic chapels and the exact spot where Christians believe Christ was born.
She prayed and later emerged, saying her visit had been a personal reminder of the power of religion to heal and reconcile those who live in the Holy Land -- where Rice has said it is time for a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
"These great monotheist religions that have inhabited this land together have an opportunity to overcome differences, to put aside grievances, to make the power of religion a power of healing and a power of reconciliation. "What these great holy sites remind us of is that the three great religions indeed share a common vision of peace and a common vision of our humanity. That is what I will ultimately take away from this visit," she said.
She is a great pacifist after allFirst the CEO of USA inc says we 3 "monotheists" worship the "same" God, then 120 or so clerics from the "religion of peace" say we must talk or ..(else?), now we have a "vision of peace." For what, dhimmitude?