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I am not a very good Catholic, so my own visceral response to the IDF attack on the church and the rest of Bethlehem surprises me. I was in favor of the Israelis but now that I see what they are doing I am losing my sympathy and starting to feel sympathy for the other side. Funny how one's opinions change when your own interests are being attacked.

I'm having the same response. I have a Catholic College education but don't go to church. But, when some posters started so violently expressing their hatred of the Palis, I found myself writing "I'm a Christian". Maybe the connection is the teachings of the church are valid and the symbols from the past, such as this church, remind us all that Christianity is not the psycho "priests" and their enablers...it's what we learned about respect for life.

Before this incursion started, that church was in very good shape. Bethlehem attracted tourists because of its preserved historical artifacts. The Palis did ok as protectors of this heritage. God, can't this carnage STOP?

>>Maybe the connection is the teachings of the church are valid<<

I think you're right. I have to keep reminding myself that Jews and Muslims, while both people of the Book, are not Christians.

What would Jesus do? We may not know, but we know what He would NOT do.

This is a time for prayer.