The more you know

And then all bishops fall under the Pope, who is not paid regardless of belonging to a religious order or not

Pope Francis is a Jesuit so he never got paid

And obviously, Latin-rite priests can't marry, but Eastern Catholics can

You don't see a lot of those in the west, they're still Catholic and follow the exact same theology but have some different traditions

https://www.christianbook.com/understanding-israeli-conflict-headlines-revised-updated/michael-rydelnik/9780802426239/product-reviews/426230

Is this good?

book I mean

I am interested to read something unbiased about the conflict

but everyone either supports one side or hates both

You'll never find an unbiased anything

It's easier to just do your own research and form your own conclusions

Here is what I can offer. The Nation of Palestine never existed. Before Israel 1948, the land belonged to Britain, conquered in WW1, from the former Ottoman Empire.

You have to decide for yourself what makes a nation legitimate, and can it lose legitimacy? If conquest makes a nation legitimate, then Britain was the rightful ruler and would have authority to give it to whoever they wanted

That would also make the Ottomans the rightful rulers until they were defeated of course

If crimes against humanity forfeits legitimacy, then they would be illegitimate because of genocides against Greeks, Armenians, and Assyrians.

you can look at the history of Israel in relation to the Middle East and draw your own conclusion

Prior to the Muslim conquest, it was a country called the Kingdom of Jerusalem

Prior to the Muslim conquest, it was a country called the Kingdom of Jerusalem

before that it was under Roman rule as Judaea, then Rome merged Judaea and Syria to create Syria Palaestina

where the term "Palestine" originates

before that i am not too knowledgeable on, something about the Maccabees and Greeks

hundreds of years before that, Judea and Samaria

and before that Unified Kingdom of Israel

I dunno why that was sent twice

There was a period of Muslim rule before KoJ, and prior to that, Byzantine rule

Palestinian probably comes from the Philistines

They're not related to the modern Palestinians though. All the Philistines are dead.

as i understand it, Rome named it Palaestina as to spite the Jews, naming their land after their enemies

which sounds like something Rome would do

Yep

lmao

@Deleted User I was talking about the big mega churches.

Preachers who own private jets and mansions.

@Iakovos most or all of them are worthless

The religious leaders you’re referring to are just heretics and apostates. Joel Osteen and his crowd aren’t doing God’s work. They may have at some point, but they definitely aren’t now.

Well anyway

It's all a big mess and nothing is consistent. There's too much contradicting information and, honestly, I don't want to spend my time with it.