Posted on 12/25/2013 10:30:44 AM PST by DeaconBenjamin
The Turkey-based Santa Claus Peace Council has said it has written a letter to Pope Francis, requesting the return of the bones of Saint Nicholas.
Council Chairman Muammer Karabulut said they were expecting Pope Francis to give a positive response to their request to have a meeting on the bones, which are currently in Bari, Italy.
We have been struggling for the return of the bones since 1995. State institutions have also been involved in this struggle, Karabulut said. So far, we have not reached a conclusion.
Saint Nicholas, a historic Christian saint, died in 343 at the age of 73 in Demre, currently a district of the Mediterranean Turkish province of Antalya. His habit of performing miracles and his reputation of giving secret gifts to the faithful made him a model for Santa Claus.
Or......
Saint Nicholas was the model for Saint Nicholas? Who knew?
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Tell them we'll consider a trade for the Hagia Sophia.
Just sayin'Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man's body into Elisha's tomb. When the body touched Elisha's bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.
Perhaps. But it's more a case of the fact that the Greeks and Orthodox are proud to "claim him."
Hard to say since they will gladly accuse their fellow Christians of “worshiping” something other than God when even a casual examination of the facts would disprove that.
May the Pope respond by asking the Turks for the return of Constantinople and Asia Minor.
Would you seriously? Remains once destroyed are gone forever. Allowing a church to be resanctified can be easily reneged upon.
Our first clue about the dualism is in the Koran, which is actually two books, the Koran of Mecca (early) and the Koran of Medina (later). The insight into the logic of the Koran comes from the large numbers of contradictions in it. On the surface, Islam resolves these contradictions by resorting to abrogation. This means that the verse written later supersedes the earlier verse. But in fact, since the Koran is considered by Muslims to be the perfect word of Allah, both verses are sacred and true. The later verse is better, but the earlier verse cannot be wrong since Allah is perfect. This is the foundation of dualism. Both verses are right. Both sides of the contradiction are true in dualistic logic. The circumstances govern which verse is used.
That can be pretty convenient, if you ask me.
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