tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post481518800209898978..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: In historic move, Saudi Arabia opening a churchByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-75504553424722107032017-11-21T10:06:52.294-06:002017-11-21T10:06:52.294-06:00This needs to be read in the context of SA trying ...This needs to be read in the context of SA trying to foment division and war in Lebanon. The Kingdom continues to export and fund its genocidal Wahhabi ideology throughout the world. In terms of signaling broad policy changes, this should be taken about as seriously as Pyongyang's Russian Orthodox Church. The Jester of Qihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015274629532918121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-88237382965139881462017-11-21T07:43:43.153-06:002017-11-21T07:43:43.153-06:00what christian demonination was this church origin...what christian demonination was this church originally, with syriac, orthodox, maronite. melkite, assyrian options why were the maronites chosen? just drilling down to try to understand the dynamics of the choice. of course this is a major action and oje to be applauded but just trying to understand the methodologyr j klanckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18000371679565046691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-1213027898094259212017-11-19T21:26:59.541-06:002017-11-19T21:26:59.541-06:00Very interesting. I had heard that this new Crown ...Very interesting. I had heard that this new Crown Prince was going to go after the old guard religious authorities but this is pretty major given the nations hostility to the Christian faith. (I remember being in Saudi Arabia and seeing the religious police chase and hit people where not going to the Mosque quick enough, they left us American service members alone)<br /><br />To be a Christian in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a scary proposition. This is a good step in the right direction. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545044592290761591noreply@blogger.com