today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. jerusalem had been the holy city of judaism for more than 1,000 years, a place that the romans had occupied since 63 b.c. at the time the romans killed jesus, around 30 a.d., scholars
east there is hatred from all religions, all sides. everybody has a little bit of blood on their hands. we re talking about 5,000 years of history there are no sacred cows and there are no accusations historically. only what is happening on the ground today. again, the question is not who has blood on their hands in the past. will we put fresh blood on our hands today? it all starts in syria. 175 to 163 b.c. the king of syria. he was the first to try and outlaw judaism. he was angry. he thought people, jews were the reason that people were opposing the policies so he started making all kind of laws. such as outlawing the sabbath and circumcision. it s interesting. when i was reading this last night. because what a coincidence in san francisco this november they re actually volting on banning circumcision.
east there is hatred from all religions, all sides. everybody has a little bit of blood on their hands. we re talking about 5,000 years of history there are no sacred cows and there are no accusations historically. only what is happening on the ground today. again, the question is not who has blood on their hands in the past. will we put fresh blood on our hands today? it all starts in syria. 175 to 163 b.c. the king of syria. he was the first to try and outlaw judaism. he was angry. he thought people, jews were the reason that people were opposing the policies so he started making all kind of laws. such as outlawing the sabbath and circumcision. it s interesting. when i was reading this last night. because what a coincidence in san francisco this november they re actually volting on banning circumcision.
today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. jerusalem had been the holy city of judaism for more than 1,000 years, a place that the romans had occupied since 63 b.c. at the time the romans killed jesus, around 30 a.d., scholars
today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. jerusalem had been the holy city of judaism for more than 1,000 years, a place that the romans had occupied since 63 b.c.