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Pat Robertson To Build Biblical Theme Park In Israel

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Posted on Jan 4, 2006

The Israeli government is planning to give up a large slice of land to American Christian evangelicals to build a biblical theme park by the Sea of Galilee where Jesus is said to have walked on water and fed 5,000 with five loaves and two fish.

A consortium of Christian groups, led by the television evangelist Pat Robertson, is in negotiation with the Israeli ministry of tourism and a deal is expected in the coming months. The project is expected to bring up to 1 million extra tourists a year but an undeclared benefit will be the cementing of a political alliance between the Israeli rightwing and the American Christian right. read the story

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By Roger The Okcitykid, January 17, 2006 at 6:36 am #
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Matthew 21:12:  “Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13:  “It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of robbers.”

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By anon, January 5, 2006 at 2:46 pm #
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And he’s grousing about Sharon “giving up” Christian land to Palestine?

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By Mika, January 4, 2006 at 11:18 pm #
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To what end?  Who benefits from this?

Oh, Pat…

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