‘Jerusalem Syndrome’ Affects Visitors to Holy Land (Religion News)
Posted by Jose on 12 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: religious products
Sometimes the sights and sounds of Jerusalem can overwhelm believers and trigger psychotic episodes. Israeli psychiatrist Pesach Lichtenberg says that he has seen visitors and residents overcome with the belief they have a messianic mission.
Sometimes the sights and sounds of Jerusalem can overwhelm believers and trigger psychotic episodes. Israeli psychiatrist Pesach Lichtenberg says that he has seen visitors and residents overcome with the belief they have a messianic mission.
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Security forces flooded Bethlehem on Thursday as US President George W. Bush prayed at the traditional birthplace of Jesus at the start of a pilgrimage to some of Christianity’s holiest sites. read more…
Green Bay, Wis., Mayor Jim Schmitt cast the tie-breaking “yes” vote to let the nativity stand and bar other holiday symbols until guidelines for future displays are approved. The nativity has drawn criticism, praise and requests for other symbols, including a Pagan Yule wreath with a Wiccan pentacle.
Green Bay, Wis., Mayor Jim Schmitt cast the tie-breaking “yes” vote to let the nativity stand and bar other holiday symbols until guidelines for future displays are approved. The nativity has drawn criticism, praise and requests for other symbols, including a Pagan Yule wreath with a Wiccan pentacle.
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A company that devised a way to make embryonic stem cells using a technique it said does not harm human embryos reported on Thursday it has grown five batches of cells using this method and urged President George W. Bush to endorse it. read more…
Can rule by the people be reconciled with the sovereignty of Allah? read more…
A state watchdog group has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate a nonprofit organization they say violated state law by involving pastors in Gov. Rick Perry’s re-election campaign. read more…
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is quietly resuming seminary studies toward attaining the title of ayatollah — a goal that could make the firebrand cleric and his Mahdi Army an even more formidable power broker in Iraq.
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is quietly resuming seminary studies toward attaining the title of ayatollah — a goal that could make the firebrand cleric and his Mahdi Army an even more formidable power broker in Iraq.
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