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The Relic of Time - part 3 - old and new heritage?
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"you got visitors," Alex told Ron.
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"Who is it?" asked Ron
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"It's two men named Mathew and Benjamin they say they read
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your interview and want to talk to you and give you a gift,"
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said Alex.
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Ron sat in front of the two young men in their early 30s
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dressed in black clothes and hats and with a beard each one...
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"what is it that you want?" asked them Ron
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"We come from a small community of neo-religionists," said
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Mathew
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"Neo religionists? What is that?"
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"We live our lives according to the old holy scriptures"
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explained Benjamin" We are 20 families in a distant village
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living in a neo-religious community".
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"What is your religion exactly?" asked Ron
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"the holy bible's new and old testimonies and the Kuran,"
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answered Mathew.
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"We have a gift for you, dear sir," said Benjamin and handed
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Ron a hard-covered printed book in a blue-colored cover.
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Ron open it and was amazed it was the bible in Hebrew his
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native tongue printed on synthetic paper in black ink...
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"what is it that you want of me?" asked Ron
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"We thought if to invite you to come to our small village
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and tell us all your memories from the holy land and Jerusalem
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the holy city," said Mathew
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"look I was brought up as a secular jew," said Ron "I never was
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much of a believer in god".
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"but still you were there a thousand years ago you walked and
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saw with your own eyes the holy city and holy land" they
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answered
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"there was nothing holy neither in the city nor the land"
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Benjamin and Mathew looked at each other sadly and then said
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to him:
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"sir this is OURS and your heritage"
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Ron got mad and said to them "I wish you to leave me alone and
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never return!"
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after they left, Alex sat with Ron and tried to calm him down
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"Why are you so deeply disturbed, Ron?"
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"They want to continue that same old covenant and worship that
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same god! I will have nothing to do with them!"
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"But why are you angry?" asked Alex
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"bigotry homophobia racism holy blood shades holy wars terror
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acts enough of that shit! I had enough of holy religion wars
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and blood shades in my lifetime to hate god! that's why!"
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after Ron was relaxed he sat alone in his quarters and took
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to his hands the book and opened it "In the beginning god
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created the heavens and the earth..." and it all came back
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to him across a thousand years, and he started to cry bitter
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sad tears - his heritage yes the one he could not escape from
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- the original sin the covenant of god and the crucifixion were
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all there.
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memories of his family celebrating the Jewish holidays together
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or going together to the local synagogue on Shabbath day his bar
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mitzvah at age 13 his sister wedding his nephew's births and all
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the Tanach lessons in school - tears came and rolled out of his
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eyes with the memories of his life - his heritage...
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the next day he asked Alex to send Benjamin and Mathew an apology
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message telling them he'll be happy to visit their community
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one day when he is ready
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they replied "We are so happy you changed your mind see you
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someday in our village till then we wish you shalom - may
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you find peace in your heart always"
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