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The ministry of Jesus Christ didn't involve violence. It was a passive movement very similar to that of Martin Luther King, Jr. The only swords mentioned in the Bible belonged to the Romans.

Women were in the Bible in a variety of passages. They were welcome into the movement (click here). It could be easily said they still remained second class citizens. They never Apostles.

Children were viewed as assets making the family larger and more mouths to feed, but, they were also workers. More children secured the family, both as protection in numbers and caring for the aged. 

June 30, 2014

Islamist militant group Isis (click here) has said it is establishing a caliphate, or Islamic state, on the territories it controls in Iraq and Syria.

Setting up a caliphate ruled by the strict Islamic law has long been a goal of many jihadists.

The BBC's Jeremy Bowen takes a closer look at the word, saying it harks back to the rise of Islam when the Prophet Muhammad's followers conquered vast territories in the Middle Ages.

Interesting thought, but, the reason there are so many conflicts in the history of the Middle East. A caliphate would dictate only one form of Islam. It would mean killing off the Shia and/or the Sunnis. So, the chance of a caliphate in 2014 is impossible.

I might note along with the Islamic aspirations of a caliphate, Israel has a doctrine of expansive settlements. The tensions that exist regarding the growing number of Israeli settlements in Palestine has to end and provide a stable Gaza.