Nag Hammadi, Egypt News

In 1945 an Arab peasant in the upper Egyptian desert near Nag Hammadi made a spectacular discovery.

These and other mythical and terrifying images are part of the most esoteric writing of the New Testament, the Book of Revelation.

I originally wrote this in 9/13/09 as an Opinion Piece for both The Huffington and Jerusalem Pos ts .

Pope Tawadros II, leader of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, has criticized Egypt's Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, for his handling of recent sectarian violence, according to The Associated Press.

My questioning of the traditional Christian religious story evolved with my experience of life's vicissitudes, many self-induced, others seemingly out of the ether.