- "Balian of Ibelin: [To the people of Jerusalem] It has fallen to us to defend Jerusalem, and we have made our preparations as well as they can be made.
- None of us took this city from Muslims.
- No Muslim of the great army now coming against us was born when this city was lost.
- We fight over an offence we did not give, against those who were not alive to be offended.
- What is Jerusalem?
- Your holy palaces lie over the Jewish temple that the Romans pulled down.
- The Muslim places of worship lie over yours.
- Which is more holy?
- [pause]
- Balian of Ibelin: The wall? The Mosque? The Sepulchre?
- Who has claim?
- No-one has claim.
- [raises his voice]
- Balian of Ibelin: All have claim!
- Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem: Blasphemy!
- Almaric: [to the Patriarch] Be quiet.
- Balian of Ibelin: We defend this city, not to protect these stones, but the people living within these walls."
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- "If this is the Kingdom of Heaven, let God do with it as he will."
- Ironically, the real Kingdom of Heaven is not Jerusalem but the peaceful land the hero returns to.
- The real Kingdom of Heaven would be our whole world when, if ever, it is at peace with itself.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Kingdom of Heaven
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