Unne, you forgot to say you would mourn the loss of people, surely you would mourn the loss of people above material things?

I think to ignore the significance of Jerusalem as a religious city is naive. It is considered to be built upon the holiest of holy lands to many religions, ok you mentioned some above which it doesn't concern but I would imagine much of the literature and artwork that has come from Jerusalem bears the religious history of the city in mind, from biblical times, to the crusades, to the present day therefore you could not mourn its destruction without acknowledging the religious influences that provided the inspiration for it to come into existence in the first place. I am not a religious man in any way but I would certainly mourn Jerusalem for its religious significance because religion in most countries I can think of, is the foundation of society.

http://www.jnewswire.com/news_archiv...0211_quake.asp

Read about recent seismic activity in Israel. Apparently this one cracked the Knesset.