Jerusalem's geography represents a particularly difficult religious conflict to resolve because

Jewish and Muslim holy sites are nearly built on top of each other. This leads to a large number of conflicts over who has control of the area. The group that takes the most control over these sites has the power to dictate how the other group will be able to worship in these areas.

It is meant that like tapestry scientific theories often need to pull out since they are not relevant and often times the whole chain of theories may be pulled out.