Comments on: When The Bicycle Threatened the Church http://www.arielmarquez.com/2009/10/when-the-bicycle-threatened-the-church/ Ariel Marquez is the senior pastor of Victory Alabang. Ariel is passionate on the topics of leadership, visions and values, family, marriage, parenting, and finances. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:14:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: arielmarquez http://www.arielmarquez.com/2009/10/when-the-bicycle-threatened-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-267 arielmarquez Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:42:45 +0000 http://www.arielmarquez.com/?p=514#comment-267 Thanks for your comment Karlo. Regards to Janet. Thanks for your comment Karlo. Regards to Janet.

]]> By: Karlo Panahon http://www.arielmarquez.com/2009/10/when-the-bicycle-threatened-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Karlo Panahon Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:59:59 +0000 http://www.arielmarquez.com/?p=514#comment-265 Nice one Ptr. A! I just want to share that the views of the Presbyterian Church back in the 19th century on bikes, is somewhat common to Saudi Arabia as well. The link below was an article in the Arab News where it describes the conservative views on cycling some time ago, and amusingly bikes were called "The Devil's Donkey." http://www.arabnews.com/?page=9&section=0&article=115144&d=6&m=10&y=2008 Sadly, despite the opening up of this country, there seems to be some hesitation with regards to people pursuing cycling as a hobby. One western expat cyclist was even beaten by some rowdy youths a year ago in the main boulevard of Al-Khobar. Sad. Nice one Ptr. A!

I just want to share that the views of the Presbyterian Church back in the 19th century on bikes, is somewhat common to Saudi Arabia as well.

The link below was an article in the Arab News where it describes the conservative views on cycling some time ago, and amusingly bikes were called “The Devil’s Donkey.”

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=9&section=0&article=115144&d=6&m=10&y=2008

Sadly, despite the opening up of this country, there seems to be some hesitation with regards to people pursuing cycling as a hobby. One western expat cyclist was even beaten by some rowdy youths a year ago in the main boulevard of Al-Khobar. Sad.

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