Listening to NPR the other day, I heard an apocryphal account of an artist's death blamed on Holy Orthodoxy. It was said that, under the guidance of a particular priest, he destroyed his health with … [Read more...]
Christians Responsible for Crusades?
February 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
So, one of the things that's mildly annoying about those who like to say "You Christians are responsible for the Crusades..." is that usually there's a complete lack of familiarity with the history of … [Read more...]
A Taxonomy of Priests
February 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
You know, I'm not a huge fan of mosts priests. I pray for them. I show reverence to their person. But I find that most of them are entirely unhelpful, primarily because of the tendency to substitute … [Read more...]
Neo-Coservatism – the Pseudo-Religion
February 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I look at political neo-conservatism as a quasi-religious entity, like freemasonry - a kind of social religion. The religious people involved seem to be looking for precisely a quasi-religious … [Read more...]
Genesis 1: The Creation – an Alternative
February 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
You know, when I was taught to interpret Genesis as a Protestant, I was given a choice between two versions of it. One was the fundamentalist literalist version which asserted redundancy in "the text" … [Read more...]
Vegetarianism and Orthodoxy
January 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
First, Orthodox know there is a standing anathema against anyone who promulgates the idea that eating meat is a sin. Some Orthodox, true, may not be aware of what is contained in the anathemas since … [Read more...]
My Wife the Saint
January 24, 2010 By 1 Comment
I've taken a little flack for attributing saintly qualities, on intimate occasions, to my wife. But I still hold to it. The thing is, it's easy to look at someone and see their faults. But I don't … [Read more...]
The Rules of Religious Blogging
January 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The rules of religious blogging aren't that different than the rules of blogging in general. So many religious bloggers made their first foray into the medium with religion, and it's an explosive … [Read more...]
Getting Off the Religious Holodeck
January 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
You know, it's pointless most of the time to explain anything to anyone, if you're not a Protestant or Roman Catholic (other side of the same coin). The English-speaking West is a thoroughly … [Read more...]
Shut your pie hole and help Haiti!
January 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As I listen to people calling in to radio shows, I think, you know, the level of duplicity among right-wing (fascist), Republican (corporate), evangelical (made-up religion), "christians" whenever … [Read more...]