tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907216.post3301740532700608854..comments2024-03-22T22:39:49.773-05:00Comments on I don't know, but . . .: Russian style protestsjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907216.post-29590981981831722042012-09-01T18:23:53.796-05:002012-09-01T18:23:53.796-05:00Yes, even the most determined skeptics often feel ...Yes, even the most determined skeptics often feel a pious horror of going too far. I don't think I could have spat on a crucifix even when I was an atheist from a thoroughly atheist childhood home.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907216.post-8858631468754413902012-09-01T15:56:21.343-05:002012-09-01T15:56:21.343-05:00It was that little detail of not crossing the icon...It was that little detail of not crossing the iconostasis that intrigued me. If they feared popular reaction that is one thing, but if they genuinely felt it to be a sacred barrier then I wondered if they were trying to fit into the holy fool protest model.<br />I have no good feel for the Russian protest groups, and don't know how many are western-secular, religious, eastern-secular, or whatever.<br />However, if the collection of lyrics I just read is accurately translated and representative, then P-R is western-secular.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907216.post-69818383435208126212012-09-01T10:02:53.958-05:002012-09-01T10:02:53.958-05:00I guess the question is: do you mock the church b...I guess the question is: do you mock the church because you think God is stupid, or because you think the church has lost sight of God? Jesus didn't throw the money-changers out of the temple because he thought the temple wasn't good enough for them.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com