Alex, these are simple people with a simple faith. They believe in miracles in a country where people don’t anymore. These sorts of articles are written to make the Roman Church look foolish, but it only looks foolish in the eyes of secularized sophisticates. In Orthodoxy, being a fool for Christ is regarded as being a holy state.
This is an example of a gentle, loving sort of faith that this country could use more of as it could use more people who are in church every week if for no other reason. Sadly, our government encourages Mohammedanism instead.
This is an example of a gentle, loving sort of faith that this country could use more of as it could use more people who are in church every week if for no other reason. Sadly, our government encourages Mohammedanism instead.
Oh, the "simple people" apologia. You know, Bible-thumping rednecks are "simple people" too, but Catholics and Orthodox never cut them any slack. Instead they demean, insult, and laugh at them merely for believing in the factual accuracy of the events recorded in the book your own churches claim to regard as sacred.
Where are the "simple" Catholics and Orthodox on Free Republic? All the "simple" people here are Fundamentalist Protestants, and you Catholics and Orthodox seem to take great pleasure in being too intellectual to believe your own sacred books . . . until it suits your convenience to do so, in which case the "simple people" card comes out.
You're far from being a "simple person," aren't you, Kolokotronis?