Please forgive me bronx2, but that’s quite the screed against the Orthodox. Concidering that I am a convert to Holy Orthodoxy from a Pentecostal background perhaps I may have some knowledge of the topic of your rant. I came out of the Assemblies of God denomination, and they still welcomed me with open arms. They have not yet asked me to learn Greek, Russian, Arabic...or any other foriegn language. The various crimes against the Orthodox you referred to were not table talk I heard in the church...ever. I read about them in my own study of Christian history. Siege mentality...no, I’m afraid not. I’m sorry, but you are just plain wrong on every point. Are some Orthodox loyal to their national or racial heritages? You bet, and I am equally loyal to my American heritage. I have spent half my life in a uniform as proof. I do not ask them to give up theirs and they don’t ask me to give up mine. Thank you.
Look, I or other living Christians were never involved with the Rape of Constantinople or 4th Crusade. Perhaps I should be constantly accusing the "Bible Types" of murdering my ancestors in Ireland for over 400 years or closer to home perhaps you need to be apologizing to me for the Know Nothing movements or the Nativist Party activities of the 19th and 20th centuries in this country.
I engaged in aerial atrocities in Viet Nam years ago for Protestant America but sorry, I did not engage in the 1054 or 1232 activities so frequently voiced by members of your church. You need to transcend these past events.