Perhaps surprisingly...
... I'd go along with quite a lot of what you say about the Orthodox church. It's quite attractive - my only beef is with the belief in god. Oh, well. You can't have everything.

(For the record, I find Catholicism more attractive than Protestantism, and Orthodoxy more attractive than Catholicism. Why? Because it preserves more of the utterly mad-but-exhilarating spirit of the Greek and Roman polytheism that it blatantly bastardises. You can't read The Bacchae, for example, without thinking, "Hey! That looks pretty Christian... but with blood!" And then you think of the communion...)
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sun 22 Mar 2009, 9:54, 1 reply)

We have our nutters too . . . and that's just the parishioners . . .
those that believe working on Sunday is a sin (that includes needlework!!); those that will tell you off for daring to sit down in church nd not offer the little old lady - who just arrived - a seat (I have hips like an old lady, sitting is more comfortable); those who will loudly complain and insult you because your car is blocking theirs at the end of the service (after listening to 3+ hours of messages of tolerance and forgiveness). My favourite is the ones who I call "groupies" - they arrive early, grab a seat, and will not move for love nor money for the service. Once it's over they dash to receive the bread (given out at the end of the service), often pushing past everyone, letting their little old lady friends in, whinging loudly if I'm in the way - waiting my turn - and loudly gossiping whilst waiting in line. I prefer to stand/sit in the back, keeping a low profile.
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Sun 22 Mar 2009, 12:10, closed)