Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do I have to keep reminding you folks that religion (and politics) is/are banned subject(s) on the LUG. Any more of this and I'll have to report you to Brian Reid. And he won't be happy! ;) Jim >> >> Sometimes a disagreement takes on a life of its own. >> >> If you read the newspapers at all (I just look at the pictures, myself) >> you will have noticed that Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman >> Catholic Church, visited Greece, a stronghold of the Orthodox church, >> and was not exactly welcome. >> >> For about 1000 years there was, more or less, one church. In 1054 AD >> there was a big fight, and the Christian church broke into two major >> groups. The Pope's visit to Greece was the first visit since 1054 by >> the leader of one side to a stronghold of the other side. >> >> What was the fight about? Almost nothing, seen through the lens of >> history. The Roman church wanted the Nicene Creed to say "the Holy >> Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, proceeds from the Father and the >> Son", while the Eastern Church (centered in Constantinople) didn't like >> the words "and the Son" at the end. That phrase is called "the >> filioque" "feel e OH kay", and arguing about it has lasted a thousand >> years, a dozen crusades, sacking, burning, pillaging, and so forth. >> >> Was it worth it? Not for us to decide. Sometimes the feud is life >> itself, and when people stop feuding they no longer have any reason to >> exist. >> >> Find it in you to ignore people that you are convinced are wrong. >> Whether what they are wrong about is lens sharpness, or whether the >> Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son or just from the >> Father, it is not worth the combat.