tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post6234689427423469793..comments2024-03-20T19:23:09.857+02:00Comments on Notes from underground: Catching up on the blogroll and tying threads togetherSteve Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-53466116868809718642007-12-28T14:07:00.000+02:002007-12-28T14:07:00.000+02:00Hi Steve, and thanks for the two links to my blog....Hi Steve, and thanks for the two links to my blog. It's kind of you to say my review of GC was good - I'm not that good at reviews, but I thought the wider implications of the film and book were worth commenting on. I also wrote some posts a year or so ago about Pullman's attitude to Lewis.<BR/><BR/>I must say I thought your article at Theandros about the Orthodox approach to witchcraft etc was excellent.<BR/><BR/>One of my criteria in joining a church was that it should never have been implicated in such persecutions. The Orthodox church never officially sanctioned the burning of witches or pogroms of Jews, though the Russian state did carry out some witch-burnings and some Orthodox priests were involved in pogroms. But it appears that the Orthodox church was more sinned against than sinning in this respect, since some inquisitors turned up at Mount Athos and burnt monks there for not confessing the Filioque. But I couldn't cope with the number of doctrines one has to sign up to in order to join (particularly the perpetual virginity of the Theotokos, and renouncing heresy). And I don't like the Orthodox Church's views on homosexuality and women. So I'm joining the Unitarians instead, where I can be openly Pagan and universalist (in both senses of the word).Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com