[FormerLib]

...from my limited experiance of Orthodoxy they seem to be rather inward looking...

Yes, it would appear that your experience is quite limited. At least you have the decency to both recognize that and state it as well!

Bump for later reference.

[Stavka2]

Very funny. Inward looking? That must be why we have missions active in every cornor of the world. As for the Islamics...they are not Muhammidans, we damn well know quite well all there is to know about them, as opposed to you Westerners who keep siding with them against us...and this by no means is a new thing. Latins have sided with Islamics for centuaries to back stab the Orthodox...even attacked Russia while the Mongols were attacking from the other side..in the process sealing their own fate. So don't get all self righteous and accuse us of being inward looking and not seeing the big picture...look at the plank in your own eye.

[MarMema]

Well we are kind of inward-looking, if you think of it as self-attentive. Or maybe they mean inward-looking as in we tend to look out for each other and stick together?