[ArrogantBustard]

I'm not saying that ... I'm saying that it appears to me that some people think that way. I'm seeing rhetoric on this thread that appears to me to be motivated by that sort of thinking.

I am profoundly unimpressed by that sort of rhetoric (see post 36 for egregious example) ...

Now ... if you think I'm misunderstanding you ... fine. If you think I've misperceived your motivations ...

I don't know what you're thinking. I can't read your mind.

I can only read your words ... and the sentiments they express (as best I can understand them), are ugly.

I'f you think that I've misunderstood you ...

I'm from Missouri.

Show me.

[Kolokotronis]

AB, you misunderstood me if you think I think Rome is the fous of evil of the universe. If you think I think the Pope is an accessory to the theft of the bones of +Nicholas, you’re right. If you think I think Rome is self righteously arrogant, you’re right again. But AB, Rome, like Constantinople and Moscow, is a long way from this thread, our friendships and our home parishes.

AB, I bet you have already guessed that I don’t care if you think my sentiments are “ugly”. I think ecclesial thievery and heresy, as a general matter, are, but then again, I don’t expect as much from hierarchs and my all too human co-religionists as you appear to.