[MR] A Question of Protocol (fwd)

[Craig Levin]

Effingham:

> Dave Montuori wrote:
> 
> 
> > Born and raised Roman Catholic here... and we were taught in school that 
> > you don't reverence the throne, nor the altar; when one is going to 
> > genuflect or otherwise reverence, you do so in the direction of *where the 
> > consecrated host is* -- for we are doing reverence to the Lord.
> > 
> > Since most parishes have the tabernacle right behind the chairs wich are 
> > right behind the altars, it's an easy confusion to make.
> 
> Yeah, but do you not venerate the cross? Images of the 
> Theotokos and the saints? Those are just wood, or stone, or 
> metal... That's what I'm talking about.
> 
> We venerate icons, we bow before the altar, we kiss the 
> priests' hands, all because they represent something greater.

Ah, and there's the difference, because you're not using the same
playbook as I am. Classifying me as a Protestant makes no sense.
I'm not Christian. I will not make an obeisance to an inanimate
object.

Craig, who runs the show, whether Pedro likes it or not.