Post by admin on Feb 15, 2013 18:49:11 GMT 2
Prologue
We all have heard this word, "Orthodoxy".
And when we heard it, what we imagined about it?
I guess we imagined something primitive. Something ancient, uncivilised... Something anachronistic, even... Maybe something almost fanatical.
Being orthodox... It's like being somewhat out of this world, out of its stream. It's like not abiding to the trends, to the rules, the unwritten rules, the world goes by today.
Or maybe we heard a derivate of the word, "unorthodox". We all know what that means: it means something scandalous, shocking, out of the rules, but somehow inside the stream of the world... I mean, lots of people were unorthodox in their generations, but now are completely accepted - think at the Beatles, the Rolling Stones... Even now there are several people who are seen as unorthodox, and maybe tomorrow they will be accepted - you know better than me, I say a few names, but I don't want you to laugh at me: Lady Gaga, Sepultura, Marilyn Manson... Imagine the wildest people today, ok?
So, on one hand, being orthodox it's like being out of this world, out of its flow, and being unorthodox is being out of the "accepted" mainstream, but still, in this world, with the possibility that, one day, this "out-of-the-mainstream" to become mainstream.
You know what?... You're not even far from the truth. But still, there are a few tweaks to make, in this vision.
If you are a little educated, then maybe you've heard this word at school, or in the news. And maybe you can relate the word "Orthodox" to religion, and to two religious groups, in particular.
First of all, maybe the phrase "Orthodox Jews" comes into your mind. And yes, that is correct. Mosaism has a group called like that. And it's about those Jews who follow the tenets of their religion to the letter.
And secondly, perhaps you've heard about another religious group, but this one is different - it belongs to Christianity. Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Or, maybe you haven't heard about this one, Oriental Orthodox Christianity. That is also correct. There are two Christian groups, actually, beyond Catholicism, which use this word. The Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
But that's it. I'm sure that the majority of people like you, the same age, the same generation, who live in the world, can go this far with the connections. I'm sure that, if you ask someone to tell you more about these groups, they have to sit and think for a while. Or, even better, look it up on Wikipedia.
The second vision, the one with the religious groups, is not far from the truth, either. Actually, I guess it is a quarter of the truth. And here too, some tweaks must be done.
So, let's put this together:
We're talking about a type of religious group, which brings in mind something primitive, ancient, uncivilised, maybe anachronistic, maybe almost fanatical, but out of this world and its stream. Something which doesn't abide to the world's trends and unwritten rules.
As I said before, we're not far from the truth, but we're not close to it, either.
Ok, let's look at it like this:
The Orthodoxy I'm talking about is not a religious group. Wipe that off your mind. Not a religious group. Not one of the hundreds of thousands of wackos who want to believe that there's something bigger than us out there, something which controls the world and the way we, the people, live. Orthodoxy is not a denomination, a sect, or even a religious group.
Wipe it off. Tabula rasa. New file. Control-Alt-Delete twice.
Ok?
Now, restart.
But still, what's Orthodoxy?...
Well, let me put it this way: Orthodoxy is a world.
The moment you read this, you're thinking: Narnia! Tatooine! Klingon! Avatar! Matrix! Dune! (Yeah, I like science fiction too!...)
But no.
Nothing like that.
It isn't a world like the world you live in, or the world Lisa or Michael lives in. It is not a world like the one we all live in. It is not a world which was thought, created or invented by a man.
Although it is founded, just like any other world, on a set of rules.
So, Orthodoxy is a world.
And the funny thing is, this world, Orthodoxy, used to be identical with the world we live in. When you said "the world", you also said "Orthodoxy".
So, Orthodoxy is the world in which we were supposed to live in. It is the world especially created for us - for you, for me, for John, for Mary.
And this is why you feel there's something primitive and ancient and anachronistic about Orthodoxy; because it used to be the world.
Orthodoxy is "The World 1.0", unlike today's world, which is "The World 10.10". And the 1.0 version worked flawlessly, unlike the 10.10 version, which requires so many resources and occupies so much space. You know what I mean?
Orthodoxy was the first world. And it continues to be the first world, even if it isn't 1.0, but now reached 1.0.5. Yes, it developed with the time, but it remains the first version.
I said earlier that Orthdoxy is not a religious group - and I maintain my statement.
Tell me: have you seen birds, animals, plants, clouds, rain, snow and storm as members of a religious group?
I mean, Mormon birds? Jehova's Witnesses plants? Baptist dogs? Anglican snow?...
But what the... am I talking about?...
Well, keep reading! ;-)
We all have heard this word, "Orthodoxy".
And when we heard it, what we imagined about it?
I guess we imagined something primitive. Something ancient, uncivilised... Something anachronistic, even... Maybe something almost fanatical.
Being orthodox... It's like being somewhat out of this world, out of its stream. It's like not abiding to the trends, to the rules, the unwritten rules, the world goes by today.
Or maybe we heard a derivate of the word, "unorthodox". We all know what that means: it means something scandalous, shocking, out of the rules, but somehow inside the stream of the world... I mean, lots of people were unorthodox in their generations, but now are completely accepted - think at the Beatles, the Rolling Stones... Even now there are several people who are seen as unorthodox, and maybe tomorrow they will be accepted - you know better than me, I say a few names, but I don't want you to laugh at me: Lady Gaga, Sepultura, Marilyn Manson... Imagine the wildest people today, ok?
So, on one hand, being orthodox it's like being out of this world, out of its flow, and being unorthodox is being out of the "accepted" mainstream, but still, in this world, with the possibility that, one day, this "out-of-the-mainstream" to become mainstream.
You know what?... You're not even far from the truth. But still, there are a few tweaks to make, in this vision.
If you are a little educated, then maybe you've heard this word at school, or in the news. And maybe you can relate the word "Orthodox" to religion, and to two religious groups, in particular.
First of all, maybe the phrase "Orthodox Jews" comes into your mind. And yes, that is correct. Mosaism has a group called like that. And it's about those Jews who follow the tenets of their religion to the letter.
And secondly, perhaps you've heard about another religious group, but this one is different - it belongs to Christianity. Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Or, maybe you haven't heard about this one, Oriental Orthodox Christianity. That is also correct. There are two Christian groups, actually, beyond Catholicism, which use this word. The Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
But that's it. I'm sure that the majority of people like you, the same age, the same generation, who live in the world, can go this far with the connections. I'm sure that, if you ask someone to tell you more about these groups, they have to sit and think for a while. Or, even better, look it up on Wikipedia.
The second vision, the one with the religious groups, is not far from the truth, either. Actually, I guess it is a quarter of the truth. And here too, some tweaks must be done.
So, let's put this together:
We're talking about a type of religious group, which brings in mind something primitive, ancient, uncivilised, maybe anachronistic, maybe almost fanatical, but out of this world and its stream. Something which doesn't abide to the world's trends and unwritten rules.
As I said before, we're not far from the truth, but we're not close to it, either.
Ok, let's look at it like this:
The Orthodoxy I'm talking about is not a religious group. Wipe that off your mind. Not a religious group. Not one of the hundreds of thousands of wackos who want to believe that there's something bigger than us out there, something which controls the world and the way we, the people, live. Orthodoxy is not a denomination, a sect, or even a religious group.
Wipe it off. Tabula rasa. New file. Control-Alt-Delete twice.
Ok?
Now, restart.
But still, what's Orthodoxy?...
Well, let me put it this way: Orthodoxy is a world.
The moment you read this, you're thinking: Narnia! Tatooine! Klingon! Avatar! Matrix! Dune! (Yeah, I like science fiction too!...)
But no.
Nothing like that.
It isn't a world like the world you live in, or the world Lisa or Michael lives in. It is not a world like the one we all live in. It is not a world which was thought, created or invented by a man.
Although it is founded, just like any other world, on a set of rules.
So, Orthodoxy is a world.
And the funny thing is, this world, Orthodoxy, used to be identical with the world we live in. When you said "the world", you also said "Orthodoxy".
So, Orthodoxy is the world in which we were supposed to live in. It is the world especially created for us - for you, for me, for John, for Mary.
And this is why you feel there's something primitive and ancient and anachronistic about Orthodoxy; because it used to be the world.
Orthodoxy is "The World 1.0", unlike today's world, which is "The World 10.10". And the 1.0 version worked flawlessly, unlike the 10.10 version, which requires so many resources and occupies so much space. You know what I mean?
Orthodoxy was the first world. And it continues to be the first world, even if it isn't 1.0, but now reached 1.0.5. Yes, it developed with the time, but it remains the first version.
I said earlier that Orthdoxy is not a religious group - and I maintain my statement.
Tell me: have you seen birds, animals, plants, clouds, rain, snow and storm as members of a religious group?
I mean, Mormon birds? Jehova's Witnesses plants? Baptist dogs? Anglican snow?...
But what the... am I talking about?...
Well, keep reading! ;-)