**the g z t gazette** @gzt · 13 avr. 2017, 16:38

**the g z t gazette** @gzt · 13 avr. 2017, 16:38

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13 avr. 2017, 16:38

religion, maundy thursday, #acab Afficher plus

For those in that tradition, today is a reminder that the religious authorities, civil authorities, their enforcement arm (police and military) will turn against the good and holy and will turn the masses against it, too. That collaborators with them are evil and they may even come from our closest friends. That under the slightest pressure, we too may deny what is good and holy.

stay hydrated and #acab. stay good and don't collaborate.

**the g z t gazette** @gzt · 13 avr. 2017, 17:06

**the g z t gazette** @gzt · 13 avr. 2017, 17:06

13 avr. 2017, 17:06

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religion, maundy thursday, #acab pt 2 Afficher plus

What gets me is that we always have the temptation to externalize this, though, and say that, ah, those other guys, they're the traitors, we're the righteous who are betrayed and persectued. Historically, for instance, the narrative here is used against, say, the Jewish community by the religious and political leaders, and the mob gets stirred up and joins in and bad things happen. And it's like... congratulations, you are what this narrative warned against.

**the g z t gazette** @gzt · 2017-04-14T04:23:09Z

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religion, maundy thursday, #acab pt 3 Afficher plus

So I'm back after the Orthodox service for the Thursday evening before Pascha. I always forget just how awful the hymnography gets. It's basically all - and pardon me for how ugly it sounds even cleaned up - "Oh, the Jewish community really screwed the pooch here!" And it's like... is that really the message you get here? Of course, they'll never change it because reasons. It's an embarrassment.

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**the g z t gazette** @gzt · 14 avr. 2017, 04:44

**the g z t gazette** @gzt · 14 avr. 2017, 04:44

14 avr. 2017, 04:44

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religion, maundy thursday, #acab pt 4 Afficher plus

So it's like, if you read the Gospels and understand the story, get what I say in part 2. And then our church writes a bunch of hymnography that misses the point and is offensively evil. And then they say, oh, no, look deeper and you'll get back to that original point. But we can't change the hymnography because reasons.

**the g z t gazette** @gzt · 14 avr. 2017, 04:53

**the g z t gazette** @gzt · 14 avr. 2017, 04:53

14 avr. 2017, 04:53

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religion, maundy thursday, #acab pt 5 Afficher plus

Which goes back into the points of #2. We are living out what we are being warned against. The evil is calling from inside the house. So that's a little window into what it's like being a modern Greek Orthodox - and that's just the trivial "no, don't be anti-Semites" layer. I'm still here because I think there's something in the center of that onion.