Re: CHAT: Prayer Versions

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:04:06 +0100 Irina Rempt-Drijfhout
<ira@...> writes:
> > What's wrong with pews?  Unless i'm misunderstanding some
> > connotation of the word, isn't a pew just a bench style of seats,
> > as opposed to individual chairs?
> That's what it *means*, yes. But note the word "Greek" that just
> didn't get snipped, making it clear that this is about the
> *Orthodox*
> church, and Orthodox churchgoers don't sit (it's passive, and we're
> participants, not consumers) unless they absolutely can't stand.
> Pews
> are even worse than chairs because they don't only expect you to
> sit, they force you to sit.
>    Irina

Well, not knowing very much about churches in general, that's why i
asked.

-Stephen (Steg), who hasn't gotten up to Christianity in his World
Religions history class yet.


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