Comments on: Hold On, Loosley http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:18:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: CaNN :: We started it. http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/comment-page-1/#comment-4228 CaNN :: We started it. Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:38:26 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/#comment-4228 [...] REMEMBERING BYZANTIUM: “Dr. Loosley discovered that the local Christians knew nothing about the history of the nearby ruins. Christians are a minority in Muslim-dominated Syria, and they have grown disenchanted with the land and with their religion. In school they learn almost nothing about the role of Christianity in ancient Syria — or the importance of Syria in the ancient Church” …. (fathersofthechurch) [...] [...] REMEMBERING BYZANTIUM: “Dr. Loosley discovered that the local Christians knew nothing about the history of the nearby ruins. Christians are a minority in Muslim-dominated Syria, and they have grown disenchanted with the land and with their religion. In school they learn almost nothing about the role of Christianity in ancient Syria — or the importance of Syria in the ancient Church” …. (fathersofthechurch) [...]

]]> By: Bob http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/comment-page-1/#comment-4162 Bob Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:44:01 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/#comment-4162 I hope the publicity given to these ruins doesn't contribute to their disappearance...Dalrymple mentions the Armenian (Or, as the Turks say, "What Armenians?")cathedral he studied on an earlier trip, only to find a completely blank lot where it had been. It's alot easier to deny you wiped out a population or ran them off if there's no remains above ground. I hope the publicity given to these ruins doesn’t contribute to their disappearance…Dalrymple mentions the Armenian (Or, as the Turks say, “What Armenians?”)cathedral he studied on an earlier trip, only to find a completely blank lot where it had been. It’s alot easier to deny you wiped out a population or ran them off if there’s no remains above ground.

]]> By: Julie D. http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/comment-page-1/#comment-4156 Julie D. Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:33:32 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/#comment-4156 :-D What can I say. That's how much I trust ya! :-D

What can I say. That’s how much I trust ya!

]]> By: Mike Aquilina http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/comment-page-1/#comment-4152 Mike Aquilina Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:19:08 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/#comment-4152 You get the prize! It is an ordeal, isn't it? I tried to find a shortcut — I even brough Junior the techie into the project — but that's the best I could do. At least you didn't have to go by camel. You get the prize! It is an ordeal, isn’t it? I tried to find a shortcut — I even brough Junior the techie into the project — but that’s the best I could do. At least you didn’t have to go by camel.

]]> By: Julie D. http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/comment-page-1/#comment-4151 Julie D. Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:16:33 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/#comment-4151 Whew! I just FINALLY got to the part where I could print out the pdf. I feel as if I went to Syria to get it! (complain, complain, complain ... I know). The good part is that my glimpses of the pages look really interesting ... Whew! I just FINALLY got to the part where I could print out the pdf. I feel as if I went to Syria to get it! (complain, complain, complain … I know).

The good part is that my glimpses of the pages look really interesting …

]]> By: Mike Aquilina http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/comment-page-1/#comment-4137 Mike Aquilina Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:15:42 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/#comment-4137 It's not just Syria. In a post a few days ago, I mentioned similar concerns cropping up in Iraq. And this was in the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,1887394,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1">Guardian (UK)</a> yesterday: <blockquote>"Turkey doesn't love its archaeology," says [archaeologist Dr. Ahmet] Yaras, wearily shaking his head. "All over this country there are dam projects that pose similar problems for archaeologists, but with this government we have the added problem that it only values monuments from the Islamic period. I worry that with elections coming up, the Yortanli dam could be turned on overnight."</blockquote> It’s not just Syria. In a post a few days ago, I mentioned similar concerns cropping up in Iraq. And this was in the Guardian (UK) yesterday:

“Turkey doesn’t love its archaeology,” says [archaeologist Dr. Ahmet] Yaras, wearily shaking his head. “All over this country there are dam projects that pose similar problems for archaeologists, but with this government we have the added problem that it only values monuments from the Islamic period. I worry that with elections coming up, the Yortanli dam could be turned on overnight.”

]]> By: xavier http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/comment-page-1/#comment-4136 xavier Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:07:06 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/10/05/hold-on-loosley/#comment-4136 Michael: No surprise there. The story is merely illustrates the poisionous state of 1400 years of dimmitude. According to the Moslem worldview, the Christians are nothing and it was only when the Arabs conquered that Syria became of any consequence. What I'm curious about is what effect the good professor's archaelogical evanvelism will have on the Syrian Christians. Already they've begun to realize that they've been cheated out of their heritage and will be angry that the Moslems have lied about Christians place in Syria. I wodner how this reassessment of their identity will influence intraSyrian relations as well as the Moslem Christian one throughout the Mideast? xavier Michael:
No surprise there. The story is merely illustrates the poisionous state of 1400 years of dimmitude. According to the Moslem worldview, the Christians are nothing and it was only when the Arabs conquered that Syria became of any consequence.
What I’m curious about is what effect the good professor’s archaelogical evanvelism will have on the Syrian Christians. Already they’ve begun to realize that they’ve been cheated out of their heritage and will be angry that the Moslems have lied about Christians place in Syria.
I wodner how this reassessment of their identity will influence intraSyrian relations as well as the Moslem Christian one throughout the Mideast?

xavier

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