So let's make this very simple.
If he continued to host a "Bible Answer" show, EXCEPT it was hosted by an Eastern Orthodox group INSTEAD of an "Evangelical" organization, will it OK for them to continue answering questions on the bible THEN?
Will on the protestants on FR then stop pretending that Orthodox Christianity is not "scripture based", and is not "biblical" even though most Orthodox Churches use more scripture in their services than many of their fellow protestants and Orthodox churches can trace their origins to first century Christianity?
Will they stop lying about non-Protestant Christianity and stop claiming "he is no longer the Bible Answer Man" then?
Will they stop saying that by joining the Orthodox Church, he can only host shows about icons and praying to Mary?
Seems like it would easy to resolve this dilemma.
Your question is this — would it be ok to host a Bible answer man show as an Eastern Orthodox if the question were all about the bible?
As I said before, how can it satisfy the show’s original supporters when he see’s the bible through the prism of the Orthofox church?
The program cannot divorce itself from the premises the host himself holds. If he holds tradition and give it equal weight as authoritative with scripture as he has to as an Eastern Orthodox believer, then rventually he has to be prepared to answer questions that will make him endorse and defend ideas not found in scripture, or he has to insist that they are.... things like purgatory, prayers to Mary, etc.
Those topics WILL eventually be touched on. This is a 5 day one hour program and those questions cannot be avoided.
Your question is this — would it be ok to host a Bible answer man show as an Eastern Orthodox if the question were all about the bible?
As I said before, how can it satisfy the show’s original supporters when he see’s the bible through the prism of the Orthofox church?
The program cannot divorce itself from the premises the host himself holds. If he holds tradition and give it equal weight as authoritative with scripture as he has to as an Eastern Orthodox believer, then rventually he has to be prepared to answer questions that will make him endorse and defend ideas not found in scripture, or he has to insist that they are.... things like purgatory, prayers to Mary, etc.
Those topics WILL eventually be touched on. This is a 5 day one hour program and those questions cannot be avoided.