[FormerLib]

...so to justify the existence of their denomination, they trump up differences on doctrinal fine points.

And it is statements such as this that ensure there will never be a reunification.

[Tantumergo]

"And it is statements such as this that ensure there will never be a reunification."

Quite so!

I would be interested to know if you think that the statement gives an accurate presentation of the issues from an E.O. perspective.

I am always a little wary of ecumenists from either side watering down their beliefs to make them sound acceptable to the other side!

[Hermann the Cherusker]

And it is statements such as this that ensure there will never be a reunification.

They are certainly less than helpful.

[findingtruth]

...so to justify the existence of their denomination, they trump up differences on doctrinal fine points.

And it is statements such as this that ensure there will never be a reunification.

There won't be, but not because of statements such as mine, nor of statements by your own controversialists who manufacture differences on doctrinal fine points. The reason there will be no reunification is that your denomination has sold its soul. In contravention of 1900 years of Church tradition, you have caved on contraception. Likewise, you have caved on the divorce-and-remarriage question. Are Orthodox now willing to surrender their newly found sexual "liberation" to the unpopular pronouncements of a tradition-bound old Pope? I don't think so. No, no. Having abandoned the straight and narrow for the wide and easy, there is no turning back for you. As individuals, maybe yes; but as a denomination, no.