Whether you are a habitual liar or just simply confused in explaining the discipline of your faith remains to be seen. In this specific instance, you made a statement that is false. If you did it intentionally, then yes, you are a liar. If you made an honest mistake, forgetting that the Church which you are a member of regularly ordains celibates and your Bishops are selected exclusively from celibates, which is unlikely considering the number of posts you've made about celibacy and the clerical state on this forum, ... color me skeptical.
"If you made an honest mistake, forgetting that the Church which you are a member of regularly ordains celibates and your Bishops are selected exclusively from celibates, which is unlikely considering the number of posts you've made about celibacy and the clerical state on this forum, ... color me skeptical."
And my purpose in such a lie would be exactly what, some clever attempt to seduce Roman Catholics into Orthodoxy? Truth be told, most of the Roman Catholics I have seen who convert to Orthodoxy have a very, very hard time with the Orthodox mindset (if not the theology), more so even than evangelical Protestants. In any case, there is so far as I can see, virtually no reason why an Catholic should become a n Orthodox or vice versa, save perhaps on account of marriage. My post, as is clear, supports the Pope's position and since you have read my previous posts on clerical celibacy, you know that I believe, as an Orthodox Christian, that the celibate state is the highest human state if lived in conjunction with a monastic life.
Now, if your point was merely to inform the uninformed that indeed Orthodoxy has celibate priests and our bishops come from their ranks, then I stand gratefully corrected since it is conceivable that someone might have gotten the wrong impression. Unfortunately, I'm just as skeptical of your motivation as you are, apparently, of mine. Perhaps we should leave it there, OK?