Thanks much for the thread link, it is right on point. The article was very interesting, as were the comments. The general tone I took from them is that the Orthodox are not particularly interested in unifying. Not to say there is any malice or anything, just no interest. It appears they do consider it "loss" when Orthodox convert to Catholicism. It's interesting to compare, since if someone from my Bible-believing SBC church moved to another Bible-believing church, such as a Reformed Presbyterian church, there would be no "loss".
“It appears they do consider it “loss” when Orthodox convert to Catholicism. It’s interesting to compare, since if someone from my Bible-believing SBC church moved to another Bible-believing church, such as a Reformed Presbyterian church, there would be no “loss”.”
You have completely missed the point of the discussion on the Assyrian thread. By the way, the Assyrians are not Orthodox, they are Oriental Orthodox and arguably Nestorians to this day, as kosta pointed out.
The Orthodox would have no reason to feel a "loss" in this case because the Assyrian Church is not Orthodox! It would really help to at least do a cursory research before shooting from the hip, FK and HD.
But, as I replied to HD earlier, I would rather see the Assyrians go to the Church of the West then to remain in the Church that is Christologically flawed (Nestorian). I am actually, quite happy for those who returned to the Church! :)
It's interesting to compare, since if someone from my Bible-believing SBC church moved to another Bible-believing church, such as a Reformed Presbyterian church, there would be no "loss".
They are not leaving the Church (they are not in it to begin with!); they are changing assemblies. In our case, if someone leaves the Church, it's a big deal; more like a funeral.
Now I am sure if you heard that HD decided to become Orthodox and that he finally realized how flawed Reformed theology is, I am sure you'd feel a little "pang" if not a major chest pain. :)