Sorry, but your attempt to evade or downplay the fact that the Orthodox Churches affirm the teaching of Mary's perpetual virginity, not as insiginificant and in *exactly* the same way the Catholic Church does, won't wash. The facts are the facts. If you want to get angry with me for showing the evidence from bona fide Orthodox sources, that's okay. It doesn't bother me, and I don't return your anger with anger. I pray that God will bless you.
You know, this is why it is so difficult to dialogue with so many RC on this forum. They recreate the facts to suit themselves and conveniently forget or omit what was actually said. Which is what you have done here.
You are trying hard to believe I am angry or to provoke me into it, but I see you as such a pitiful, sad person that instead I am filled with compassion for you. You are here to promote a church filled with a history of evil and now homosexuality and pedophilia, and it must be very painful to see these things in a church you love.
I have been here arguing with Catholics for years, Patrick. How vain you are to think that your (new) presence is so important that suddenly it would be bothersome for me to hear the same old lines from you and yours.
In the Orthodox church they teach us how to avoid the passions, and I have spent the last 7 years parenting a child who came to us with reactive attachment disorder. I assure that I once knew a 7 year old child who could run circles around you when it comes to provocative behavior.
So pat yourself on the back all you like and be sure to show everyone how much you indulge in your vainglory and self-worship. I don't even think you realize how your posts appear to others here. I am trying to help you - your spiritual immaturity is so evident that I feel sorry for you.