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To: kosta50

Kosta, I'm surprised at you! Read Kalomiros! The fire is the same, God's love. The effect is quite dramatically different.


401 posted on 02/15/2005 7:17:02 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Nuke the Cube!)
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To: Kolokotronis
Kosta, I'm surprised at you! Read Kalomiros! The fire is the same, God's love. The effect is quite dramatically different

You are right. I am always mindful of the audience. God's fire has often been used as God's vengeance in the western sense, as a source of intentional punishment originating from God. Kalomiros also says "God is love. If we really believe this truth, we know that God never hates, never punishes, never takes vengeance. As Abba Ammonas says, Love never hates anyone, never reproves anyone, never condemns anyone, never grieves anyone, never abhors anyone..."

The West does not share that view.

God's fire is one and the same, but it is received differently, one being life-giving to those who believe, and the other being received as destructive and damning. Surely, we can understand that -- for there are things that are food for some, and poison for someone else. Although the substance is the same, the effects are as if they were different, opposite, and separate

411 posted on 02/16/2005 2:30:54 AM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: Kolokotronis

Try explaining to a Westerner that God's love kills.


412 posted on 02/16/2005 2:36:58 AM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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