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To: jo kus; Forest Keeper

"We believe (if I may speak for my Orthodox brother) that Adam was equipped to resist the tempter - which Jesus DID. Not because of His supernatural self, but His human self was missing nothing..."

You spoke well for your Orthodox brother! :)

FK, it all comes down to what our true nature is as opposed to that distorted one we are born with on account of the Sin of Adam.

4,071 posted on 03/26/2006 6:41:07 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)

To: Kolokotronis; Forest Keeper

You spoke well for your Orthodox brother! :)

Thanks. These discussions are showing me how much closer the two apostolic Churches are to each other (not to discount other apostolic Churches...)

FK, it all comes down to what our true nature is as opposed to that distorted one we are born with on account of the Sin of Adam.

I think this is a major hurdle for Protestantism, as their view on the anthropology of man certainly differs from Christianity's of 1500 years. It inevitably leads to their idea that man has no free will and God is somehow responsible for evil.

Regards

4,082 posted on 03/27/2006 3:59:14 AM PST by jo kus (I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore CHOOSE life - Deut 30:19)

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