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To: kosta50; Kolokotronis; Forest Keeper; Dr. Eckleburg; P-Marlowe; xzins

Is this what your church teaches you? Who is your bishop, Thomas Jefferson? Do the scissors come with safety tips or do they trust you not to injure yourself or others as you rip apart God's Word?

I am stunned! How do you believe anything? How are you able to even call yourself a Christian when you have such a low opinion of the writer of 3/4 of the New Testament much less a low opinion of the Lord who called Him?

The more I see you write Kosta, the less likely I think it is you are a Christian. And before you press abuse, I really think it bears examining. This is not a personal attack. How on earth do you believe anything with such a low regard for Scripture?? Surely Orthodoxy doesn't teach you to dismiss the Apostle Paul as a flim flam salesman of Gospel tracts.


6,438 posted on 01/16/2007 8:28:31 PM PST by Blogger
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To: Blogger; Kolokotronis; Forest Keeper; Dr. Eckleburg; P-Marlowe; xzins
I don't have a low opinion of +Paul. He did a great deal of good for the Church. The Church would not have survived without him altering the faith and making it palatable and acceptable to the Gentiles. +Paul did not follow any scripture when he changed dietary restrictions, the Law and the circumcision. Surely you don't believe Christ taught that?!

Of course, the Orthodox Church would never say what I say. Maybe the Church is not doing it for the greater good. The Church doesn't err. I do. Maybe one day I will see it differently, but there is a lot about +Paul that most people don't know and there are even more who feel that knowing more would be "bad." I don't.

I don't really care if you think I am a Christian or not, Blogger. My pay is the same. Yours is only to read my opinions if you so choose and respond with your own.

Do you have a problem with me stating my opinions, asking questions? If so, please state so and also tell me by what authority do you censor my thoughts or judge my beliefs?

6,448 posted on 01/16/2007 8:53:58 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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