[Cronos]

Which may be why the Orthodox church has been overrun by Islam and atheism in so many areas.

Those were external attacks SD. Islam overran the east. Our Orthodox brethren survived centuries under Islamic rule.

atheism too was external in many ways. It did not arise out of the Orthodox Church

[Siena Dreaming]

Of course the attacks were external.

A weaker theology will be more subject to such attacks.