Robert <
i...@home.gov> on Mon, 06 Sep 2021 19:15:38 -0700 typed in
alt.religion.christian.east-orthodox the following:
>On Sep 6, 2021, P+Barker wrote
>(in article<
055djgd0g89lf85ls...@4ax.com>):
>
>> servant wrote:
>>
>> > Leave it to good ole matt, its become almost a joke the way he brings up
>> > the topic repeatably. The obvious, he *never* mentions the portestant use
>> > of the same practices and same motivations with the start of that
>> > movement..
>> > Now why does matt mention only one historical arm of it? Ask him about
>> > personal behaviors the rcc condemns which might affect him.
>
>Notice the timeline pretty much ended at the time of Reformation.
>Meanwhile ALL those who were affected but knew no better, (because the Bible
>was kept out of the hands of the laity by the RC and Orthodox) the people
>were steeped in the teachings and actions of the RCC. So while the Reformed
>may have done similar things, it was the way they were trained and steeped
>in. As the Bible became more readily available because of the printing press,
>and people like Tyndall and others, they could then start seeing things as
>the blinders of the evil one was removed and the scales lifted off the eyes
>of the Born Again Believer, and God was once again enabled to work in the
>hearts of man.
>
>Out in the freedom of Christ we found out that Born Again Man is the Temple
>of God, and we are to treat our bodies and lives accordingly. The freedom
>grew way to big for the corrupted churches to handle or control.
>
>People found out about Faith in God, and not some institution of man, and
>were set free, FREE!
>>
>> Could it be because he is a liar, an ass hole and a troll?
>
>That was a very ungodly action.
And Robert (like matt) demonstrates again, why he is so often
baffled by the concept of how history would have any impact on
spirituality.
Because both are again raving away about historical events which
have nothing to do with Eastern Orthodoxy. Neither are obviously
uninterested in more than a superficial view of history based entirely
on his false premises. They just _know_ that Constantine established
the Roman Catholic Church in the third century, and that's all they
consider important. Their willful ignorance prevents them from ever
learning that the Roman Catholic Church as imagined had no influence
in the Eastern Roman Empire, had nothing to do with the Orthodox
Church, has nothing to do with the Orthodox Church, and will not have
anything to do with the Orthodox Church.
But what else can you expect from someone with no historical roots
to their religion?
--
For many "I am spiritual, not religious".seems the short form of
"I retain the option to adjust my beliefs to fit my lifestyle,
nor be constrained by prior statements about what I said I believe."