ils411 said:
Branko2166 said:
Unfortunately I couldn't take part in the poll as I am Orthodox Christian. Historically we and the catholics were part of a unified Roman church until the great schism in 1054 which split the church in two.
Here is a decent link which explains the differences between the Orthodox and Catholics.
http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/ortho_cath.html
Without going into too much detail I basically just try to live my life without hurting anyone and respecting God's laws as much as I can in this secular age. For instance even though I shouldn't work Sundays, at my work it is a requirement.
I don't believe in preaching to people though I will discuss my beliefs if anyone inquires.
One very important thing I believe is that judgement day will only happen when God deems it appropriate and that we as people can not influence this in any way which it appears may be the belief of many fundamentalist Christians these days.
I don't believe in preemptive use of force. It should only be ever used if attacked and even then enemies should be treated mercifully. That is combatants should be given a quick death, prisoners and civillians are not to be harmed.
That's just a quick and basic summary of my beliefs.
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I got curious about your link and clicked it. While reading it, I was like "Why does this article seems biased towards the Orthodox Church and makes the Catholic Church look like the stupids.." then I scrolled up and saw this
"Copyright, 1994 St. Nectarios American Orthodox Church
Reproduced with permission from The Orthodox Christian Witness, Vol. XXVII (48), Vol. XXVIII (6) and (8), 1994.
May not be reproduced without permission"
ahhh...soooo...This document is from the Orthdox Church. It would be nice, when sighting such Information, it would be better to sight something from an unbiased source. Just saying.
Anyways, I have a question, "Why are you an Orthodox Christian"? Is it by choice or were you born into it?
I'd also like to address the same question to all the Christians here.."Why are you Christians?" Was it a choice you made yourselves? Where you born into it? Where you persuaded or coerced into it? Actually, this applies to all religions.. "Why are you a follower -insert religion here-"? Like i said, were you born into this religion?
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Regarding that link, it just happened to be one of the first that came up when I googled the difference between denominations. I'm not in any way trying to promote one of the other.
As for your question, I was born into it.
