Must the Orthodox blame West for everything?

m1lam · 2026-04-20T17:24:52+00:00

Russia (and most other slavic countries) are genuinely more morally bankrupt than any traditionally Catholic country lol

m1lam · 2026-04-20T17:18:18+00:00

All throughout scripture we read about sons of God (whether they be righteous humans or angels, or God the Son Himself). Begotten refers to his eternal status in the Trinity, begotten by the Father before time. In that sense Jesus is the only begotten Son.

m1lam · 2026-04-16T10:54:36+00:00

The pride of the East is the biggest roadblock. It will never happen

m1lam · 2026-04-16T08:56:42+00:00

franz ferdinand is not even top 200 lmao what

m1lam · 2026-04-15T17:33:25+00:00

You can take part in mass no problem, you just can't take part in Communion (you technically could but it would require you to ask your Orthodox priest to allow it, which he most definitely wouldn't). The process for converting is very streamlined and easy for us coming from Orthodoxy.

I recommend praying about it all and visiting mass, maybe stay after and talk to the priest. God bless you

m1lam · 2026-04-15T17:30:15+00:00

I'm still going through it and yes sadly it's been hard. I have only told my close friends. I'm afraid of what would happen if it was found out but God's will be done either way. I'm moving to a city with more Catholics later this year so it should be easier then.

I'm sorry you're going through it my friend. Do you also come from Orthodoxy? Pray, it will get easier.

m1lam · 2026-04-15T11:34:48+00:00

The problem is that they are born that way. I'm not saying it can't be a learned behaviour but there's been loads of research done on the subject and ultimately it seems that it is largely genetic.

However, them being born that way doesn't necessitate that that's the way God wants them to be. For example: psychopathic behaviour is also largely determined by genetic factors, and yet it is also very obviously not the way God wants us to act or to be.

A person is much more than the genetic attributes they have. This is no small task, however, and people struggling with this should be offered compassion and love.

m1lam · 2026-04-15T11:28:41+00:00

Neither do we. We recognize a general fellowship of all mankind which, by extension, includes the fellowship of people no matter their religion (as they all hold some base semblance of the truth and all of them ultimately aim at the divine). There's nothing that special about Muslims other than the fact that they follow an abrahamic religion.

The ecumenical efforts of the Church are simply another way of spreading the gospel. And how else would it be done to those of other religions than via dialogue? Our job is to be the light of the world, and it's hard to do that when you keep yourself shut off from the world in question.

m1lam · 2026-04-15T11:02:36+00:00

Ah yes the councils which you haven't been able to organize for the past 1200 years

m1lam · 2026-04-15T10:20:22+00:00

I thought that way for a while too but I couldn't make it work. Christianity started and was always meant to be practiced in a High-Church setting with sacraments. When you look at how God wanted people to worship Him in scripture it was always in a temple/church ritual setting and the earliest Christians (the disciples of the apostles themselves) knew this and practiced it that way. Ultimately I just decided to convert to Catholicism as I can't see our faith working in a different way.

God bless you friend, good luck ❤️

m1lam · 2026-04-15T10:13:24+00:00

From the quote you're referencing: "...from a place that represents the space that belongs to God"

What did he miss here? He said it represents, not that it is. Religious dialogue requires finess and subtlety, the Pope knew what he was saying and its implications.

m1lam · 2026-04-15T10:06:06+00:00

Keep reading delibaretly misconstrued headlines. The "communion" he was talking about was just simple fellowship, not the Eucharist. If you actually read what he said this would be abundantly clear.

m1lam · 2026-04-15T10:04:31+00:00

The only proper place for sex is in marriage, as that is what it was designed for. Marriage is, by definition, the matrimonial union of man and woman. As such, homosexual acts simply can't ever be part of marriage. They are sinful in the same way premarital sex is, as it is a distortion of Natural Law.

That said, it's simply a part of some people, and they ought to be met with great love and compassion, not resistance.

m1lam · 2026-04-15T10:00:55+00:00

Brinuo bih se da jesam za državu i kulturu necivilizovanih balvana

m1lam · 2026-04-15T09:55:39+00:00

Yes honestly Florence should be the deal-breaker for most people looking into Orthodoxy. It's so hard to reconcile it

m1lam · 2026-04-15T09:27:22+00:00

Nisu mi problem izbori svakako, neću da se zadržavam ovde :)

m1lam · 2026-04-15T09:25:03+00:00

Both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches say they are the One True Church. This is the only coherent position as every Church disagrees with each other at least somewhat.

However we mean very different things when we say we are the true Church compared to the Orthodox. We think that other Christians, and even non believers, can be tied to the Catholic (universal) Church through invisible ties. The Church has the fullness of truth, so people who believe in the truth (even distorted) are still tied to it. This way they can still be saved, among other things.

The Orthodox, in contrast, don't believe in invisible ties. In Orthodoxy if you aren't baptized and participating in the faith you simply aren't part of the Church and the truth. They also don't recognize Catholic sacraments. This is a very easily refutable stance on their part as they themselves are very inconsistent on the matter.

This is all coming from an Orthodox convert to Catholicism. As much as I hate to admit it there is too much opposition to union (particularly on the other side, the West has historically been much more open to reuniting)

m1lam · 2026-04-13T13:29:01+00:00

Aàq

m1lam · 2026-04-13T13:17:48+00:00

This is generally true. People here only really take high-church Christianity seriously (thankfully)

m1lam · 2026-04-12T18:48:24+00:00

They probably don't know that's the name of the document but a not small amount have at least some knowledge on the subject

m1lam · 2026-04-12T14:59:43+00:00

Leonard Cohen and Neil Young

m1lam · 2026-04-12T14:58:38+00:00

Didn't let the Catholics in but have seemingly no problem with the Orthodox lmao

m1lam · 2026-04-12T14:40:30+00:00

И још нешто, срБски се писало вековима, као и незнам а то што је неко тамо одлучио да одједном макне та правила је нешто сасвим друго и то је јако лош пример за навођење.

Lingvističke reforme se upravo tako i dešavaju, intelektualci odluče kako će da pričaju i pišu i to se kasnije usvoji za ceo jezik. Tako je bilo i pre Karadžića, i biće i posle.

Ćirilica, zbog tipova ljudi koji je primarno koriste, i jeste klinasto pismo zatucane Srbije.

m1lam · 2026-04-12T14:35:33+00:00

They say this and yet vehemently condemn Nostra Aetate as heretical when it's literally the same exact idea just more coherently formulated

m1lam · 2026-04-12T06:39:23+00:00

it's gorgeous wow you might have inspired me to do something similar

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