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<blockquote data-quote="OrthoSerb" data-source="post: 1544570" data-attributes="member: 24061"><p>It's not the Bible that gave you that conclusion, its your own selective/subjective interpretation.&nbsp; Your comment lacks any discernment.&nbsp; A lot of the Biblical verses which refer to distancing oneself from those who are not believers is due to concern that the believer will fall into temptation.&nbsp; By all accounts there is hardly any danger of that in this case, they don't live close to each other so there is even substantial physical distance already.&nbsp; The other part you overlook is that we have a special obligation to bear with family members which do not necessarily extend further afield.&nbsp; We did not choose them, they were given to us by God.&nbsp; This attitude of distancing oneself or creating conflict seems to stem from some kind of misplaced sense of righteousness which has to find a way of manifesting itself.&nbsp; The people making these suggestions seem like they don't want to miss an opportunity to demonstrate that they're on the side of God by openly dressing down someone else who they've declared is not.&nbsp; The spirit of patience, humility or long-suffering is completely absent from these suggestions.&nbsp; These situations are opportunities to go deeper within oneself and to use the pain to pray more ardently for those that have gone wayward.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="OrthoSerb, post: 1544570, member: 24061"] It's not the Bible that gave you that conclusion, its your own selective/subjective interpretation. Your comment lacks any discernment. A lot of the Biblical verses which refer to distancing oneself from those who are not believers is due to concern that the believer will fall into temptation. By all accounts there is hardly any danger of that in this case, they don't live close to each other so there is even substantial physical distance already. The other part you overlook is that we have a special obligation to bear with family members which do not necessarily extend further afield. We did not choose them, they were given to us by God. This attitude of distancing oneself or creating conflict seems to stem from some kind of misplaced sense of righteousness which has to find a way of manifesting itself. The people making these suggestions seem like they don't want to miss an opportunity to demonstrate that they're on the side of God by openly dressing down someone else who they've declared is not. The spirit of patience, humility or long-suffering is completely absent from these suggestions. These situations are opportunities to go deeper within oneself and to use the pain to pray more ardently for those that have gone wayward. [/QUOTE]

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