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<blockquote data-quote="Dijkstra" data-source="post: 1519940" data-attributes="member: 22962">I feel you more or less proved my point with your response. I'm not saying tradition and living a Godly life are exclusive (again, consider that we are expressly commanded to follow Christ in baptism and maintain the sacrament of communion as prime examples of traditions we must actively participate in), it's that it feels like the only point of focus I see in most posts is the abstract concept of &quot;Orthodox tradition.&quot;Perhaps it's symptomatic of the rather short-form structure of forum posts. Or perhaps it's because the overwhelming majority of those who participate in this subsection of the forum are presumed to all agree on the same foundational beliefs of which is best summed up short-hand in the Nicene Creed (for brevity's sake, the actual Filioque-less one), so all we have to debate are those very obvious differences.Ultimately I presume the issue's between my ears since I'm trying to understand something where I do have both theological and practical differences with, while still firmly believing there are repentant, God-seeking elect in both camps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dijkstra, post: 1519940, member: 22962"] I feel you more or less proved my point with your response. I'm [I]not[/I] saying tradition and living a Godly life are exclusive (again, consider that we are expressly commanded to follow Christ in baptism and maintain the sacrament of communion as prime examples of traditions we must actively participate in), it's that it feels like the only point of focus I see in most posts is the abstract concept of "Orthodox tradition." Perhaps it's symptomatic of the rather short-form structure of forum posts. Or perhaps it's because the overwhelming majority of those who participate in this subsection of the forum are presumed to all agree on the same foundational beliefs of which is best summed up short-hand in the Nicene Creed (for brevity's sake, the actual Filioque-less one), so all we have to debate are those very obvious differences. Ultimately I presume the issue's between my ears since I'm trying to understand something where I do have both theological and practical differences with, while still firmly believing there are repentant, God-seeking elect in both camps. [/QUOTE]

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