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<blockquote data-quote="josemiguel" data-source="post: 1569235" data-attributes="member: 23030">For someone assuming a position of reconciliation, pointing fingers and accusing those you seek to reconcile with of what you are doing isn't the best gameplanGod blessed the Hebrew Kings who tore down false idols. He even blessed Gideon who tore down his father's idols during the middle of the night out of cowardice. In a sense, yes, our own correction officers. We are to be correcting ourselves individually each via continuous repentance, prayer, humility etc. The fundamental difference in attitude/ worldview between your stance and the Orthodox stance is one of whether Truth is relative and whether errors that contradict Truth should be permitted uncorrected. Even seeing through a glass darkly we have Divine Revelation, in which Christ himself corrected others who taught falsely. It was important enough to Him to correct errant teaching. Lies cannot mix with Truth without leading people into ever more error, thus there is value in defending that which has been revealed from false doctrines and false practices. The relativist attitude of agreeing to disagree on even something like the date of Pascha is foreign to the early church, let alone a Christological, soteriological or theological issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="josemiguel, post: 1569235, member: 23030"] For someone assuming a position of reconciliation, pointing fingers and accusing those you seek to reconcile with of what you are doing isn't the best gameplan God blessed the Hebrew Kings who tore down false idols. He even blessed Gideon who tore down his father's idols during the middle of the night out of cowardice. In a sense, yes, our own correction officers. We are to be correcting ourselves individually each via continuous repentance, prayer, humility etc. The fundamental difference in attitude/ worldview between your stance and the Orthodox stance is one of whether Truth is relative and whether errors that contradict Truth should be permitted uncorrected. Even seeing through a glass darkly we have Divine Revelation, in which Christ himself corrected others who taught falsely. It was important enough to Him to correct errant teaching. Lies cannot mix with Truth without leading people into ever more error, thus there is value in defending that which has been revealed from false doctrines and false practices. The relativist attitude of agreeing to disagree on even something like the date of Pascha is foreign to the early church, let alone a Christological, soteriological or theological issue. [/QUOTE]

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