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<blockquote data-quote="Blade Runner" data-source="post: 1319954" data-attributes="member: 17573"><p>Most people prefer simple and direct, the [spoon fed] approach to feed their religious impulse. Not only is the term &quot;hermeneutics&quot;&nbsp; in itself confusing and too difficult or extracting of energy, it is not preferred by many precisely because it takes so much work to fit all of the gospel into a coherent framework. Ironically, this is precisely why any given man needs a guide, and why he especially needs an orthodox guide, I would argue the big and small &quot;O&quot; on this one, since it has the fullness of the truth. The beauty of Orthodoxy rests in its flexible, yet firm understanding of what human life is and how it should be directed, and for the polemicists, in ideas such as &quot;We concern ourselves on what has been revealed, on what and where the church is&quot; --- focusing on this rather than speculating on what is outside of this domain. That's its beauty. As a priest in the northeast once said [paraphrasing], &quot;He were know what we have. If you want to gamble, go out there (pointing to Atlantic City).&quot; If one put in the effort to seek and find these gems, I have always felt, it would sparkle in their hearts and in the minds. It is a treasure that those with the gift of faith can't deny.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Blade Runner, post: 1319954, member: 17573"] Most people prefer simple and direct, the [spoon fed] approach to feed their religious impulse. Not only is the term "hermeneutics" in itself confusing and too difficult or extracting of energy, it is not preferred by many precisely because it takes so much work to fit all of the gospel into a coherent framework. Ironically, this is precisely why any given man needs a guide, and why he especially needs an orthodox guide, I would argue the big and small "O" on this one, since it has the fullness of the truth. The beauty of Orthodoxy rests in its flexible, yet firm understanding of what human life is and how it should be directed, and for the polemicists, in ideas such as "We concern ourselves on what has been revealed, on what and where the church is" --- focusing on this rather than speculating on what is outside of this domain. That's its beauty. As a priest in the northeast once said [paraphrasing], "He were know what we have. If you want to gamble, go out there (pointing to Atlantic City)." If one put in the effort to seek and find these gems, I have always felt, it would sparkle in their hearts and in the minds. It is a treasure that those with the gift of faith can't deny. [/QUOTE]

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