Moderator: Mark Templet
Stating "you sound like a hypocrite" is the exact same thing as saying "you're a hypocrite." But you tried to soften this judgement by employing the word "sound like." You can't fool God. That's my whole point. You might fool men, but not God.
As for Lent approaching, so what? Do you only get serious about the faith during the fasts? Orthodoxy is a 24/7 thing that must permeate every moment and aspect of our lives. There is more to Orthodoxy then Lent and Sunday potluck meals.
Efimy,
About the Great Lent...I was referring to you. You should start focusing on that, because you are definitely in a negative place. I'm doing fine.
Stating, you "sound" like a hypocrite means that you SOUND like one, because the underlying meaning is....get away from that mentality. If I was talking to a person who was a total moronic, ecumenist liar, then I would tell him that he IS a hypocrite. It's an observation, but it's a true observation.
I don't mince words. I tell it as it is.
Basically, my dear, I am giving you the benefit of a doubt. I'm thinking that maybe you were in the wrong place, at the time that you wrote your post. It's a warning...that you are close to jumping off the deep end and I don't appreciate your expressions. It's still a free country here, isn't it?
Orthodoxy is a 24/7 thing that must permeate every moment and aspect of our lives.
So why don't you apply that to yourself? Now, you are the grand teacher of Orthodoxy? Did it ever occur to you, that you need correction too?
There is more to Orthodoxy then Lent and Sunday potluck meals.
I know about the sacrifices to Orthodoxy. You don't know what I went through to get here.
But, perhaps you are not capable in calming down and assessing the situation.
All I get from you is arguements. Am I wrong about that?
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. (Ps. 50)