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> I'm greek orthodox and consider scripture to be the single most important, but not the only, means of understanding correct action Interesting. Do you consid
by tines 2y ago
> I'm greek orthodox and consider scripture to be the single most important, but not the only, means of understanding correct action
Interesting. Do you consider an action to be incorrect if it doesn't agree with scripture? Or can other things override scripture?
> I don't place limits on god's grace or attempt to guess who will or won't be forgiven for what
Do you place the limits that God himself placed? (Referring to Matthew 6:14-15 and James 2:13, assuming you believe Jesus' and James' words are God's word.)
> Bonhoeffer's conundrum was that he perceived inaction to be as damning as any action available to him. I think there's room for disagreement about whether that was truly the case. But I find the difficulty in discerning righteous action in crisis relatable, and I appreciate how he engaged with it.
I don't think we disagree that he was in a difficult situation. I'm simply arguing that he "gave up" and took the non-Christian way out of the core Christian dilemma, and worse, he's convincing other people that it was the Christian thing to do.
Forgive me if I sound glib over such a serious matter, I just don't have a lot of time to edit my posts right now. (Also I'm not downvoting you.)
- giraffe_lady 2y agoIt's not that scripture says one thing and we can do another. It's that we need the guidance of tradition to know what scripture is saying to us, and how to apply it to our own lives. Scripture and orthodox tradition both are inconsistent about the compatibility of mercy and action to prevent an ongoing harm. We aren't to weigh the good and evil and pass judgement on someone's soul, but we are to use discernment about what things we allow to happen around us.
- tines 2y agoIf you believe that scripture is inconsistent then I can see why we diverge. Good talking to you!
- giraffe_lady 2y agoI mean there are contradictory interpretations without a purely scriptural basis for deciding between them. But yeah genuinely same!