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**ImmimiFruff** · 04-21-2010, 10:04 AM

Father Irenaeus,

Would you agree that there are many heretics who do God's work on earth? No person is perfect, everyone is a sinner. For me heretics are not worse sinners, just Christians who do not get the full benefit of our Lord's Truth, like our Orthodox brothers do. If anything Orthodox (and for me Catholics as well) have less of an excuse when they sin given the Truth that is more accessible to them

For me the real sinners are those who do not feed the hungry, do not give water to the thirsty, do not welcome strangers, do not clothe the naked and do not visit the ill and those in prison (as per Matthew 25). So in the end we need to look at someone in his/her totallity and prioritize those attributes that Jesus did (i.e., love for God and love for neighbor).

Finally, I had the opportunity to live in England, Greece and the US. I stand by my view, as supported by scientific research, that people care about God and His Son in the US way more than in Europe. I'm a born again Christian (now Catholic, raised Orthodox) and I believe that if I had not lived in the US I would not have rediscovered Christ.

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ImmimiFruff Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 538 Senior Member	Father Irenaeus, Would you agree that there are many heretics who do God's work on earth? No person is perfect, everyone is a sinner. For me heretics are not worse sinners, just Christians who do not get the full benefit of our Lord's Truth, like our Orthodox brothers do. If anything Orthodox (and for me Catholics as well) have less of an excuse when they sin given the Truth that is more accessible to them For me the real sinners are those who do not feed the hungry, do not give water to the thirsty, do not welcome strangers, do not clothe the naked and do not visit the ill and those in prison (as per Matthew 25). So in the end we need to look at someone in his/her totallity and prioritize those attributes that Jesus did (i.e., love for God and love for neighbor). Finally, I had the opportunity to live in England, Greece and the US. I stand by my view, as supported by scientific research, that people care about God and His Son in the US way more than in Europe. I'm a born again Christian (now Catholic, raised Orthodox) and I believe that if I had not lived in the US I would not have rediscovered Christ.
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