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Old 04-21-2010, 12:43 PM   #41
biannaruh

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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). My dear Angelos, Orthodoxy is not a system of "social justice". Social justice, in the modern sense, is useful, but does not define a faith, let alone define the Orthodox faith. The Orthodox faith means not "what can God do for me", but, rather, "what can I do to get closer to God?" (to paraphrase JFK)
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