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Old 01-02-2008, 05:12 PM   #26
Vobomei

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Effie,

I presume there aren't too many problems for evangelicals (and presumably other religious groups in Greece) NOW precisely because of the legal case I referred to. Being a part of the E.U., Greece has to generally abide by its laws. And trusting Dr. Montgomery is not the issue; he was simply one of the lawyers involved in the case. And he happens to also be a well-known Christian apologist. In any case, you can look up about what happened and why from secular sources as well.

I only offered a modern Greek example of Orthodox persecution because it was so recent, and becaue the quote about how Orthodox has always supported pluralism was taken from the Greek Orthodox Church in America, right?

Otherwise, the examples of Orthodox persecution of other sects is pretty endless, right? Beginning right when Christians in the East and West came to political power. Think of St. Theodosius, one of the earliest Christian emperors, and one of the first to persecute pagans. And then you can just trace the history of what happened to rival sects whenever the Orthodox were in power from that point on. Of course, when they weren't in power, they couldn't persecute....

And I don't mean to point the finger at the Orthodox alone, as if other Christian groups did not do the same despicable acts (with the Anabaptists being the lone exception, commited as they were to pacifism). Its just better to own up to the sins of the past, than to pretend they never happened, which I see being implied by the quote you offered.

In Him.
Shawn
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