I have fallen by the wayside and wither. My faith is wavering because of the torment of this world and it is clear that I was never truly a Christian.
What do I do?
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Gottmituns_ on scored.co
11 months ago1 point(+0/-0/+1Score on mirror)1 child
I know a lot of young men who have fallen for the orthodox meme. They end up desperate and hopeless. The issue is that the EO fundamentally deny the gospel. They put the burden of salvation on yourself instead of Jesus which is the entire point of Christianity. When perfection is the goal and you constantly fall short it's exhausting, especially when you're surrounded by pharisees.
Beyond that it's just silly. They make lofty claims about being the one true church but if you actually look into the history it's clear they're a LARP. Look up Nikon's reforms or how their church as it is today was basically recreated by Stalin if you're curious, those are good starting points. There are other problems theologically, like how their essence/energies distinction is necessarily polytheistic, but most of them don't care about that as much as they just want something that seems cool and isn't western. Stone Choir did a great podcast on the topic, highly recommend.
Beyond that it's just silly. They make lofty claims about being the one true church but if you actually look into the history it's clear they're a LARP. Look up Nikon's reforms or how their church as it is today was basically recreated by Stalin if you're curious, those are good starting points. There are other problems theologically, like how their essence/energies distinction is necessarily polytheistic, but most of them don't care about that as much as they just want something that seems cool and isn't western. Stone Choir did a great podcast on the topic, highly recommend.