Rio
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| Walker wrote: | | Rio wrote: | | I'd be very interested to see the unconsidered areas (Russia and Balkans) in the survey. I suspect the Orthodox are much more religious and spiritual by nature as people. I see it in my own family and myself. |
What do you mean, "spiritual by nature"? |
I'm no theologist and must study actual doctrinal differences in the different forms of Christianity but it seems to me that Orthodoxy is more accepting of things existing (eg that there is a god, that Jesus was born not through Immaculate Conception) and there is not a need for analysis of things that seems to happen in Western Christianity; very fluid/visceral and can't be contained. It seems to me that some things can't be explained and people are just happy with that. Rather, its a total and utter "fatalistic" style of belief that exists in Orthodoxy. I do know that Orthodoxy does believe that man and God are one, that death is sin as opposite to guilt (original sin), this somehow must make people more religious I believe.
I hope that makes sense.
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