The occupation of what was Byzantium by the pagan Turks is to be seen as providential protection to avoid falling into joining in union with the West

So sometimes the ideal of a king is not yet ready

It may not be in God’s time

Like it or not catholics are our brothers in christ. Even if they're heretics

Cradle orthodox dont usually share the opinion on Catholics that converts have. We're much warmer to them

As a former Catholic, I have a hard time seeing that, but I do not hate them

You can be a former anything, the point is that you're former.

Your soul is absolutely different from a cradle Orthodox

ontologically only *the* Church is Christian and others are at best icons of the church
I might call a filioquist brother, but brother in Christ? Not exactly

Although I'll gang up on Protestants with him

I see a lot of dgenerate cradle Orthodox

So?

Very one dimensional of you to assume that all cradles are virtuous by the sole merit of being cradle

Yet you say my soul is different

Like I'm some foriegn body.

Yes you are

And the degenerate cradles are estranged bodies

Doesn't make you better than me

Not in the eyes of God, no

But in relation to you on the human level, I am more likely to retain the spirit of Orthodoxy

At least I like to believe that

Cradles are more likely to apostatize too

Converts are more likely to ruin everything

Cradles take for granted what they have had

You got rabid sectarians that screech at the sight of a catholic on one side and crypto-communist infiltrators that havent given up their previous convictions on the other

Hence why Orthodoxy in USA is a hit or miss

Whereas back at home it remains steadfast.

So what are your thoughts on Jay Dyer?

I am not a movie person so Ive never really been interested enough to listen to his shows

But I know he attracts a lot of converts

Usually the screechy types

It's not all about movies though

I first heard about him several years ago, before his conversion

Honestly, he didnt peak my interest, thats all

His topics dont usually interest me

I am more of a straight up history and politics guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBiz8pmlR8I

Literally this

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