tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415815443006499013.post6669017278602248852..comments2023-04-27T04:14:30.583-07:00Comments on Straight from the Heart: Grasping at Straws in the Tower of AcademiaDonna Farleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11884647995104136193noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415815443006499013.post-55776044244299872672016-03-22T11:56:38.314-07:002016-03-22T11:56:38.314-07:00As I am listening to some priests and bishops of o...As I am listening to some priests and bishops of our Church I get concerned. They speak of many faithful who have concerns about some of the liberal viewpoints of some clergymen as "fundamentalist". I recently listened to one archdeacon on ancient faith radio who called on thing after another those how are "ethnocentric" and are not so happy about the ecumanical movement. I get somewhat annoyed about his way of speaking because it really showed that he did not take many of the faithful fellings seriously. I know for example that the Church should not be divided in different ethnic groups but in the same time he showed no compassion or understanding toward the love for example the greeks have for they country becasue of the many years under the muslims and that love for ones country is not the same as legitimizing that the Church should be ordered in ethnic groups.He just dismissed the people as stupid in some sense even if he never used that word. Anyway. My question is broader than that. I don't know how to deal with all of this. I feel that some in the church are using the language that the world are using. They speak with the same mind as the world. There is no place for mystery and obedience to the tradition in questions like women priestesses or other stuff. They subject the church to the possibility for changing her unchanging truths. I do not not how to cope with that emotionally. Do you have some advice?<br /><br />/Ioannis NusiasAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178047713863860518noreply@blogger.com