Why do people on this board like this Anderson?
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Here he attacks a monk of the Orthodox Faith simply because he's an Orthodox member of the body of Christ.
I seriously don't understand how any man can attack a person of living Faith.
Those who like this man, how do you reason for these actions?
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It's not just people on this board, there are many so-called Christians who love Pastor Anderson and absolutely think he is a Saint while he bashes all other Christian denominations and sects like Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox.
I think for the layman Christian who has never read the Bible, Pastor Anderson and his "hard preaching style" is a breath of fresh air in this world of lukewarm back-slidden Christians. Unfortunately, his OSAS heresy is also very soothing to the ears of many baby/immature Christians since they are content in wallowing in their own sin while indulging in Pastor Anderson's judgmental mockery on others during his so-called sermons. It's really a reflection of the childish nature of his congregation as well.
Yes, I agree from what I've seen as well.
Honestly feel like this extends to all hyper-zealist practitioners (any denomination) when I see the name calling on this board it always comes from people who are so rigid in their Faith, they have no room for the entire Universal Body, which extends to all alleys of traditions - baptist, catholic, calvinists, orthodox…etc
there is no universal body consisting of many Churches, there is only One Church. Even the Orthodox believe in Extra Ecclessiam nulla salus.
I don't mean to be needlessly quarrelsome, but not all denominations believe that all denominations contain members of the "Universal Body". As an example, the Orthodox believe that the Orthodox Church is the visible Church, and those who are outside it are, well, outside it.
Catholics believed the same thing about the Catholic church, until they didn't. Although some of them still do. It really isn't clear to me what the actual teaching is any more.
All of this is just to make the point that being a Christian doesn't require one to believe that all "Christian" churches are united in belief and we should all just get along and sing kumbayah. Better to sing kumbayah than to murder each other, obviously, but there are real disagreements that matter and shouldn't be swept under the rug.
The teaching is still Extra Ecclesiam nullas salus.
I can come up with the same sticking point as you, and point out that USA orthoprots don't believe in EENS either (which is also disingenuous)
I don't mean everything is merry inbetween the differences, if there are toes on the pathway then they will be trod on and feeling will get hurt.
I sincerely believe we are all united in Christ. The different denominational practices come to down the fullness of our Faith that we wish to embrace. I believe the sanctimony of the Universal Church is through our profession of Jesus Christ.
I really didn't mean to offend or to be uncharitable. My time inquiring at a Catholic church was so full of ecumenical feel-goodery, and given Vatican II I just wasn't clear.
Vatican II states the obvious: that being outside of the Church during life does not necessarily mean anyone is damned, but they need to be in the Church for salvation by the end.
Had they been de-facto damned from the beginning, conversion would be impossible and pointless.
He's a cult leader, cult leaders need enemies to fanatize their following against and promote themselves as a savior from them. Brother Nathanael is an easy victim because he's neither a monk and have some personal problems as far as i know.
Those people are as Christians as Jim Jones and his followers