Why I'm not Orthodox - KingdomCraft

Kyle's video responding to my original Orthodox video:

Gavin Ortlund's video about why Icon Veneration is NOT from the Church Fathers:

[thekatarnalchemist]

It's a common misunderstanding. Orthodox priests don't look like Dumbledore, Dumbledore looks like an orthodox priest. =D It aggravates Dumbledore every time it gets brought up.

[NicholasKohen]

Don’t roast my orthodox pastors like that they got the *HOLY* drip and the chad looking beards with cool buildings

[donaldo]

"Martin Luther was shot by Skeleton"💀

[bogdanmihai]

As a Romanian Orthodox i can confirm that Orthodox priests have that Holy drip

[harrygarris]

I've found that since converting from protestantism to Orthodoxy my focus has been shifting away from my own personal, individual faith and back towards Christ. Which is where I think the focus needs to be. There's so much less concern about trying to mechanistically talk about how sin works and how salvation works and whether we can know everything there is to know. It took becoming Orthodox for me at least to realize that Jesus called people to follow him, he told sinners to repent of their sins and to take up their cross. To get baptized and then pray, give to the poor, and fast. And no we aren't saved by doing a certain amount of these works (the pharisees were doing this stuff too and it didn't help them), but we're saved because by following Christ we become more like him. And in the end, whether we get to spend eternity with our Lord or not depends on whether Christ recognizes us on judgement day or whether he says "depart from me for I never knew you".

[orthodoxjimmy]

As a Greek Orthodox, I'm glad you made this video. God bless☦️

[paulwoodhouse]

Don't forget to put out lots of updates on Project Reconquista. That to me is the most exciting development for Christendom.

[Rhejdns]

I think a main Orthodox argument is that the Spirit proceeding from the Father is a unique relationship that only applies to their persons and not to the son. So to change the Creed by adding the Son in there with the idea that it is more Trinitarian would be on a similar level as changing the Bible to say that the Father and Spirit died on the Cross, thinking that it would be more accurate to the Trinity, and I think the reaction all Christians would have to changing the Bible is similar to how the Orthodox react to altering the Creed without a council, given that the Creed is authoratative like scripture.

[christophersnedeker]

I have schizophrenia, I have voices in my head that I think probably come from demons, they get angry when I go to church, they say things like "you shouldn't be here, you're too much of a sinner, you hate Jesus, imagine spitting on the alter" things like that. When I went to a coptic orthodox church they were peticularly loud and here's the amazing thing. When the priest flicked holy water on my face they went dead silent. I'm going back this Sunday. I've tried it with catholic holy water but it doesn't work as well.

[tigergirl]

Interestingly enough, I met up with an Eastern Orthodox priest recently to discuss some of my questions/concerns with Orthodoxy, as I've been considering switching over from Protestantism. One of the concerns I brought up was the idolization of the Church, how many Orthodox and Catholics seem to mention Christ as more of an afterthought, and how I don't want to lose sight of Christ if I were to switch over. He put those fears at ease in me as he talked about how Christ is at the center of it all, no matter how some people may choose to express their devotion to the Church, and he found that Orthodoxy gave him more love for Christ than when he'd been Lutheran. I also asked him about both Orthodox and Catholics claiming to be the one true Church, and this man essentially said that there is no surefire way to know which one is the true church lol. It was a very lovely meeting, though I'm scared I won't find another priest like him

[robogoku]

15:05 I seriously thought that these videos were just voice overs and I’m genuinely impressed that you can hold such a deep and thoughtful conversation without getting distracted by Minecraft. Love the videos great work

[davidmckelvey]

I'm currently non denominational but I am inquiring about Orthodoxy. Lets all hope God guides us down the correct path.

[felipegarcia]

"We see fruits of the spirit in all form of Christianity... Even pentecostals"
Lol, thank you for not throwing us under the bus

[MaeviousPachatourides]

As an orthodox Greek, I was waiting for this for a long time.

[ToadAppreciator]

As an Eastern Orthodox, I do, in fact, proudly post Chad memes all day. I grew up in the Church of Christ.

Also, I love your channel. You truly truly have brought life to my faith again. Seeing somebody else my age actually take Christianity seriously, and also are willing to take an intellectual approach to it. It's so so refreshing.

[Traditional_American]

When it comes to sin, I would agree that on paper, it may appear that the Orthodox church has a much more lenient view of sin, but if you were to read the lives of the Orthodox saints and to see what they said about sin and how they viewed both themselves and sin, it would make any Calvinist blush and other Christians look at them with genuine concern likely saying, "Bro are you okay?" Literally the most common prayer that Orthodox Christians pray is the Jesus prayer. "Lord Jesus Christ son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner." It is repeated over and over again meditatively, not just for Theosis, but also in order to show us that we are literally nothing but sinners begging and pleading for the mercy of Christ because we are nothing, while he is The everything. Meanwhile I have seen countless protestants that while they may even have a belief in Total depravity, which has its own host of problems that I won't get into, they live their life has if they either didn't sin, or as if sin was nothing to them. "I know what I've done is bad or what I'm planning to do is wrong, but I'll just ask Jesus to forgive me for it." Was a very common sentiment among the Baptist and Pentecostal Churches I grew up in.

[SancteCuthberteOraProNobis]

God bless you brother in Christ: your work is really good for the kingdom of God: from a Latin Catholic in Sweden.

[logosimian]

Bro. Not Eastern Orthodox, but looking like wizards is one of the *pros* of the EO.

[bobbobb]

What I’ve heard from every Eastern Orthodox Christian I’ve ever talked to is that the heterodox aren’t necessarily dammed, and they can be saved too. It’s up to God.

[renhaiyoutube]

I'm Russian Orthodox. Not against Calvinists. We're all brothers in Christ.