(February 20, 2013 at 8:22 am)EGross Wrote: Out of interest, given the 2 areas of Christian Orthodoxy, which one did you join, Eastern or Oriental? Or is "Orthodoxy" just a generic term and not to be used to isolate yourself to a specific practice? I still maintain an Orthodox lifestyle (not Christian), but have an atheist mindset, so I am interested in what you mean by lifestyle that can only be experienced through orthodoxy that requires a belief in a God.I belong to Eastern Orthodoxy (although I thinkt there's no the real difference between these two branches of Otrhodoxy. The schism that happened in the past is a consequence of misunderstanding).
I mean on lifestyle where you're releasing yourself from egocenrtism. I think that faith is the esential element if you want to achieve it.
Of course, maybe there are some people who can make the same without faith. This is just my experience and what is the best for me. I don't reject experiences of others, even if they don't agree with with what I believe in. I think that many people who are not Orthodox (including atheists) will go to heaven. Some people will be saved out of (canonical) Church.
