"God is love." - 1 John 4:16
Would you say that this is the central concept of Orthodox Christianity? In my recent struggles, I have found extremes, including in my own perception and thought processes. Whether Orthodox, pagan, spiritual, whatever - people debate details. This extraterrestrial and UFO information vs this. This patristic father said this, another said this. Is gay a choice, were we born with it, what is sexuality at all? I'm OCA but leaning ROCOR, etc. Anything at all, and large deals are made out of small ones.
Everything, everywhere, is so detail oriented! I don't understand it. Why debate, quote, cite, and argue for small details?
To me, God is love. Just... love. Spread love. Love everyone. Make the world to be as close to Heaven as you can. Bring Heaven with you wherever you walk, and love everything.
Everything seems to be simple: Don't sweat the details, live your life to the fullest, love everyone, spread love and peace. Why worry about anything else? Why make life complicated? To me, it all simply boils down to love and joy. Spread these things. Cultivate them. Why the nonsensical details?
Would you say that this is the central concept of Orthodox Christianity? In my recent struggles, I have found extremes, including in my own perception and thought processes. Whether Orthodox, pagan, spiritual, whatever - people debate details. This extraterrestrial and UFO information vs this. This patristic father said this, another said this. Is gay a choice, were we born with it, what is sexuality at all? I'm OCA but leaning ROCOR, etc. Anything at all, and large deals are made out of small ones.
Everything, everywhere, is so detail oriented! I don't understand it. Why debate, quote, cite, and argue for small details?
To me, God is love. Just... love. Spread love. Love everyone. Make the world to be as close to Heaven as you can. Bring Heaven with you wherever you walk, and love everything.
Everything seems to be simple: Don't sweat the details, live your life to the fullest, love everyone, spread love and peace. Why worry about anything else? Why make life complicated? To me, it all simply boils down to love and joy. Spread these things. Cultivate them. Why the nonsensical details?