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Thanks for the reminder! I saw that on the Orthodox Ethos website and was going to watch it but got side tracked!
Yeah, I'm thankful for the reminder too. Not many Orthodox Panels like this one out there.
 
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Orthodox Panel - great talk
Yes, a great discussion. What especially stood out to me is the question as to why those who don't listen to, or disregard the sorts of things being brought to the fore here, are behaving thus? The answer, of course, is that various experiences and influences have brought them to be who they are, including certain kinds of "social conditioning" (to use a term from one panel member), and it's long term (over a lifetime) conditioning that I'm pointing to. So they'll mostly not know what they are doing anytime soon. Some may never come to know during this lifetime. But we're not troubled over this. It's one of those things that is out of our hands and in God's hands.
 
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