Sometimes God uses difficulties to help us, even those of us on both sides, in this situation, to grow in Him.
And the good news is that I got a text from a young lady at my Church who will be bringing me next week. I knew I could count on those in my Church once the need was known. Counting on my family is another matter, unfortunately. But again, God works in us and in others through very difficult situations, so in the end I can only be thankful.
I'm glad you didn't take it that way.
BTW, most forums have a "statement of purpose" as a sticky at the top of the thread list. That will include all rules for that area.
I don't begin to know them all, lol. I'm familiar with the ones I post in often, but as an ambassador I often have to look up the intent for a particular forum to know if I should post any guidance or warnings in a thread, or if what is being said is allowed.
But just very basically, every congregational area - Orthodox, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Pentecostal, Catholic - whatever - every one of them has rules against arguing against their beliefs. I can't pop into the Baptist or Catholic forum and tell them where I might think they got it wrong. That's basic congregational forum area rules.
But people sometimes learn by debate, understand by debate. They may not change their minds, but it's a valid method of better understanding and appreciating each other. And it's never very convincing to say "I'm right because I say so and you're not allowed to argue with me!" That REALLY doesn't set well with me, so I'm very glad the Orthodox have a forum set up to allow debate. Some do take advantage of it, lol.
And it's good, IMO.
Hopefully we can get a mod to split it out soon. Probably not until after the weekend, as A4C noted, since many are busy with Church today. I look forward to the discussion continuing freely.
God be with you!