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<blockquote data-quote="The Liturgist" data-source="post: 77363644" data-attributes="member: 424341"><p>Nothing our friend [USER=396028]@Hans Blaster[/USER] said in the post you replied to was a lie. Even if he was wrong about the science, or made a mistake in his calculations, and he is not wrong in claiming the Earth is spherical, he is not lying, because lying requires an intentional act of deception.</p><p></p><p>Indeed you do realize that falsely accusing someone of dishonesty is itself regarded as misconduct according to Scripture? Surely someone who places an Orthodox icon in their signature ought to follow the basic instruction of “Judge not, lest ye not be judged”?</p><p></p><p>By the way, are you an Orthodox Christian or are you just using one of our icons because it appears to agree with your position? I say appears because the fact is, Orthodox icons are not intended to depict the world in a physically accurate manner. They are rather intentionally stylized, as they are supposed to depict spiritual realities. That is why you have an icon showing a flat world with Hell opened up as a chasm beneath, because this is a metaphor for our spiritual condition but not a literal description of reality, any more than the three angels depicted in St. Andrei Rublev’s icon The Holy Trinity are intended to be actual renditions of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, are you aware of the real damage that you counter-factual claims are doing in terms of evangelism? Every Christian who makes an argument in favor of something demonstrably false, like the flat Earth, emboldens the conviction of those outside the Church that our religion is false and superstitious, especially when someone seeks to present the idea of a Flat Earth as though it were Christian doctrine, which it is assuredly not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Liturgist, post: 77363644, member: 424341"] Nothing our friend [USER=396028]@Hans Blaster[/USER] said in the post you replied to was a lie. Even if he was wrong about the science, or made a mistake in his calculations, and he is not wrong in claiming the Earth is spherical, he is not lying, because lying requires an intentional act of deception. Indeed you do realize that falsely accusing someone of dishonesty is itself regarded as misconduct according to Scripture? Surely someone who places an Orthodox icon in their signature ought to follow the basic instruction of “Judge not, lest ye not be judged”? By the way, are you an Orthodox Christian or are you just using one of our icons because it appears to agree with your position? I say appears because the fact is, Orthodox icons are not intended to depict the world in a physically accurate manner. They are rather intentionally stylized, as they are supposed to depict spiritual realities. That is why you have an icon showing a flat world with Hell opened up as a chasm beneath, because this is a metaphor for our spiritual condition but not a literal description of reality, any more than the three angels depicted in St. Andrei Rublev’s icon The Holy Trinity are intended to be actual renditions of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Lastly, are you aware of the real damage that you counter-factual claims are doing in terms of evangelism? Every Christian who makes an argument in favor of something demonstrably false, like the flat Earth, emboldens the conviction of those outside the Church that our religion is false and superstitious, especially when someone seeks to present the idea of a Flat Earth as though it were Christian doctrine, which it is assuredly not. [/QUOTE]
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