If you count how many times in the Gospel Christ quoted the Old Testament to point out to the Pharisees that they were ignoring or skewing the Law, you will only conclude one thing - it\'s been 2000 years, and people are still interpreting things the way they want. From that point on, we should not be surprised to see thousands of denominations, and millions of fanatical followers of skewed theological doctrine.
I am probably one of the guiltiest people in this forum when it comes to confronting heresies, but lately I have been trying to take the position that I can not change these people, only God can, and that I should view every fanatical heretic as a temptation or test of faith. If the devil tried to tempt Christ in the desert, are you surprised that heretics would not test your faith from time to time? I want to make sure I have the answers to the heretical questions for myself, first and foremost. After that, if I can at least rattle the foundations of their argument with Biblical evidence, then they will at least not bother me again, but I can\'t expect to convince them of anything. (thank God for the book \"Handbook of Heresies and Parachristian Organizations\" - 1994 protopresbyter Antonios Alevizopoulos, PhD...that book has every Orthodox answer with Biblical quotations ready to go for almost every Protestant theory).
Giannis
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