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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HillsideDesolate" data-source="post: 4009425" data-attributes="member: 51737">From a theological perspective, the Catholic Church (meaning both Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches) would be the one true church as mentioned in the epistles. This is proven through both rationally via documentation and spiritually via apostolic succession. However faith is a journey with God as the final destination, what one may believe at one point in their life is not their  destination,  and Christ will bear final judgement. The priest of my formal parish would say," Orthodoxy is not the only path to God, but it is the easiest." ironic as the Orthodox fast over 100 days a year. but as I said it's a journey, and infighting and condemning other Christians doesn't really help anyone progress, even condemming athiest, I used to be one. However what would be the point of being part of a faith that did not believe itself to be true?On the relationships of Christianity to other religions I suggest the writings of St. Serephim Rose of Platina, he was a Buddhist whom I believe held a doctorate in eastern religious studies before his Conversion to Christianity and eventually Monastism. Things can run the gamut from the demon worship of hinduism and the related new age movement to the confluence of Christianity and Taoism. To the point that Tao the Ching is a record of the experience of God not dissimilar to the Old Testament. Hieromonk Damascene ascend expounds on this further in the Christ and the Eternal Tao. It holds much significance to me as the Tao is perhaps my favorite spiritual work.But regardless, as.I said earlier, there are greater problems afoot. Satanic trannies and killing Christian school children and we're arguing semantics.</blockquote>

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