There’s Orthodoxy and then there’s another Orthodoxy:
Choice Orthodoxy, ladies and gentlemen.
It would be funny if it weren’t so not funny.
7 responses to “Choice Orthodoxy”
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I don’t get it. Why shouldn’t fathers have a say about their children?
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The Orthodox Patriarch cannot possibly support abortion. Saying “abortion is fine if both parents choose it” disqualifies him from being an Orthodox Patriarch.
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In the Russian context, this is about fathers preventing abortions by not agreeing to them without the state introducing the direct ban that would be unpopular. And then nobody, including the fathers, the state and the church would care how the woman manages childcare alone.
It is about being a conservative without putting any money where one’s mouth is.
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What he said is considered a terrible sin in Orthodoxy. And he’s not even aware of it.
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I am aware that this is a sin in any branch of christianity. But what do you want from a de-facto state church of Russia. They had another pubic announcement recently – a reminder that childbearing age starts before 18…
For other Ortodox people in here – I do know the difference between Orthodox church under Moscow and under Constantinople, and that US Orthodox likely belong to the latter. So I am not implying that you belong to the organization that issues the above edicts.
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