@KyleSeraphin@BSquared1670333@PurestZinc "priesthood authority" is not a made-up concept. It's fundamental to the legitimacy claims of both the Catholic and Orthodox faiths. Anyone with a passing knowledge of either would know this.
@daschnauzer90@extradeadjcb why not go to Islam? If I had to sum it up, from where I'm standing, it seems like Official Christianity worships Christ because He was God, whereas we worship God because He is Christ. *That* guy. We want more of *that*. (8/8)
@daschnauzer90@extradeadjcb slack: I don't believe most Niceans would worship the giant computer. But I think the *reason* they wouldn't is because they can't help but love Jesus of Nazareth(because He first loved them), and don't think too hard about the philosophy. After all, if you worship Power, (7/8)
@kilofoxtrotzero@LDSTiberius@extradeadjcb@QuodNostra We don't see "saved" as, like, a data point on our cosmic ledger.
What is the *point* of being saved? Saved *for what*? Why bother?
To us, "saved" means living with and living like Christ --- who is not grading us on an iron rubric, but exercising judgment, deciding.