Iconodule said:
I imagine he would quite readily own his bias. It's clear it's a very important and personal matter for him.
I wouldn't doubt it. I suppose I had hoped for a more balanced approach. But aside from the blog being heavily inclined towards universalist belief(s), it is a good place to examine
certain writings on the perspective. I added the other link to provide an alternative position.
That said, he occasionally links to posts on other blogs directed against universalism, including by Fr. John Whiteford. It seems to me he is also considerably more civil than some of those who disagree with him.
Good to read that he does this. I had not seen much in the way of non-universalist opinions, but I will try to follow more carefully.
Judging from responses posted on his blog and related threads on this forum, the one-sidedness seems to be what many "universalists" tend to prefer though.
Who doesn't? Starting with your own link.
I don't prefer the one-sidedness. I think it's an important matter that hasn't been sufficiently resolved. And discussions on here and elsewhere, surprise surprise, have tended to be polarizing, with people ardently labeling themselves "universalists," regardless of what the broader Church teaches on it.
I still think that, given some of the pronouncements Church entities have made (see here:
http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,66885.msg1354673.html#msg1354673), that the burden rests on so-called "universalists" to explain why their perspective is
the or
an acceptable Orthodox belief, and not simply one espoused by certain Orthodox Fathers and heterodox theologians. I'm not sure I found that in Fr. Aiden's blog.
