Comments on: Delusion-free Decision-making http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2011/05/13/delusion-free-decision-making/ Reflections on leadership in the Orthodox Church Wed, 17 Jul 2013 04:07:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Karen http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2011/05/13/delusion-free-decision-making/comment-page-1/#comment-7157 Karen Sun, 15 May 2011 20:09:14 +0000 http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/?p=517#comment-7157 Ditto to all the rest! Thanks for your work here, Father.

]]> By: Matushka Elizabeth http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2011/05/13/delusion-free-decision-making/comment-page-1/#comment-7132 Matushka Elizabeth Sun, 15 May 2011 03:09:31 +0000 http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/?p=517#comment-7132 Another good post, Father. And thank you also for your comment, Matushka Jan!

]]> By: Matushka Jan Koczak http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2011/05/13/delusion-free-decision-making/comment-page-1/#comment-7124 Matushka Jan Koczak Sat, 14 May 2011 22:10:18 +0000 http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/?p=517#comment-7124 Thanks again, Fr. Basil. The quote you italicized is so important!

“spiritual deception is man’s assimilation of a falsehood which he accepts as truth…” [italics mine]

Other “Orthodox Christian” blogs are spreading deception, which the authors seem to have themselves accepted as truth, and they seek to have others follow this path of deception. This is not a path leading to the light of Christ, to reconciliation, to oneness in Christ, but a path further into the darkness.

I wonder what prayers we have in our rich heritage to ask personally and communally for deliverance from spiritual delusion and deception?

Our hope – Christ is Risen!

]]> By: Nicole Troon http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2011/05/13/delusion-free-decision-making/comment-page-1/#comment-7051 Nicole Troon Fri, 13 May 2011 23:15:39 +0000 http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/?p=517#comment-7051 AMEN Gentlemen!

]]> By: Chris Banescu http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/2011/05/13/delusion-free-decision-making/comment-page-1/#comment-7033 Chris Banescu Fri, 13 May 2011 18:15:38 +0000 http://orthodoxleader.paradosis.com/?p=517#comment-7033 AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

Fr. Basil,

You are absolutely correct! Seeing reality as it really is and seeing themselves are they truly are are critical characteristics of all leaders, especially Orthodox Christians ones.

As I wrote previously regarding great leaders: “They embrace truth and live in reality. They deal with things as they really are, not as they would like them to be.”
http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/2008/06/key-characteristics-of-great-leaders-part-ii/

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