Facebook post.<\/a><\/p>\n“Thousands of people are around, but a person feels lonely amongst them. Instead of seeing someone\u2019s eyes and smiles, people stare at their smartphone screens. When someone gets sick in the middle of the street, others often don’t care because it doesn’t seem to be of any concern to them\u2026 A common spiritual disease of today is INDIFFERENCE,\u201d the metropolitan wrote.<\/p>\n
According to the head of the OCU, it is because of indifference that great disasters, catastrophes, unpunished murders, and various human sufferings occur. That\u2019s because indifference shuts down people\u2019s hearts, lulls their conscience, and makes people \u201cdeaf and blind.\u201d<\/p>\n
Indifference is a dangerous and insidious weapon of the devil, which teaches to look “past” a person, kills feelings, desires, and aspirations, extinguishes human spirituality, and thus snatches away the meaning of life\u2026 Indifference is a state in which people express no interest in anything, when nothing can break through to them, when their heart and soul don\u2019t react,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
Metropolitan Epifaniy noted that \u201cthe virtual world has become much more important to many than the real one. The number of likes on social media becomes a criterion for human success, replacing the thoughts and feelings of living individuals. People also seem to “scroll” the realities of the environment \u2013 they scroll them down quickly, with no reflection, and therefore they fail to notice not only the beauty that surrounds us, but also the problems, the injustice, and the needs of others.<\/p>\n
“Indifference begins when people start live only for their own sake, their goals and interests, putting them above anything that\u2019s happening around them,” explained the head of the OCU. \u201cSuch people are also called selfish as they cannot and do not want to curb the sinful passion of pride; by focusing only on their I\u2019s, they distance themselves from God, as well as from other people: normal relationships, sincere relationships, friendships, and families are destroyed.”<\/p>\n
The grievous sin of indifference has been known since biblical times, since the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Following unjust accusations, terrible tortures, beatings, and humiliation, the Son of God was crucified. And what did people do? “The people stood watching” (Luke 23:35).<\/p>\n
The book of Apocalypse quotes the Savior as saying, \u201cI know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm \u2013 neither hot nor cold \u2013 I am about to spit you out of my mouth.\u201d(Rev. 3:15-16). This shows that indifference is a trait unacceptable to the Lord.<\/p>\n
It so happened that society sometimes covers up the usual indifference with the concepts of neutrality, non-interference, restraint, or the concept of ignoring things, etc., \u00a0thus gradually becoming “indifferent to indifference” and failing to understand the full extent of the threat it exposes itself to. So let’s not be indifferent! Let us live by God\u2019s commandments and take care of each other. And we pray to the Lord that He will help us avoid this grave sin, which is indifference: to God, to one’s neighbors, and to our Homeland. That\u2019s because we, the children of God, are not indifferent!\u201d the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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