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  • i think the Catholic Church stopped selling indulgences a looong time ago...
  • yea...but alota ppl think im hispanic....sum random ppl will come up to me n talk in spanish n i have no clue wut they're saying...i live in California --SMS...u ever been to the St. Anthony Monastery, i luv it there...sry i got off topic--nehow, i …
  • i think wut they meant was tha Pope John Paul appologized to the Coptic Church because of the persecutions of the Coptics by the Catholics...(correct me if im wrong) but thass wut i understood.
  • yea, sry bout tha lol....well, we are all human, and we can't help but get evil thoughts...it is part of our nature, but the sin lies wen we entertain the thought...like lets say (and this is a really bad example, but bare wit me) ur at church on su…
    in Thoughts Comment by battata May 2004
  • sometimes the thought itself is not the sin, but entertaining the thought is.
    in Thoughts Comment by battata May 2004
  • [quote author=Paulh link=board=1;threadid=22;start=105#msg1537 date=1084035471] What is the point of going out? What do you get out of it? If you do get anything out of it, is it what Christ wants? Why would you go out with a person if you’re n…
  • "through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perserverance; and perserverance, characte…
    in Hope Comment by battata May 2004
  • why wud sum1 wanna get married at 15 or 16? then tha person would really put their familiy in a great risk of divorce. as you grow, you mature and find out wut tru love is... "Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade …
  • i went to a catholic school and no, the catholics do not worship st mary, as often thought by the coptic church. they simply recognize her as a saint.
  • i think tha these girls like the attention u kno...the feelin tha sum guy likes them er wutever. im not exactly sure how to u get through to them. i kno alot ppl who say their in "love" n im like thass not love....and their like how would u kno...an…
  • yea, i actually read tha book n we had an open day at church...it is a good book and he uses many great examples and metaphors...the surprising thing about it was it was writin by an american, but it sounds as thou they were from our church. he exp…
  • yea, he was actually tellin us about why we wear earings, rings, etc. it was actually an interestin lesson because i never really thought bout it from tha point of view...he mentioned y guys cant wear earings and stuff, but i cudnt really understand…
  • a monk once told me tha an earin (4 a girl) symbolizes God's Word pierced in one ear, and our parents in the other...so tha we dont forget....well im not exatly sure if this is tru or not but this is wut he told us...it was a while bak so i kinda fo…
  • i agree wit SMS n mark....theres not much to add because they pretty much covered it...well wen ur datin sum1, alot of ur time and energy goes into the relationship, u spend alot of time thinkin about the person, etc. in doin this ur takin ur focus …
  • im not sure but i dont think paradise is a waiting place or it would be just like purgatory, and the Coptic Church does not believe in purgatory...
  • i agree with PrincessMary...another point i can add is tha we need to take God as a friend....If you take Him as a friend, not only Our God & Master, you reach Him at a different level.. God doesn't seem so far away...He also wants us to treat H…
  • hey... i often find myself asking the same question..im not exactly sure of the answer, but i think one of the most important things we can do to try and grow closer to God and overcome this laziness is fasting. i also think we need to find a renewe…
  • "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." ~Galatians 3:28 happy easter every1...ekhiristos anesti :)
  • i also read "i kissed dating goodbye" by joshua harris...i recomend reading this book...he uses many real life examples and many Bible verses...he describes dating from a christian point of view...check out the book and hopefully you'll be less conf…