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[quote author=DimyanCoptic link=topic=9285.msg114788#msg114788 date=1274917568] I have started numerous topics about this, and its just killing me. I am a sophomore about to be a junior in high school, and freshmen year i went to an amazing school …
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Since Christianity is a revelation from God, and not a human enterprise "religious" quest to find the divine (i.e. other religions), the question "why does there have to" doesn't really make sense. For instance, why do we have DNA to code what chara…
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Godislove260, read "Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity" by Otto F.A. Meinardus. It goes through some of our dark times. I think he glossed too much of our maltreatment of Ethiopians. Fr. Peter, I tend to agree, but maybe this is because our…
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Keep the relationship superficial, at least. Show him the appropriate "agape" love of the Gospel (show compassion, do favours he asks etc), but don't "hang out" with him like close knitt friends. And be ready to compassionately tell him, "I don't ag…
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I wonder if St. Athanasius and St. Cyril and John Damascus would have passed the test? I think the priest is right in a way, though, but I hardly see it as a major deficiency. I mean, the Apostles and many of our greatest church fathers would not p…
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Thanks Abouna! I really thank you for the contribution you have made concerning this subject, and the very wise counsel in how to approach those of other churches.
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Guys, some of what you say is bordering on the ridiculous. You are saying everything they just said about us. That their priests are this and that, and they talk about their miracles. Let us not forget that we produced a lot of heretics as well- f…
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Haha- what??! Let's be blunt: Christianity came from the Apostles- out of Jerusalem! I don't think they are jealous. I believe they are either ignorant, or following somehow the early church fathers who are said not to even sit with heretics.
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Thanks father for your wise words! It is a bit of a shame really, though. With all the intermarriages, and the mutual benefit many laymen and clergy are already receiving from the integration of our literature, it is difficult sometimes to swallow …
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I suppose superman is a member of this forum. Anyway, just to make the distinction clear, schizophrenia is not a personality disorder. Personality disorder: Bad: Schizoid, Schizotypal, Paranoid Mad: Borderline, Antisocial/Sociopath, Narcistic S…
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Well gluttony is a sin, if that is what you are getting at. Most of what I read about gluttony is its link to other sins, and if you do follow the commandments, and you have faith and are following the path of salvation, of course He will accept you…
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[quote author=AikotiEnsok link=topic=8790.msg110249#msg110249 date=1265742018] i really dont know... i just kinda stopped caring :( [/quote] Forgive me, but there is something more sinister going on, and you got to sit down with yourself or with a …
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That is quite a tragic story. I think that lots of people who read this were shocked, and did not know how to respond in words. It is difficult to understand how things like that happened when you come from a priveledged background, which I hope mos…
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Hey Cerifiedorthodox! I really think the book mentioned by someone on this thread is worth reading: "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis. It answers your question really well. Also, I suggest reading (I must confess, I haven't read it all), "Abolition …
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You'd think we learned something from the Catholic priests scandals and the Orthodox Church of America scandal. Anyway, CO, God is interested in justice. Look at stories such as Sussana and the two Elders or Judges; the story of King David, and ma…
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Hi Co, That people are going to be judged differently or on a different standard is clear from the Gospels. Consider that because Sidon and Tyre had received a "prophet" greater than Jonah, they have a stricter judgment- Matthew 12:41 "The men of …
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[quote author=dzheremi link=topic=7480.msg109631#msg109631 date=1264487168] [quote author=Melchoir link=topic=7480.msg109610#msg109610 date=1264433344] the Muslims used the same pretext to Islamize milliones of christians and Jews: they say they hav…
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To those who do not live in New South Wales, Australia, HSC refers to "Higher School Certificate"- a set of exams which determines what tertiary course you can get into. God is with you.
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Sorry, but you are a bit ignorant of history. Allah, like the English word God (which comes from German), existed before Islam and Christianity, to represent the concept of the Supreme Being or Deity to the people they brought their religion to re…
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Battle Plan of the Will (my notes based on Chapter Two of Practical Spirituality by Father Athanasius Iskander, St. Shenouda Monastery Press) WILL: 1) Pray: weakness--> God "If the righteous one is scarcely saved, where shall I the sinner stand…