[quote author=GabrielYakub link=topic=12639.msg148435#msg148435 date=1323051008]
The God Christ: The short of it is, overtime I became unconvinced that God existed.
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[quote author=GabrielYakub link=topic=12639.msg148442#msg148442 date=1323…
Welcome :D
[quote author=GabrielYakub link=topic=12639.msg148410#msg148410 date=1322990037]
Although I attend church (youth meeting), bible study, and recently a short course in patrology at Sydney's coptic theological college on a weekly basis, I…
It was well done, but keep this in mind:
"...speaking the truth in love." (Ephesians 4:15)
Once you use the "H" word (heretic), they lose all interest in your Orthodox Church. This applies even if they truly are heretics.
If there was an encoura…
[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=12596.msg148297#msg148297 date=1322782488]
In the end, the ingestion of the "bessara" gives forth a flatulence which leaves behind a stench, and the latrine shows the true material of the cooking.
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[quote author=✞TheGodChrist✞ link=topic=12628.msg148245#msg148245 date=1322705390]
"For what I am doing, I do not understand."
"...What I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do."
(Romans 7:15)
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Whenever you do…
Besides being protestant, how heterodox is he exactly?
He doesn't look too out of the ordinary. At first glance, he seems like a typical protestant.
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[quote author=peter_saad link=topic=11623.msg147558#msg147558 date=1321397827]
He looks a lot older than he sounds.
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Priesthood does that. :(
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Memory Eternal!
A true servant of the Lord!
May God bestow His peace upon the families in this tragic time.
"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends." (John 15:13)
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[quote author=binC link=topic=12527.msg147476#msg147476 date=1321249201]
but in the bible it says " anyone who left his wife and children for God's sake will be rewarded" ?????
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Marriage is for life.
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[quote author=christiangirl link=topic=9508.msg147294#msg147294 date=1320905770]
Apparently, that priest didn't read that part of the bible or only took one part of the verse and ignored the rest. That would be typical of a non-orthodox person like…
[quote author=binC link=topic=12527.msg147316#msg147316 date=1320939262]
Is it possible for someone to be called after marriage and kids?
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In the early centuries, it was possible to become a monk after marriage (spouse dies) and kids. Since…
[quote author=Timothym link=topic=12536.msg147107#msg147107 date=1320438777]
Thanks for the informative reply Superman! Ok that explains more of the Coptic perspective on icons, which is fairly similar to the Byzantine perspective.
Actually I do ha…
Lord Have Mercy!
"Prayer moves the hands of Him who moves the whole universe." -Pope Kyrillos VI
The prayers of all the Saints be with you in this trying time.
May His will be done. May His power and strength be with you and your beloved mother.
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[quote author=Andrew link=topic=12503.msg146771#msg146771 date=1319761598]
The problems of loneliness should not exist in a church. People should not feel left out or that there is no one to talk to. It defeats the point of being a church when we ar…
[quote author=mnc_hnn link=topic=12503.msg146765#msg146765 date=1319749867]
I find that I don't have much to say/ talk about.
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What?! 1753 posts say otherwise! I'm pretty sure the thoughts and opinions in your posts can come out of your mou…
[quote author=mnc_hnn link=topic=12503.msg146765#msg146765 date=1319749867]
I do find the world scary but I am not religiously strict as to prevent myself from enjoying opportunities in life..I just find that I am socially limited and completely avo…
You need a vacation...a spiritual one.
Sometimes when the noise in our hearts accumulates over time, and we get so overwhelmed and stressed out, we just want to explode and want it to go away. Life becomes boring, mundane, and ordinary. And when th…
Albert and Concerned Copts:
The following is handed to you in a spirit of humility. They contain the exact words that Mr. Osseily, your guest speaker, used in your podcast. They are politely debated with respect. We hope that you will come to terms…
Yes it is 40 years this year. May God keep him for us for another hundred. His Holiness is a precious treasure unto the heritage of our Church.
Peace in Egypt would be a nice gift to any Coptic Patriarch...
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[quote author=copticyouth86 link=topic=12498.msg146575#msg146575 date=1319543125]
TheGodChrist,
going to chime in briefly "...My rhetoric is not really directed towards you per se', but rather at the fact that these viewpoints …
[quote author=Aegyptian link=topic=12498.msg146573#msg146573 date=1319541939]
Mods, please close this thread before it's too late.
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One post, and one post only. One post saying what's wrong with the content of the podcast. THAT'S IT. ITS NO…
[quote author=aosseily link=topic=12498.msg146571#msg146571 date=1319535867]
Thankyou TheGodChrist for throwing at me some of the most insulting remarks I have ever heard in my life.
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I'm sorry that you took it that way. Sometimes you need…
[quote author=Andrew link=topic=12498.msg146568#msg146568 date=1319527192]
Please, don't fall for this bait and engage them (foolish, rebellious, secular, perverted "Concerned Copts"). This is what they want and love. No matter how much truth you pr…