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  • [quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=9303.msg115231#msg115231 date=1275904352] Of course I'll be infuriated. This is a lack of respect for the sacrament of marriage AND baptism!! [/quote] I think that perhaps more have something to answer for, such as…
    in HOW? Comment by clay June 2010
  • Zoxasi, that is not an uncommon problem today. Not the exact situation, but that we find that some peope have been influenced alot by heterodox doctrine, and for secondary reasons remain in the Orthodox Church. I do think we need a better more compr…
    in HOW? Comment by clay June 2010
  • [quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=9303.msg115224#msg115224 date=1275900643] How are you? Where have u been anyway? [/quote] Busy with exams haha, thanks for asking :) Yeah I miss this forum, only recently found out we have Fr Peter gracing us in thi…
    in HOW? Comment by clay June 2010
  • By the way, Zoxasi you reminded me, orthodoxsermons.org are a great way to increase your understanding and maturity, and I strongly recommend that you listen to series and things of different areas and different priests/bishops/teachers to get a som…
    in HOW? Comment by clay June 2010
  • I read your post man, and I berated myself for not including that haha!
    in HOW? Comment by clay June 2010
  • thI think, while doubts are inevitable, and often a sign of growing or maturing faith- that is stepping outside the confidence of your own will to the faith in God, I do believe that it can be parisitic, and should not be tolerated passively. Often …
    in HOW? Comment by clay June 2010
  • [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 …
    in I just can't take it anymore Comment by clay May 2010
  • I understand your point masboota, but, clearly some kids are prone more than others to the seduction of materialist and secular thinking. This acquired mindset has far reaching consequences, and I think it has led to the demise of Western Christiani…
    in Facts Comment by clay May 2010
  • 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…
    in The Trinity Comment by clay May 2010
  • From a parent's point of view, I would agree with Zoxasi. But what is a student to do? I reckon "The Case for a Creator" by Lee Strobel is both an entertaining and enlightening read, and is quite readable.
    in Facts Comment by clay May 2010
  • 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…
    in Who are monophysites? + Chalcedon Council Comment by clay May 2010
  • 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…
    in Homosexuality Comment by clay May 2010
  • 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…
    in Who are monophysites? + Chalcedon Council Comment by clay May 2010
  • 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.
    in Who are monophysites? + Chalcedon Council Comment by clay May 2010
  • 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…
    in Who are monophysites? + Chalcedon Council Comment by clay May 2010
  • 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.
    in Who are monophysites? + Chalcedon Council Comment by clay May 2010
  • 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 …
    in Who are monophysites? + Chalcedon Council Comment by clay May 2010
  • 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…
    in personality disorders = demonic possessions? Comment by clay May 2010
  • To be honest, I think sanctification and Theosis are interchangeably used in the Eastern Orthodox Church. And it seems to me, that no one has ever seriously implied that we become gods in nature, or that we become demi-gods. And I think, seriously, …
    in Theosis Comment by clay May 2010
  • 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…
    in Does God care about weight? Comment by clay May 2010
  • [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 …
    in School Comment by clay February 2010
  • 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…
    in 2 Girlfriends!!!! Comment by clay February 2010
  • 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 …
    in What's the POint of Being Christian? Comment by clay February 2010
  • 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…
    in Why do we HAVE to kiss the Priest's Hand? Comment by clay February 2010
  • 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 …
    in Why do we HAVE to kiss the Priest's Hand? Comment by clay February 2010
  • [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…
    in Why Do Copts Say Allah? Comment by clay February 2010
  • 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.
    in please pray for hsc students Comment by clay January 2010
  • 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…
    in Why Do Copts Say Allah? Comment by clay January 2010
  • 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…
    in Thoughts Comment by clay January 2010