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i agree. I suggest that you raise it up with your priest with respect and be satisfied with whatever response- it his responsibility before God- not ours.
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Speak with your parents, or your FOC. I say this as a person in his early twenties. I am surprised how much they understand us, and they bring a wealth of experience. It is a good way to have a mutual reasoning with your folks. With depression, it i…
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You are flipping into different issues. If the Gay marriage passes, then the Church is suppose to acknowledge such institution. Let Church and State be separate. Let the State not try to get their fanciful laws into our Churches! The burden of p…
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James 4:7
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With great difficulty. However, did you even read what I said; it is ONLY *probably* partially genetic; and in fact genetics is probably a very small attributing factor. It is probably ASSOCIATED (weak link) not CAUSING (strong link). There is not…
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Firstly, there are many twins where one is homosexual and the other is not. Secondly, we inherit many burdens and weaknesses. But where you see burden, God's sees an opportunity for us to be dependent on His mercy, and derive strength from Him, and …
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I said no such thing. You don't inherit having sex with people of the same gender! Those are actions. You didn't inherit the fight that you had with your friend or whatever today! You choose to act on your aggression. All I showed was that we inhe…
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[quote author=markos123 link=topic=6218.msg82204#msg82204 date=1203117192] I too do not believe that it is genetic. And if researchers are putting our money into something like that, I would be the first to tell them about how many people around the…
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There has been no convincing evidence to show that homosexuality is inherited. It sounds contradictory to me, actually. To inherit, must you not have intercourse between opposite genders? If a tendency for homosexuality existed, it was obviously sup…
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[quote author=Severus link=topic=6158.msg82149#msg82149 date=1203038305] [quote author=Zakhary link=topic=6158.msg82144#msg82144 date=1203034029] We fully understand what you mean duck, and you did nothing wrong to apologize. All of us were just di…
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Why? We are our Church and they are their Church. We are not one in any sense of the word, and why should we? We regard them as heretics and so do they to us? As much as we love them and give them mutual respect, if one believes another has heresy …
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Purgatory is the end of sanctification, in their view (not mine), as sanctification is a long process that is entered and effected by the blood of Christ. Purgatory is not for anyone, but the faithful Christians(the elect) who have not completed the…
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[quote author=Zakhary link=topic=6158.msg82065#msg82065 date=1202779302] Purgatory is a big deal. Even Catholics now are going away from this thought. Besides Purgatory is no where in the Holy Bible, the sacrements and other traditions are atlea…
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With anyone; friend or family, don't you ask them "how was their day?" Don't you curiously listen as they tell you fascinating stories about their trip in Hawaii, Egypt, Europe? When they are upset, don't you try to understand how they are feeling? …
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We must be careful- obesity and anorexia nervosa are psychological and genetic-driven disorders, and is much a perilous one as that which tempts us today. My loveless approach to others might stem from upbringing, society or the other guy, but there…
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[quote author=Archdeacon link=topic=6188.msg81966#msg81966 date=1202517572] Ahh I will never understand female dynamics. [/quote] Here, Here!
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Make sure your "self-esteem" has no bearing on what other people think about you. They change: they develop and their thoughts, opinions etc. tend also to change. This cannot be the criteria in which guides your self-esteem. It is "self" esteem- it …
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I think the only attribute you need in a spouse is one that is willing to carry the cross with you; one that will share your prayers, your meditating, your service to the Church; one that will insist that the marriage will be built on Christ. One th…
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The Bible is not for good people. It is for us sinners. How many people have we hurt in this new year- I know I wasn't always a source of happiness to my God, my family and friends. How much have I wasted money, while I pass homeless people and some…
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Exactly. That is probably the best answer I have read.
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There are wars out there for your soul; you even have diabolical wars within yourself. You need a reference outside of yourself, and outside the trends of the worlds to be firm in morality that God had planned in us. We need to be reminded, even the…
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If your Creator, your Father, and your Saviour wanted to speak to you, would you not atleast give Him that? The Scriptures aren't just a "Manual for living Morally"; in fact, the point of Christianity is not to make us "good citizens of the Earth";…
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Well, I could be wrong. Some say that the lineage drawn from the genealogies in Matthew and Luke, are both from the father's side, and having not examined it exhausitively, it doesn't appear to be the case. However, H.G. Bishop Youssef makes this ca…
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Iqbal, once again, thank you for your insights (though I wish when you made numbered points that you start new lines :P). I know that I myself am guilty of their shakey reasoning- trying to use jargon and other rhetoric to confound those who I deb…
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[quote author=gigglyshy link=topic=6113.msg81687#msg81687 date=1201846167] Jesus is a descendent of David through St. Joseph. Jesus has been called by some people in the Bible "the son of David" [/quote] Christ Jesus is also a descendent through ou…
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[quote author=Iqbal link=topic=6161.msg81767#msg81767 date=1202002986] Mar Gregorios bar Hebraeus, a great Syrian Orthodox Father and ascetic of the thirteenth century, similarly advised that it's simply a matter of solid training and persistence. H…
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Hard heads? Are you being hard-headed? Just because they don't subscribe to your views, does not justify you calling them hard headed. I am not making the comment about you, but I myself have laughed off some people's views by simply saying they a…
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One in faith; they had one Lord, one faith one baptism (Eph 4:5). But in Liturgical worship, they differ. Actually the First Ecunemical Council was summoned to get some consistency, if I am not mistaken.
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[quote author=Iqbal link=topic=6106.msg81748#msg81748 date=1201936647] [quote author=clay link=topic=6106.msg81260#msg81260 date=1200923494] To be fair, they believe we are monophysite because we did not delineate between nature and person.[/quote] …
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[quote author=Coptic Servent link=topic=6159.msg81736#msg81736 date=1201912833] [quote author=clay link=topic=6159.msg81735#msg81735 date=1201912716] Among the Orthodox, liturgies are already diverse. So why would it change? The only thing would be …