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Read "What is Man?" By H.H. Pope Shenouda III. However, I am sure more informed people can give you a succinct summary. I do encourage you to ask these sorts of questions, because as the Fathers have noted, "to know oneself is to know God". God b…
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In those days confession was different- one confessed to the whole parish. Even in the West this practice continued into Medieval times (I remember hearing on a documentary), and you would only be able to confess once in your lifetime (frightening, …
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That was just-oh-amazing! Thank you so much.
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Um...if they didn't think we were heretics they would (probably) have converted. So why bother caring about what other people of other denominations think of us. The main thing is, we as individuals should be careful to root out all heresy in our th…
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Firstly, Chrismation is when we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Secondly, let's not speculate. The Holy Spirit moves non-believers to God, but has made a residence in the believer (a living, talking, moving Bethel). And of course some sins ar…
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May I ask who he is?
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You don't trust the judicial system? You think that he was imprisoned for using his right to free speech? You don't think he was imprisoned for tax fraud, as the courts find him? I just cannot imagine the American courts can get away with that on a …
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The difference between you two is the implications of the theory are clearly different in the way you understand, conceive, or interpret the theory. Both of you are reacting to what you believe the theory of evolution entails. Perhaps, Cevac believe…
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Who says we are on the seventh day? Forgive me if I am wrong, but I was told that is just one interpretation, and it it is not an authoritative one at that.
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appropriate verses. thanks.
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Perhaps I should have endeavored to make my intentions clearer. This thread could be a study session on the prayers in the Bible and direct references to prayer, so we can make a holistic picture of prayer. For instance, the 'Our Father' prayer? T…
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This is the Mystery of the Incarnation. We should never think of Christ as Christ the Man and Christ the God. We should not think of Him as a hybrid, either. His Divinity and His Humanity was and is united; the one incarnate nature of the Logos. We …
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[quote author=Stavro link=topic=6052.msg80934#msg80934 date=1199996171] Hopping between churches, even if you visit only coptic churches, can lead to a weaker tie with all of them. [/quote]
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Thanks! Pikhristos Avmasf That means 'Christ has been borne', I thought. And Khen Omethmi, means 'In Truth', so, 'In truth has borne...
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This might help justify my point that Naturalism is a philosophy heavily invested in Evolution (I am not saying that Evolution is wrong, but that acceptance of the philosophy leads to acceptance of Evolution). EARLY IN MAY, the American Enterprise …
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I think we are all quite curious sometimes on interdenominational stuff; so you're not alone. Just be careful, though. Some things are just beyond us; sometimes we just have to move on until God perhaps makes us ready to understand. Sometimes we we…
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Oh, please. Naturalism (a philosophy) has been quite persuasive and become analogous to the Scientific method, and thus, the embrace of Evolution. Many prominent biologists have written scores of book debunking Evolution. My own research into credi…
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That's an interesting way of looking at it. lol. I personally find narratives easier to read than prophesy (apart from genealogies, which are necessary, I know!), too.
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Carbozi, you're right. We shouldn't pretend to be experts, and leave it to the Hierarchy.
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According to his biography, he "believes the KJV Bible to be the literal, inspired, infallible, inerrant word of the living God." He is a professor and does not understand what it took to get the King James Version? That it was based on the best m…
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Nados, are you familiar with the Old Testament parable of the Potter and the Clay? It actually is the reason I decided this avatar. It is repeated a few times in Scripture: 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying: 2 “Arise and go do…
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Merry Christmas! By the way, you used red for Merry and the the highlighter of the greeting...lol.
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[quote author=nados link=topic=6072.msg80837#msg80837 date=1199559453] yes I agree it is because of love that God creates. But my question is, why creating humans although God already had angels to love him? I mean what's special in creating humans?…
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If we were created to love God, and worship Him, why do we have free will? Because a fervent service or love, comes from free will. Secondly, you are contradicting yourself. You accuse God of a high ego for creating creatures that serve, and then …
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People are not their bodies, their thoughts, their gender, their careers, their family, their place in a genealogy, their country's citizen, their sum of accessories, their lifestyle, their car, house, or shoes (ladies :P) and lastly, their 'sexuali…
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Perhaps by counterpart, he was referring to the British Orthodox church?
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Again, the use of the word homosexual explicitly refers to the action. The person that has same-sex attraction, if he accepts that, and remains celibrate is one who most likely have done it for fear of God, love of God and acknowledgment that he is…
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This has been quite a candid discussion; Chuck also had some good insights. I especially like how ilovesaintmark gave some well presented suggestions for improving Coptic delivery in northern US.
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Don't form yourself the straw man with my arguments; I have said nothing of the sort! Perhaps the following quote might have made you think so: You think the way we sing, the style of the hymns, the way we draw our icons, and the language we use i…
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Look at the differences between us and our other Oriental Orthodox Churches.