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For me I find it important to distinguish between the elder protestant and newer protestant. Alot of these newer denominations popping up are very liberal, in the true sense of the word, that everyone's truth is truth and we dont all have to agree o…
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[quote author=peterfarrington link=topic=9363.msg115673#msg115673 date=1276730319] Not everything in Protestantism is bad by any means. There are old Protestant groups in parts of the UK who only sing Psalms. That is their hymn book, and they use si…
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The major thing I have learned is that the Egyptian and Ethiopian cultures are NOT very accepting of things like this. I have really come to resent these cultures, or atleast some aspect of it and I am appalled that these people can call themselves …
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ilovesaintmark, I agree with you totally. I am in the same kind of think on a discussion board on an Ethiopian Orthodox FB page. The protestants there, as Fr Peter and I have discussed, are extremely militant, actually they are extremists. The perso…
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ilovesatinmark, you are indeed correct. To be honest, Martin Luther did not have a problem with indulgences, he was concerned that people were abusing them or misunderstanding them, but that was not his major argument. One of his major arguments wa…
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I think eschatology is very important in our salvation. Christ tells us to watch the signs of the times.
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Nevermind the inquisition, the crusades and all the other horrible things. How about John Paul being blessed by a pagan priestess? Placing an idol of buddha on the altar in Assisi? Worshipping with jews AND kissing the koran. We kiss the Gospel in w…
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Marduk, One only needs to look at the councils of the Latin church to see that you are clearly wrong. Throughout the several councils these have been defined much differently than what you think, this is what the Latin church is good at, …
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Mardukm, What misconceptions and untruths are we spreading? Many teachings between the Latin church and the Orthodox (I use Latin instead of Catholic because we are the true Catholic Orthodox chruch). Worldly ideas of church government, and some oth…
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It is indeed a heresy. Was this believed by any of the early church fathers? No. This was introduced at the Council of Basel and was then a widespread teaching by the end of the 15th century. Many dispute the council, but it is as a result of this c…
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Looking back at my post, I think my advice was pretty terrible. Please disregard that Dimyan.
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Yes, I do agree that the hallucinations have to do with some sort of chemical reaction and or imbalance. I have noticed that if I take a B-complex vitamin with extra B3 (niacin) I do not get hallucinations, at least as often. This has led me, severa…
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Thank you Fr. Peter! You know, probably more than anyone here, just how difficult this can be. Thank you for your wisdom and guidance. I honestly believe the major reason that mental disorders, atleast the majority of them, are not a case of posse…
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I am very sorry for the way I responded, I really hope that nobody took offense to it. I do understand the position of people who are not affected by these types of disorders. I think for me I am very defensive because of how I was treated when peop…
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I think at that point, when the person has made the choice to be homosexual, it is probably a lost cause.
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Hey DimyanCoptic, I think your being way too hard on yourself. There are many things all of could have done in their lives, or wished they could go back and change, but we cant. So we just have to accept it. Believe me, failing is what I am best at,…
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Sheba, as a person who suffers from a mood disorder I kind of take offense to the notion that I am possesed, or that my surroundings or society has pumped me full of garbage. Abanoub makes a great point, if the person had cancer you wouldnt assume t…
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Ya know, I dont think that is uncommon actually. I think everyone can struggle with that. Is there a particular issue that makes you feel this way?
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I always actually like the Church of Christ, I also used to attend a Methodist church as well. I actually have very fond memories of them, it is the more modern non-denom and evangelicals I had really strange experiences. How do I know the bible be…
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[quote author=Sinner_91 link=topic=9085.msg115305#msg115305 date=1276047204] nobody knows [/quote] This is very true. But we are to watch for the signs of the times. Making predictions as to the exact date and hour is beyond our capacity. Its also…
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Here is my personal take. I have read up on Illuminati and Freemasonry and what not. There is alot of speculation and falsehoods. I do however find Freemasonry to be very dangerous. They do have ritual ceremonies, which technically makes them religi…
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I love eschatology so much. You are correct, there are many signs and unless someone knows how to interpret them they will go right over their heads. One thing that clearly shows how close we are is our present situation with oil. We have hit peak o…
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I know sometimes before I pray, I feel a very overwhelming presence of the utmost evil. It is pretty scary actually and I am not sure as to why this happens. I have never felt cold. I know that if I sing hymns and praises and avoid worldly music ove…
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I was raised in a liberal houshold. I was told to believe whatever I thought was good. I was protestant for a long time (church of Christ, then the more new age non-denom). Later, seeing the things I saw and the inconsistencies in their doctrine, I …
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Danie, I am glad you bring this up. Fr Seraphim Rose is one of my personal favorites, I regard him as a saint myself, or atleast as blessed. I have every one of his books and every one of them are great. I think the best website is Deathto…