This is disgusting. Something has to be done. She actually thinks the Church will change its doctrine because of an uncensored movie she intends to film? Think again.
Well let me say this: my father of confession's main way of communication is texting. Texting in and of itself isn't wrong, it depends on what you are saying and who you are talking to.
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for the person who asked, the verse is matt 24:27.
ebn yaso, while i didn't find the first two of your arguments very convincing, i thought the third (" i do not know you") wa…
I believe they've actually done this skit at the talent show at St. Mark's Church in Jersey City. It truly is beautiful, you should definitely watch it...
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Anba Bishoy explained this to me in detail. Our Lord Jesus Christ was both human and divine. H…
Anba Bishoy explained this to me in detail. Our Lord Jesus Christ was both human and divine. He had human desires and human wills; He had divine desires and divine wills. His human desire, as any other human (yes, Christ was like any other human), w…
Baptized? She was born as a Coptic!
LondonCopt, I'm afraid SantaMaria was right. Not in that there was a lustful relationship between the two, but she was becoming very preoccupied with this boy. He occupied much of her thoughts and feelings, she s…
There are 3 kinds of death: physical death, spiritual death, and eternal death. As soon as Adam and Eve ate, they died spiritually. However, they did not die physically right away, but they eventually did die. However, as coptic youth explained, the…
Ok so 35 people have read this thread, and not one person has made a comment. I know the issue seems too confusing but here it is in a simpler way:
She was a different person before she knew this guy. He was the first person to make her feel truly …
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i think he meant that during these hard times the copts aren't building eachothe up, but rather breaking eachother down, they're not uniting...but constantly getting into fi…
Tell me about these people. I feel like they want to enclose God in a tiny box... They put so many limitations on religion! Good God I never thought somebody could be that stubborn! I'm trying, I hope I get somewhere. I just hope that if anybody has…
I live in New Jersey. Nothing happened in the US. You guys have to realize that these protests either do nothing or make things worse for the poor Copts in Egypt. I have come to the point that I say that, unless you hold some kind of political posit…
Relax. I would like to tell you that one of the gifts the Holy Spirit gives to priests is the gift of forget; to forget the confessions people tell him!
I would also like to tell you one thing. I have been confessing to the same priest for almost 3…
After you get your answer, I would like to know what he says. I have the belief that the person who makes it is doing something that is illegal, but not the buyer. You are getting what you pay for, nothing more or less. Furthermore, you are not enco…
Yes, I can see from my discussion with them that they themselves do not agree on what to believe in. They believe Genesis to be a "myth", a fairytale I should tell my little brother before going to sleep. This is sad...
The Vatican itself talks of …
Thank you so much user00, I was away because of school, but now I have much more time.
The problem is I'm arguing against Catholics. They do not believe in any of the sources I have and the ones you provided also. I need references from their theo…
Ahhh, how could we forget that? The beginning of On the Incarnation perfectly describes the creation and its reasons... It is a perfect book concerning all aspects...
Pope Kyrillos,
Despite the fact that children are born pure, if they die after birth, none of us can guarantee they will go to heaven. This is only because they were not baptized. I am definitely not saying they will go to hell, I am only saying we…
The point is not to understand or to ignore it. It is simply due to the fact that is neither a logical nor sufficient answer, simply because God will never institute a law without having a really good reason for it. However, you have told us that it…
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God does interfere with man's will. He does influence it. But the relationship is difficult to describe. But, yes, he allows a reasonable autonomy, too.
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I think Iqbal i…
I am not yelling but: GOD DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH MAN'S WILL!
As much as we would appreciate that, it does not happen and never will happen. That gives creation no purpose at all. If you look at it as if God actually hardened pharoh's heart, then H…
See Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. Although its not directly relevant to this, he does talk of how natural laws point to the existence of an uncaused first cause, although he doesn't refer to it as that. Because these laws are by no way random or …
I saw the encyclopedia but 2 things are wrong with it.
1) It is old (1912 or something around that).
2) It is somewhat of an official view (I really need a theologian's perspective).
It will be somewhat helpful though... I need more references.
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Hello,
Can someone please help explain the following:
In the Coptic Church, why is it males get bapti…
Not only do scientists believe that, but so do we. Genesis 8:4 states: "Then the ark rested in the senth month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat." There was also an expedition to see if it was still actually there. Howeve…
I will try to take your answers one by one.
When God says he will "harden the heart of Pharoh" He does not mean that He will interfere with our will. If that was God's intention, He would have never created us to begin with. By His foreknowledge, G…