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I often think, and correct me if I am wrong, that if our adversary were to be loosed on us completely that not one of us would stand much of a chance against him. I think the bulk of our sin is from our weakness, and I think that the majority of tem…
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I am sure the majority of us sin out of our weakness and not temptation. "The devil made me do it" is an all to easy scape goat, but is the devil omni-present? He certainly cannot tempt all of us all the time, so the majority of our sin is a result …
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Yes and it does not make sense. Homosexuals seeking the approval of their sin, they seek to subvert the church because they do not see anything wrong with their sin. Imagine if we did that with every sin we had, then there would be no need for churc…
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Is there a particular reason that you care to discuss such a topic? Homosexuality is wrong, end of discussion.
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That region is the only Orthodox church to have been converted from judaism. Judaism does not even resemble judaism of the OT. Judaization would be more like holding rabbis in high esteem, or synagoges, jewish customs for purely jewish reasons. If t…
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I agree, ILSM's response was a bit over the edge, however, I can understand his frustration. Gabe has multiple accounts, yet asserts he has no agenda. He is constantly causing problems in this forum and the moderators seem completely unwilling, or u…
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[quote author=GabrielYakub link=topic=12687.msg154644#msg154644 date=1334630331] "Proving He is God is a matter of faith" And this is the kicker, why should an atheist, a non believer, someone who does not presuppose the validity of christianity j…
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[quote author=Joshuaa link=topic=12687.msg154759#msg154759 date=1334785333] I'm suggesting that by Kurts own confession he did not feel appreciated and his drug use at the age of thirteen contributed to a nihilisic frame of mind. Therefore his di…
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I was an atheist for a long time, and I think for most of that I was actually an atheist. I literally did not care about religion. It was only when I became aware that the possibility of the existence of an almighty God did I begin attacking religio…
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Gabriel, if you are interested in discussion/debate, join our facebook page "Coptic Orthodox Apologists". Debate is welcome, actually encouraged there. I think that would be a better fit for you, if you are seeking a deeper debate.
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Gabriel, your arguments are nonsensical. For instance, light is energy, the absence of that is not, non-light, it is darkness. Why anyone chooses to describe themselves by what they do not believe is beyond me. You have to believe there is no God, i…
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[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=12724.msg154714#msg154714 date=1334702954] Of course it is not borrowed from Greek philosophy as something corrupting and wrong. The idea of the continuing and conscious existence of the soul is true. That it is…
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Praying in tongues, or singing hymns in tongues (glossolalia) is not the incoherant babbling you see in these charismatic and non-denominational groups. Nobody has any clue what anyone is saying, including the person, in that instance. I may be in…
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Thank you Peter. It is a blessing to have you explain this for us all. I apologize to everyone, namely TITL. I lost my cool and spoke out of frustration and anger. Forgive me.
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Thank you Peter. I am sure you know how difficult it is for those of us who do suffer to contend with drug happy doctors and pure ignorance from backward thinking people.
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TITL, Yes I must choose to have mood swings. I must choose to struggle every day of my life, not only with the mood swings, because who doesn't love mood swings, and with the ignorance so prevalent in your culture. Yes, I love having to go …
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[quote author=TITL link=topic=12687.msg154687#msg154687 date=1334678983] ILSM, Since people only listen to you, do you agree that depression is a sin and that it is a choice? [/quote] TITL, from now on I want you to apply this foolish logic to all…
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[quote author=GabrielYakub link=topic=12687.msg154673#msg154673 date=1334654846] I mean, on one hand you're telling me that I had to seek god with all my heart and now you're telling me I had to desire god above all else. And I'm telling you, I've d…
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[quote author=GabrielYakub link=topic=12687.msg154676#msg154676 date=1334661913] ^^ LOL what rubbish. Atheism is the non belief of God. Thats all. [/quote] How do you "non-believe" in something? Who has EVER described themselves in terms of "non…
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You see, this is good. I do not think people really understand the value of print. Also, many do not understand the value of praying and singing "in tongues" which is essentially what we are doing with Coptic.
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[quote author=minatasgeel link=topic=13181.msg154614#msg154614 date=1334564175] you didn't know that i already have it here: http://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/cat/170 [/quote] This is the book of Revelation, from the bible. Its in print and for me th…
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[quote author=GabrielYakub link=topic=12687.msg154590#msg154590 date=1334489962] Atheism is not necessarily a claim to knowledge nor a positive belief, in most cases its a rejection of a statement i.e. a non-belief. So you can't really disprove a no…
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I wish CTV had a Roku channel. I see tons of protestant Roku Channels, but not a Coptic one!
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Some things are mysteries. To ponder over this question is to ponder the mind of God, something none of us can possibly know.
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You are not a pessimistic person by nature. You probably just have allowed things to bring you down. Its ok, it happens to all of us. Endure.
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This was from last year. I wrote it during good friday/bright saturday. Unfortunately circumstances are against me this year and I am unable to attend bright saturday.
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Oddly enough I found many references to purgatory in the ancient myths of the Maya, Mexica, and of course the Egyptians.
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I did not watch the video posted on this thread, this is a response a did a while ago to this video 10 reasons why Christ is not God. I hope its the same video, anyways, here is the rebuttal. #10. God was not born because He has always existed. Th…
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Ok, let me find it and I will post it here
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Someone emailed me a video that was 10 reasons why Jesus is not God, and I refuted it. Let me see if I can find it and I can send it to you.