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I'm not sure I understand your question. But I will say baptism is burial or death of the old man and the renewal and resurrection of the new man. Circumcision is the cutting off the old and sinful flesh from your life. So baptism is "spiritial ci…
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And what does the heat represent?
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Hi coptic_deacon! When you touch iron it's cold, right? But when iron is heated, it turns reddish in color and it becomes hot, taking the property of the Fire. The analogy states that the fire and the iron become one nature, where the iron, while…
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I wanted to see if coptic_deacon can get this. And I don't mean this to be smart, but if he can figure it out, it makes it much easier to understand the concepts he's asking.
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I know I haven't replied yet to this thread for some time. So I bookmarked this, and will hope to resurrect this next year in October ;) God bless.
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HH Pope Shenouda was a product of scholastic theology gone the wrong direction in both Protestant and Islamic schools of thought. The idea that we cannot partake or unite with God has been strong among Protestant (particularly Nestorianizing) and I…
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I apologize for my lateness: One word: Spongology, which has become quite popular among many many many Anglicans, laity or clergy Denial of the Resurrection of Christ (and outlines to you that a convert from Episcopalianism to Catholicism because t…
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I remember watching it with certain priests who chanted in a manner I liked. And it is Bishop Karas who I like very much as well.
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Well, any atheist can argue on how there's no need for religion for someone to understand moral concepts based on the golden rule. I think we as Christians should not disagree. What we should do is that our Christianity must make us stand out. If…
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My bad...I haven't forgotten you...just had a busy time away from the computer...so I answer simple things to me with my phone
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But Rem, the document of the OO-Anglican agreement does not represent all Anglicans. As many people have shared, some Anglicans don't believe in God at all. Some Anglicans don't believe in the Ttrinity. Some Anglicans don't believe in the sacraments…
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Truth! In fact, I'll go a step further. I think our Oriental Orthodox churches are wasting their time with the Anglicans when the Anglicans do not even have an inner unity within each other. If these theologians we had ecumenical discussions with…
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That is because you have your internet browser set to read Latin (or some other non-Unicode) encoding instead of Unicode or you don't have a Unicode font that has Coptic in it. (Install New Athena or Antinoou fonts or Arial Coptic). If after you ins…
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If the next closest Coptic Church is far, why restrict to the Coptic rite when you can find another Orthodox Church? As long as one does not leave the Orthodox Church in my opinion. I wish perhaps if I may be at that parish that I could do somethi…
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Btw Rem, for some reason, it seems the Coptic font wasn't showing, so all I saw is a bunch of boxes
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Well, I was hoping you would hammer home the fact that more than just "don't judge all Christians", but invite the atheist to Church and invite the atheist into your own Christian life (this may even motivate you to lead a better spiritual life for …
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Okay okay...I'll slow down here... My point was that everything you guys are saying is all okay, but if it does not get into practice, an atheist will never comprehend what you are talking about. They only know what they can sense with their five s…
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An atheist would probably after that argument start quoting some parts of the Bible that seem to contradict the "love thy enemy" approach, and if I am very good at history, I might even throw a few historical examples.
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I do want to give a hint as to why I keep gravitating to the idea that very few Christians walk the talk. This is the most important part of a discussion with an atheist (or anyone really). I was just recently having a discussion with a group of pe…
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Ah yes ;) but theres a difference between agape, eros, philia, and storge! Well, I'm going to skip the part where the atheist will ask what these mean, and will jump to the part where there is still lack of evidence that a Christian practices the …
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Ah yes, but even if animals do operate on a genetic basis, we simply can pinpoint genetically and biologically many of the actions and feelings we engage in, and it can be corroborated with some of the other species. It could mean that while we are…
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I don't know what to tell you. Usually, if Copts in your area are doing that, maybe they think they're harmlessly joking and you can take the jokes. But if you feel like they're maliciously hurting you and you are not able to have a good spiritual…
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Well, I'm going to wait and see what other people say ;)
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My reputation seems to fail me as a good atheist's advocate :P
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Ah, yes...but you see, this argument is very important. If we can't behave in the manner in which the gospels teach us, what good is it for us to prove the truth of our faith to those who lack faith if we do not appear in a manner that proves our f…
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TITL, good point! But then do Christians love their enemies as well? Or do Christians act more like Pharisees, claiming to teach one thing, but practice another? Qawe, Even if love is axiomatic from an experiential pov, it can still be explained …
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Excellent article. Playing "atheist's advocate", the rebuttal could be that this article makes it think that non-believers in God are unable to love. But on the contrary, there are atheists who have shown a lot of self-sacrificial love towards oth…
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I found their diocesan website: http://calcuttadiocese.org It has a nice list of parishes and priests to contact. Best of luck! :)
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I don't think there's any Coptic church in India. However, our sister church, the Malankara Orthodox, does have a diocese in Kolkata: http://malankaraorthodoxchurch.in/index.php?Itemid=280&id=160&option=com_content&task=view Here is the…
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I think he is referring to his callings as an algorithm. If not this occupation, then next in line would be that other occupation. That's an algorithm.