[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
You are correct. God does not have a gender per se. He manifested Himself as a man, but the reality is, He is neuter (i.e. neither male nor female).
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
For me, when I speak of being 'physically' attracted to another person, it's about admiring their physical features. That is to say, how they look. For instance, I find Jessica Alba to be physically attracti…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
[quote author=Hailemikael link=topic=5533.msg74400#msg74400 date=1184722183]
I have another question in regard to this. Is there exorcism in the Coptic Church? Is it a big deal? In my church, it is kind of b…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
[quote author=copticcross3 link=topic=5533.msg74279#msg74279 date=1184448881]
why exactly does the "devil want us where he us....helllll" ??
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The Devil's goal is to separate us from the love of God. …
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
No, it is not a sin to be attracted to a woman. If it were, then all married couples and engaged couples and dating couples would be sinning. I'm not sure how often you walk down the street and are sexually …
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
Part of a healthy relatonship? That's nonsense.
You clearly have not been in a relationship at all. It is not nonsense, it is reality. You have two people with to different minds and personalities and ways of…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
There really isn't anything you can do to make your parents make-up. They are adults and have had arguments in the past and gotten over it. This certainly won't be an exception. Just keep talking to them an…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
You've done your part. Now just trust in God and know that He will do whatever is best for you. One of my teachers once told me, 'Just do your best and leave the rest to God Almighty's ruling'. I've never f…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
Just one point of correction: habibi is actually the masculine form of the word and would be used for a guy whereas habibty is the feminine. Granted, in songs, you tend to hear the singer say 'habibi' even w…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
I have always thought of the soul as the component in us that animates us, it gives us life. All living beings possess a soul because all living beings are, by virtue of being a living creature, alive. The s…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
Just some food for thought:
Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8
It certainly isn't one good deed erasing one bad deed. Our God is tr…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
I could be wrong, but I believe that in Aramaic and Hebrew, as in Greek, the word 'wisdom' itself is feminine. That being said, Wisdom, in the Old Testament, is essentially personified which is why it is ofte…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
We often have spiritual highs and lows. This is not something that is uncommon. We must strive to continue to have spiritual highs, and not just be satisfied with attaining a certain level of spirituality, b…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
If that person falls into the same sin everyday, but gets up, repents and confesses it, then no. It is when a person sins everyday, without remorse, without repenting and without confession for their entire l…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
While Wikipedia may not always be an authority on certain matters (well, it rarely is), I fail to see how the definitions I have provided are somehow lacking. It doesn't really matter, I guess, but it is alwa…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
While John and I are by no means trying to put down this author, a healthy dose of skepticism never hurt anyone. Again, this sort of phenomenon, as John has pointed out, is not too uncommon in the West. Howe…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
I think that we should differentiate something. There are those who convert for the sake of getting married, without appreciating the beauty that is the Orthodox Church, as was the case for Deano. However, t…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
I agree with Thomas. If Christ had only wanted one leader for the Church, He would have only appointed 1 disciple and not had 12. There's something to be had in unity without uniformity, and I think Christ r…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
All this mess came about because for them, Christ is telling Saint Peter :"You are the rock on which I will build my Church". How do we interpret it? They took it as St Peter is given the awesome role of being …
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
Just so we are all on the same page here:
Empathy (from the Greek εμπάθεια, "to make suffer") is commonly defined as one's ability to recognize, perceive and directly feel the emotion of another. As the states…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
It took me a while to realize I had misspoke in my previous post, and so I have fixed it accordingly. That being said:
[quote author=MIY link=topic=5513.msg74002#msg74002 date=1184030926]
My friend,
In rega…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
I'm not sure I see what the problem is. Some people like to buy brand names and others don't. It's up to the individual where they buy their clothes. If someone wishes to spend $80 on a pair of jeans instea…
[coptic]+ Iryny nem `hmot>[/coptic]
No one has danced around any issues, and I'm sure that if you took the time to read the thread 'Homosexuality and Orthodoxy', you would realize that. It is offensive that you would say something like that (as…