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I've just looked on the scientific journal National Geographic and it has this article: "Skeleton of Giant" Is Internet Photo Hoax James Owen for National Geographic News December 14, 2007 The National Geographic Society has not discovered ancient…
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My goodness! There are a lot, it would be remarkably hard to list all of them. In the verse where the Lord tells us about stumbling blocks, He says quite simply that they are inevitable but watch out when they do because God is very severe to peopl…
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Hi Ioannes, How are you? I can imagine how hard this must be for you, I serve at a mission church based in Melbourne and I have served in different Coptic missions in Fiji. I think that one of things that I know from my own personal experience an…
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I think there is a proverb which goes something like iron shapes iron and the behaviour of a man is shaped by those around him. Scripture deals a lot with the problem of inherited sin (I mean this in the sense of what we adopt from our parents). We…
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[quote author=Amoussa01 link=topic=3903.msg123454#msg123454 date=1291496744] I am being taught by Professors who are both Catholic and Hispanic :) So much for your response! [/quote] Thank you, I'll keep this in mind.
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[quote author=Amoussa01 link=topic=3903.msg123448#msg123448 date=1291490673] I am taking a course in Mexican-American studies. So why exactly are you bringing up this topic again? [/quote] Sadly history is often told with a political perspective to…
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[quote author=Amoussa01 link=topic=3903.msg123354#msg123354 date=1291409135] The reason why they put St. Mary at the same level of God is because of religious syncretism. When the Spaniards arrived, they began to convert all the indigenous people in…
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I think that the idea that catholics worship St Mary says more about the person saying it than it does about the Catholic Church.
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Actually to put it another way sometime we may respond with a 'spiritual' answer to what is a 'theological' question. Very often the desert fathers would have someone come and ask a question and they would tell tell them what they needed to hear ra…
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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=9987.msg123080#msg123080 date=1291204499] [quote author=Father Peter link=topic=9987.msg123074#msg123074 date=1291200783] I did explain how God could perhaps be eternally loving even apart from the Trinity. But He I…
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[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=9987.msg123074#msg123074 date=1291200783] Hiya I have explained that it is not usually possible to work with hypotheticals about God. I did explain how God could perhaps be eternally loving even apart from the …
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[quote author=Father Peter link=topic=9987.msg122934#msg122934 date=1291045595] True love is not a choice. True holiness is not a choice. They come 'naturally' or 'according to nature' for those who are closest to that complete transformation which …
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[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=9987.msg122983#msg122983 date=1291079301] LifeInDeath, Thanks for your post: but im a bit lost - what is the link of Job with this article?? Thanks [/quote] Its from after Job had a vision of God and realised that …
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1: Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 2: I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 3: Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wond…
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[quote author=Stavro link=topic=10059.msg122912#msg122912 date=1291010740] I would understand if the Chalcedonian so-called church would include the likes of Constantine and Justinian and all this garbage among their saints because they are not chri…
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Hi Zoxasi, How are you? Since you haven't had any replies in a while I'll bite. 1. That sounds very good, one thing to be wary of is that 'procession' and 'begetting' are distinct and unique from one another and also constitute the personal diffe…
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It is perhaps a bit of unknown trivia but the greatest persecution that Egypt has endured happened as the result of an attempt to free Egypt from the Romans. The story goes something like there was a wealthy merchant who wanted to have power so he …
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[quote author=selinda_liang link=topic=10011.msg122546#msg122546 date=1290402844] Lid,thank you so much for your wonderful sharing! I can image how hard to you in that condition.every day you have to face this problem alone.it is not easy to make yo…
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[quote author=lightening link=topic=10022.msg122527#msg122527 date=1290379209] @LiD: thank you for clear and inspiring reply. i am sorry if my question seems to lack reverence; it was not my intention or position. however i appreciate you pointing i…
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Hi Lightening, The language used to describe God in the Bible is something we should approach with great fear and reverence knowing that we cannot understand neither God nor his mysteries. When scripture describes the feelings or actions of God we…
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Hi Selinda, It sounds like you're in a really tough place right now, I'm sure that prayer will give you a lot of comfort. There is one thing worse than the situation you're in now, I fell in love with a woman at my work but I loved her and she did…
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[quote author=John_S2000 link=topic=9521.msg121857#msg121857 date=1289202198] I was just querying why in the case of our current state that this mortal nature is passed from mother to child at birth but not the gift of baptism conferred on the mothe…
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[quote author=minagir link=topic=9521.msg121848#msg121848 date=1289178543] [quote author=LifeInDeath link=topic=9521.msg121821#msg121821 date=1289129693] Hi Minagir, St Athanasius in On the Incarnation makes it very clear that humanity before and a…
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[quote author=peterfarrington link=topic=9521.msg121804#msg121804 date=1289036976] Mortality is a natural aspect of our humanity, the gift of grace is just that, a gift. It is received individually by each one of us when we are personally united t…
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[quote author=minagir link=topic=9521.msg121801#msg121801 date=1289011345] [quote author=LifeInDeath link=topic=9521.msg121800#msg121800 date=1289010020] [quote author=peterfarrington link=topic=9521.msg119198#msg119198 date=1284119128]We are not bo…
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[quote author=peterfarrington link=topic=9521.msg119198#msg119198 date=1284119128]We are not born mortal because we have sinned but because mortality is the natural state of all created beings. We are born entirely human, and therefore entirely mort…
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[quote author=Mixalhs link=topic=8778.msg110102#msg110102 date=1265507887] It is at this point where I may, unfortunately, have conflicting views. My views on this matter are in complete harmony with the official stance of the Church in regards to t…
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Hi Cert, It sounds a little like they're implying that He didn't die from the suffering inflicted on Him, it was act of will of God that killed Him? I hope I am not misunderstanding what was conveyed to you, it sounds a little like they make out a…
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Hi Ηεζεκιελ, There is an aspect of this that is very often neglected when we discuss Judas or even Pharaoh of Egypt and other figures in the Bible that are exemplified as resisting God and receiving their recompense. The Bible uses very specific l…
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Hey Guys, Thanks for the nice comments. I still have the skirt as you call it with me. We were forced to wear them by abouna in Fiji, all in good fun. I'm Scottish so I'm no stranger to being a man in a skirt and I'm sure mine will beat yours an…