CopticSoldier
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[quote author=DrFMFIssa link=board=1;threadid=22;start=195#msg4446 date=1088011495] I do not agree with dating IF 1) Teenagers are involved- no matter how mature they might seem 2) Just for fun 3) Not with the aim of marriage 4) A first step to know…
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Maybe after what happened last week its a good thing the projectiles aren't ready yet... ::) CS
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Nah, thats cool, these things are much better when they're kept short, sweet and before we start launching projectiles at each other... ;) CS
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Okay, I'm bored, lets close it again... CS
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I just realised something we always start posts with is xyz wrong, like in this case, dancing. How about starting threads by saying is dancing right? After all our aim is to seek to do things that bring us to God rather than looking at it in the n…
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joking ;)
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I was just wondering, have we discussed dating yet? CS
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How about mentioning that the covenant of the OT was entered into by circumcision by parents on their children's behalf? This happened after 8 days in the time of Abraham and 40 in the time of moses. Parents have the right to make spiritual decisio…
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This is a hard one, the issue is not so much avoiding the other sex or being in contact with them, these are side issues. The whole point of it is, if I have contact with this person, does it bring me closer to God? In my own life I used to avoid …
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I think when God does use force, He is very discerning and does it to build mankind up like the flood was something God did to give mankind another chance after it had become so corupt that hardly anyone had a chance of being saved so it was almost …
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[quote author=egyprincess link=board=1;threadid=295;start=165#msg3710 date=1087232788] [quote author=CopticSoldier Hi guys, I know this is flogging a dead horse but.... this is not correct! This sin of sexual desire is NOT fixed by will, that is …
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You'll see me posting and following a very distinct pattern that I learned from the desert fathers. 1) get a FOC 2) submit to him with your whole being, mind, body and senses 3) follow his commands this is the basis for the monastic life and also …
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[quote author=Wasim link=board=1;threadid=295;start=165#msg3564 date=1087099276]well i agree it is not totally depending on our will but part of it even a small part of it depend on us. I know how you talked about submission or somebody talked abou…
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[quote author=Wasim link=board=1;threadid=295;start=150#msg3447 date=1086967456] [quote author=Wasim link=board=1;threadid=295;start=150#msg3359 date=1086897077] i agree it could be beaten by sever will, determination and instead of just one person …
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[quote author=egyprincess link=board=1;threadid=295;start=150#msg3418 date=1086921745] thats not what im saying CS. i have went through that stage as well. what i am saying is that sometimes the FOC is not tough enough for you, you know what i mea…
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Thats a hard one but I don't think I'd criticise any FOC for not being tough enough. From the sayings of the desert fathers: A brother said to Arsenius, "what shall I do abba? my thoughts trouble me, telling me, you cannot fast, nor work nor visit …
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Hi Guys, The issue is not dancing because some dancing is non-sexual and okay. The problem is with most modern dancing they use like exadurated sexual movements and I hope you all know what I mean! It is a danger because when you dance you drop y…
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Hi Guys, I have to say that Confession is a sacrament, like the Eucharist so it is always helpful, the only problem occurs when we go in with the wrong attitude (in humble my experience). I went through a long period of time when I had a spiritual…
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Hi guys, I recommend that if you want to know how or what your feeling or thinking you speak with your FOC. When monks start out they don't do this kind of thing themselves so we shouldn't either. God bless, CS
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The first saint mentioned in every commemoration is.... guess who? St. Mary! CS
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I heard Anba Moussa say that the men who have long hair like monks are considered to be like OT nazerites who don't cut their hair as was the Lord. God bless, CS
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Hi guys, H.H. once told us that slow dancing is only allowed between a man and his wife and only when the children aren't watching. I'm not sure why that is. God bless, CS
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There are two important factors: 1) Are the people here dating? 2) Are they drinking? I think we need clarificartion on these two very important points which warrant a great deal of discussion! GB, CS
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It it good to end a drinking thread with a story about how pope shenoute was asked the same question that was asked originally. Are we allowed to drink? He replied, yes of course we can drink, I'm drinking now, before taking a sip of water. GB, …
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Is it over?
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Yeah I have to agree, this has descended to the level of opinion now... CS
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Hi defender, Scientifically drinking wine agrivates digestive problems like hyper-acidity which can be caused by a lack of sleep so I'm not sure how your rationalising that, can you elaborate further? I used to get that when I was fasting but I'd …
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Got it, deleted my last post. CS
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Hi defender, The church fathers have afirmed that a transferance of attributes occurs during the liturgy so that the bread and wine become body and blood but its physical form is still clearly bread and wine, or it at least it was the last time I l…
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Yeah I can understand what your saying and its not a bad thing to abstain at all but we have to think about converts who may want to become orthodox things like this turn them into virtuous egyptians when they should really be virtuous americans or …