May our Lord repose His Holiness in the paradise of joy and may his prayers and intercessions be with us now and for all time. I agree with Ezekiel: As we have cherished him on earth and will continue to do so, now heaven will rejoice at receiving a…
We were until certain posts pitted "Americans" against Orthodoxy as a matter of some sort of metaphysical struggle by which the "American way" of doing things is forever corrupting and so can never be baptized without fear of corrupting the faith wi…
To the contrary, ukhty, it is very wrong to show such disdain for the potentially Orthodox people around you. Would it so pollute the "purity" of your faith to spend time with Western friends around their Christmas, and recognize it as a Christian h…
[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12429.msg146689#msg146689 date=1319653339]
Jeremy, Cephas,
I think you are misunderstanding what I am trying to say. Of course, I know everything was at one time pagan. What I am trying to say is that if a word or …
I absolutely disagree. I refer you to Cephas' wonderful post regarding the Orthodoxy of "baptizing" pagan-rooted or pagan-associated things (and further it by pointing out the obvious that everything was at one time pagan).
As regards language, I t…
Eh...not really. What you had written is: "I would rather have nothing to do with pagan origins or any feasts at all because I think these pagan origins bring the spirituality down." (emphasis mine)
So I wondered, as I think it is right to wonder, …
I don't mean to say that it was. My point was that if you provide alternatives that other kids also attend, then the child isn't left out because he still plays with kids his own age. Some other kids at school might not do the same stuff, but that's…
I dimly remember alternative events being held at the church my mother brought me up in (Presbyterian) when I was a very small child. I don't recall feeling left out as a result, because there were always kids at these events who were my age, too, a…
When I was in a similar situation, I ended up switching the one course I had that was not essential to my major (it was needed to fulfill general department requirements, but didn't count toward my concentration) to pass/no pass (and afterward the p…
[quote author=Remnkemi link=topic=12429.msg146616#msg146616 date=1319582236]
Why can't we simply celebrate Christmas in Church, pray the liturgy and that's it?[/quote]
I don't see why you can't.
Can we go back to a Thanksgiving or Christmas that re…
I am absolutely not getting into an argument with these "Concerned Copts", but I will post this to see if anyone else had similar thoughts: What gets me about this podcast, other than all the obvious stuff, is the idea that we must stand up for Musl…
Maybe we ought to make a podcast about how you are forcing your views on the religion and the church...
Of course, then you'd just want to discuss it, because you think absolutely everything is up for debate. Some things are not, however, and this …
Yeah, when I looked up a literal translation, it gave me "sawda'", not "eswed" because Google doesn't have an Egyptian Arabic translator. But again, this wasn't a serious question! I was making a silly joke, because it's silly to assume that Arabic …
Oh. Well yeah. Meh. That's politics for ya. I don't care about that. Countries always cultivate that kind of hatred because it's easier than realistically appraising the other people in the world. My Iraqi friends Nadia and Maytham don't strike me a…
I see. Thank you for clarifying, George. Please accept my apologies if I overreacted in any way.
PS. Everyone is looking for love in the Church. It's not simply about universal understanding people who are different. We are called to sacrifice every…
Oh that doesn't bother me. I'm not looking for love in the church. I'm looking for some understanding of the true universal nature of the Orthodox faith. 99% of the time, I think everyone here has such an understanding. Cultural things are, well..."…
Yes, yes...it is a shame we can't all talk like Geordies...
What's that? Not all British people sound like that? HMMMM.... ;)
A very fun website, to accompany a very interesting documentary I saw some years ago: Do you speak American?
The quote…
What do I get to be? I'm quite a bit older than you, but not married. Am I some sort of weird outcast cousin? Y'know, since getting married is so important in Egyptian culture...there must be at least one in every family who didn't get married withi…
Remnkemi,
I agree with everything you just wrote, but would like to remind everyone here that not everybody in the church comes from the Egyptian culture. Some of us DO have to spent thanksgiving with our families and celebrate the new year on Janu…
Isn't that a sad comment on modern life... (the job part, not the being happy in church part)
We cannot even share our faith without risking our livelihoods. God have mercy on us.
I listened to the podcast. I'm not sure that it deserves a response. Or, rather, I'm not sure I can come up with a response that will say what I think of it without getting in trouble. Hmmm...
I find much to disagree with in it that is so blatantly…
So what should be the right, informed practice, Remnkemi? I think I might agree with your perspective, though not so much with your way of expressing it. We should care if we curse our brother at any point (after or before taking communion), because…
It must be disorienting to live in your world, CY86, where Coptic Christians are the ones imposing their religion on Muslims, and not the other way around as everybody else on the face of the planet who has ears to hear and eyes to see knows that it…