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Hey everyone I wanted a place where u could complain about ur problems and we could all try to help. but i had a question first. What do u guys wish you could change about our religion? One thing. I wish that they werent so strict. i.e. dating or hanging out. i wish parents would let us make our OWN mistakes and LEARN from them!!! EnJoY!! [move][/move][shadow=red,left][/shadow][glow=red,2,300][/glow]V*i*n*A
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Hey everyone I wanted a place where u could complain about ur problems and we could all try to help. but i had a question first. What do u guys wish you could change about our religion? One thing. I wish that they werent so strict. i.e. dating or hanging out. i wish parents would let us make our OWN mistakes and LEARN from them!!! EnJoY!! [move][/move][shadow=red,left][/shadow][glow=red,2,300][/glow]V*i*n*A
well i have a question if you were allowed to date then would you?? if yes why?? why would you want to date someone at a young age and plus you still have to worry about your studies and what you are going to become in life. my opinion is that the church has its reasons for having a "law" on dating. when people are alsmost done there studies and have a steady job then they ask GOD to help them find the right person for them. but dating at a young age is very risky.
GOD BLESS, René
i don't think our church have anything wrong to complaine about or even if it wasn't wrong...and about the dating part...why do u have to date..and the thing about make our mistaks...we do do mistaks and we learn from them like when u do a mistake ur parents r not the ones who r letting u do this mistaks!!u r the one who r doing that!!
GBU
well go kiss ur doll or watever lol :P
u kno wat thats kinda sick... um u can make out with all the dolls u want , ill just b in my room watching sad romance movies and eating a jug of ice cream <<< since i am 104 or 103 or somthin im a little late for love
first I wanted to say I love your screen name, very nice name "Habeebit Ill Masseeh" You might feel parents or the church is harsh. but believe me, they only seek whats is best for you. You are saying this now, but truly if your parents did leave you to learn from your own mistakes, you would regret the consequences, and say you wish they never left you to do so.
Parents only tell you not to do certain things, because they really love you so much, not because they want to make your life miserable. If they did not love you, they would not care what you would do.
If we know what is best for us, why did God then create parents? what is the role of parents? Is it not to watch out for their children and teach them what is right. You should definetly take the advice of your parents, because they are wiser than us (even if we might not think so sometimes ;) ) "children obey your parents in the lord" ephesians...
About dating, I believe that for "everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven" Ecclessiates 3, be patient, it is not the end of the world if you arent dating, and there really is no point of dating at a young age to begin with.
:)
GO COPTS GO ;D
i love the strength of our church. We stand strongly for what we believe and stand strongly against what is wrong.
i love that our church is always there for us...unlike other churches, we have FULL TIME priests..not ministers who are "off-duty" sometimes (watch 7th heaven, ull kno wat i mean). our priests nd bishops are so loving, so wise, so knowing, so willing to help.
but i definetly love the fact that we will nevre change for any reason. our foundation is the Lord Jesus and we shall never be shaken.
O LORD PRESERVE YOUR CHURCH AND KEEP ITS GATES OPEN TO THE FAITHFUL !!
First of all, I agree with both parents and the Church, dating, whoa, I love the rules, it feels like your protected by your guardian angel, Second of all, I would never change anything, God made the 10 commandments, we need to respect his words! Third of all, they aren't strict, strict would be: DO NOT DO THIS, I mean they say it calmly, I think if you do think they are strict, I think your absolutely wrong, because Church is Our Savior's house! Fourth of all, what do you mean by hanging out, I mean there are parents that say don't do this because they are afraid of the world, like most people say the world isn't a safe place, I mean, Most people can't go the movie theatre, they can't talk on the phone, they can't sleepover, they can't go to anybodys house, they can't go online, I mean there life is not miserable, I am most of those things, and a lot of people would like to have the life the others do, it's a safe and healthy life, Fifth of all, lets see Boyfriend and Girlfriend, what is this, we do not allow that in the Coptic Orthodox Church, and I agree, there is no point to it, why can't you be just friends, you do not need to have one, is it to make you look cool infront of your friends? well, tell them I do not need this, Sixth of all,
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What do u guys wish you could change about our religion? One thing. I wish that they werent so strict. i.e. dating or hanging out. i wish parents would let us make our OWN mistakes and LEARN from them!!!
Ok, the I wish parents would let us make our own mistakes and Learn from them, I think that should be changed if it was a real law/rule, who is going to tell you the right from wrong, who is going to teach you if you need help? Just remember!
Forever,
Coptic Servent
These are words that unfortunately are misused by most teens. It is even more unfortunate that this is what we are taught in school. Could you imagine if everyone in the whole world tried to learn ONLY from his own mistakes. We would:
1) Have a lot of mistakes.
2) Make very little progress, because we would be repeating the same mistakes over and over again, generation after generation.
-many famous scientists have said of their discoveries that it was not their superior intellect that led them to it but that they were able to see farther because they "stood on the shoulders of the great minds that came before them.
Would you like to live in a world where your doctor was learning solely from his own mistakes. Maybe they shouldn'thave so much formal training. It takes way too much time, money, and effort. Wouldn't it be easier for him to learn from his own mistakes. I don't know about you, but I don't want my doctor experimenting with what drugs to treat my pneumonia with, because he's using trial and error to figure out which works best for pneumonia.
Also, most of us were never electrocuted, but we know to stay away from live wires and sockets. It is the same with love and other things in this world. Could you learn the hard way by being burnt first, yes, but how do you know that you will survive your mistakes. Some have learned not to drive drunk, because they lost limbs in an accident. Do you want this to be the way that you learn. What happens if you don't survive this mistake. Would you have not been better off learning from other people's experiences.
Please, let us trust our parents when they say that this is not the right time for this or that. My parents were very strict when I was growing up and I am very thankful for this. Thank God for giving you parents who care enough to shelter you from the harshness of this world. Enjoy your childhood, it is very short. Don't try to grow up too fast. You have plenty of time to be an adult, and soon you will wish that you were still a child.
Also it is very dangerous to ask, "What should we change about our religion?" God's word is what it is. We cannot change one iota of it.
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. (Mat 24:35)"
If we try to change it we make the big mistake that many Christian sects have made. Once you introduce human reasoning as a reason for changing God's word and the Apostolic Tradition, there is no end. Why do we have so many denominations? It is because people kept making little changes here and there until the churches became so different. You can choose not to follow God'sword, but you cannot change it. You have no power to do so.
Hey everyone I wanted a place where u could complain about ur problems and we could all try to help. but i had a question first. What do u guys wish you could change about our religion? One thing. I wish that they werent so strict. i.e. dating or hanging out. i wish parents would let us make our OWN mistakes and LEARN from them!!! EnJoY!! [move][/move][shadow=red,left][/shadow][glow=red,2,300][/glow]V*i*n*A
all this stuff ur saying, Hanging out and dating etc... is mostly NOT a Religious issue it is an Expectation of our Egyptian Culture!
well, as a person who lives in the very Multicultural Australia, most people's parents are just as Strict, with all that dating and stuff..... man, there is so much strictness sometimes with other cultures like Greeks, my group of Greek friends (i must confess) Fast better than myself!
anyways...
Peace
Bib
They are so strict because it is useless for your spiritual life to "hang out" or "date"
Peace
Bib
I totally agree with you biboy, there is "no reason" for anyone to date!
Forever,
Coptic Servent
Your Sister in Christ,
always,
Vina