If he loved us so much, he wouldn't allow suffering and allow whole bunch of people to go to hell.
I don't think he loves us at all. At least not until we have 'free will' which will be in 20 years.
JEHOVAH was the one who tempted Satan and made him fall into sin. He not only tempted him but he made him sin also (cause he controls every living thing in the Universe -- angels, humans, animals).
This is few years back. I was in the quire before I was a deacon. And this was on a Sunday at the liturgy in my Ethiopian Orthodox Church. I was standing next to the volume controller of the microphones (it is kind of big). And it was time for e…
I believe they were speaking different languages that the crowd spoke.
And not just jiberish stuff.
But protestant churches consider speaking jiberish stuff as "speaking in tongues" like the apostles. ::) But in fact, it is demons that make t…
It's good that you think you're going to heaven.
For me, it is weird how some people around the world have died before even hearing about God or Jesus. Where do you think they went to? Heaven or hell? I'm pretty sure they went to hell. So wou…
mahraeel, think of it as in eating food. Is eating food a sin? NO.
But gluteny (spelling ??) is. If we eat too much, then it is a sin. Same with alcohol, if we drink too much then we get drunk and it becomes a sin.
Didn't king David drink win…
He wouldnt be loving if he only created the people that would go to heaven, that would be called slavery because he created certain people and chose their life and their eternal life for them. It is like a teacher who only allows smart kids in her c…
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Well if this is the case, then why did he just create the peole who would go to heaven - then he would be 'loving' as all go to a better place and are happy.
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What about this?
How many people in the world are not Orthodox? Billions.
All of them are going to hell?
That seems to be the reallity.
If we really have free will, do you all think God knows what we will do? That would defeat the whole purp…
I agree with epshiri. At least to some point.
I believe God chose our religion to be the 'right' one. But not everything in our religion is the truth. I believe God is above religion. We are also above religion. But we are bound by it for now. Tha…
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If God loved us then why is it that he put us on Earth?
He knows what our futhur outcomes are - either heaven or hell etc. so why force us through the suffering? And for tho…
I went to prom in my Senior year. I went but i didn't want to dance. Everyone was dancing and even one of my friend was telling me to dance with her. God made it so I wouldn't dance. If I remember correctly, it was just my and my friend (who was an…
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everything and everyone ate of the plants, there were no carnivores, they all lived in harmony with eachother :)
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Oh, ok. Thanks a lot.
Hey, i'm having a difficult time right now too. Please pray for me.
I don't think anyone has suffered as much as I'm suffering right now, in a way. So please , pray for me if you can.
Thank you.
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Obama's policies will never pass through Congress. Only 50% of the country supported him. He will become assasinated.
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Are you serious he will be assassinated? by w…
Wow, i couldn't agree more with godislove260.
No matter what kind of president we get, no one will force us to reject God. But i still wish Obama didn't support gay marriage and abortion.
THis below is what egydave wrote in the other main thread. I think it is rediculous. Saying Obama is a Muslim is just plain wrong. I don't know what else to say about it.
I have been watching a lot of news coverage on the debates and from my point …
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They are praising God from Paradise, not Heaven.... from my understanding and from what i have been told, whoever dies, and is going to Heaven, waits in Paradise, then w…
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Would you rather tell your sins to 1 person and He won't judge you (or shouldn't Judge you) or would you rather have your sins and i mean ALL OF YOUR SINS(that were not…
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Its not a big deal, I'm just concerned that it seems unclear to me which candidate is against gay marriages? Both seem to be for civil unions yet i'm so unaware whether Obama …
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I don't think it was appropriate to judge others, even though it was based on Christian values. I read this post yesterday and I didn't want to mention it before, but this i…
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so nobody answered my question.
Is that the actual communion? If so , that means they don't hid it…
I was just reading wikipedia about orthodox and read that the Eastern Orthodox Churches do not believe in Monophysite ( ONe single nature of Christ)... instead they believe in two nature of Christ, just like the Catholic! THis is huge difference i t…