[quote author=AikotiEnsok link=topic=10538.msg128852#msg128852 date=1296343825]
short on time, so I can't say all I want to say, but here are the basics.
There are nothing wrong with these songs. Nothing at all. It is simply the church adapting to…
[quote author=coptic boy777 link=topic=10538.msg128689#msg128689 date=1296222102]
[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=10538.msg128660#msg128660 date=1296197718]
And actually, can I just say, that playing the cymbals like its a drum, or the triangle lik…
[quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=10567.msg128722#msg128722 date=1296234907]
Being around girls and having a sister does not mean you understand girls...not all girls are mad when they're on their period. Actually a lot of them cry...sometimes th…
[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=10538.msg128673#msg128673 date=1296201375]
Im leaving the CoC..
Thank GOD my Coptic Church here is NOTHING like the Church in the UK. The priests and deacons are turning a blind eye as to what is going on in the na…
[quote author=proudtobecoptic3 link=topic=10567.msg128680#msg128680 date=1296214403]
YOU TOLD ME YOU MADE THE THREAD!!! :P
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See how difficult she is being!
[quote author=proudtobecoptic3 link=topic=10567.msg128678#msg128678 date=1296213976]
hmm....ok for the record, pushing him down the stairs never occurred! and copticcuser20... oh really girls get offended easily how about a guy that gets offended f…
[quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=10538.msg128637#msg128637 date=1296181282]
[quote author=abanoub2000 link=topic=10538.msg128635#msg128635 date=1296180529]
just talked to my servant and he insist "the coptic church see the protestants as legitima…
[quote author=coptic boy777 link=topic=10567.msg128632#msg128632 date=1296180185]
[quote author=abanoub2000 link=topic=10567.msg128631#msg128631 date=1296180109]
I refuted the "like me" argument above ^^
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Youre old enough to date ;)
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[quote author=servant33 link=topic=10567.msg128626#msg128626 date=1296179469]
It means she likes you
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Someone with so much hate could not show any positive emotions
and micahel, You're right she's probably jealous!
[quote author=AikotiEnsok link=topic=10538.msg128606#msg128606 date=1296169277]
[quote author=abanoub2000 link=topic=10538.msg128070#msg128070 date=1295980422]
I have a HUGE problem with guitars.......
Every week in sunday school someone will pull…
I think the psalmody would be a great replacement.... I mean if you don't want to learn it in coptic it is translated into english and arabic! there is no excuse for "jesus is my frand"
[quote author=Zoxsasi link=topic=10538.msg128527#msg128527 date=1296140221]
Im SERIOUSLY thinking of joining the Greek or the Armenian Orthodox Church over this.
The Russian Church is just BRILLIANT!
You know what they do in their friday meetings?…
[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=10538.msg128493#msg128493 date=1296110664]
yes, Godlovesme (and everyone else who said this), let's work on the alternative and certainly not stop going to church meetings. lets not damage our own spiritual life by …
[quote author=AikotiEnsok link=topic=10538.msg128488#msg128488 date=1296104119]
[quote author=abanoub2000 link=topic=10538.msg128070#msg128070 date=1295980422]
I have a HUGE problem with guitars.......
Every week in sunday school someone will pull…
[quote author=ilovesaintmark link=topic=10539.msg128417#msg128417 date=1296085315]
My dear spud--Copticuser,
The iconostasis at St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in East Brunswick in New Jersey (the main church) was manufactured by Eng. Magued Makram…
Guys I dont think the idea of dating is the satanic spawn of Satan Coptic people make it out to be.
Dating is only wrong when you are in it for the wrong reasons (;) you know)
or if you are not ready.....
But generally college just always seeme…
[quote author=Ioannes link=topic=10538.msg128463#msg128463 date=1296096751]
GODlovesme, I somehow knew automatically you were down and I would be honored to have a firecracker like you on board. Now, where do we go from here? We need a website or so…
[quote author=coptic boy777 link=topic=10538.msg128445#msg128445 date=1296091564]
well then im scared of a protestant-orthodox hybrid.... im talking about our future generations, where year after year the foundation is shook until it is completely b…
Stavro,
Sorry for the misunderstanding, and sorry if i seemed to flip out a little. It's just frustrating being ignored at church, and my servants look at me like I am the bad guy who is trying to stop all the singing and the fun...
ILSM: you alwa…
[quote author=Stavro link=topic=10538.msg128361#msg128361 date=1296072675]
The translation of Orthodoxy according to the African culture. So, in Africa, the people pray whilst clapping hands, they use guitars and drums IN the Coptic Church. The Bish…
That would be so great!!!! I would love to read that paper!
I'd also like to staple it to my servants head, but that's another story :D
TITL- dont rush the man, he has a more important paper to write :D
Zoxasi- You're right it has spread... because I am in St. Mary in Maryland, USA
And I am going to start walking out of class when they do this..... and if the servants are thick headed then I will have to try and explain my case to the youth.....I …
Great..... So now that I know that I am not overreacting and this is an actual problem in a lot of churches..... [glow=red,2,300]what do we do?[/glow]
the youth in my church, most of them know "our God is an awesome God" by heart..... but they coul…
[quote author=christ_rose link=topic=10538.msg128277#msg128277 date=1296019859]
Praise meetings is qhen we should let people praise the lord whichever way they want umless it is outrageous. Enough orthodox knots!! We practice muslim orthodoxy not tr…
[quote author=christ_rose link=topic=10538.msg128274#msg128274 date=1296018626]
U would like to keep something in the bible out of the church?? Im not talking about during liturgy or tasbeha or any liturgical service im talking aboutnmeetings for th…
We are not discussing songs and clapping, we're discussing how these protestant influences are coming into our churches! Clap and sing all you want, but keep it out of the house of God, we have our own traditions, if someone really wants these prote…