THIS HAS BECOME A SELF CENTERED CULT.
Let me ask you this... HOW IS ANY OF THIS HELPING ANYONE?
Let me ask you this... WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?
Let me ask you this... WHERE IS YOUR FAITH IN GOD?
Let me ask you this... DO YOU BELIEVE GOD IS CAPABLE OF P…
We've created a HATE site instead of an encouraging enviroment. Our youth instead of coming here and learing about the orthodox church are learning how to look down upon other denominations.
OH YE OF LITTLE FAITH! Do you have no faith that God wil…
Can we please stop criticizing the protestant church... take the plank out of your eyes first. Lets focus on ourselves and not on the protestant church. We should let God defend our orthodox church. It is the church of the faithful after all and of …
[quote author=geomike link=topic=10568.msg128736#msg128736 date=1296245050]
Honestly nobody can tell you if it is a good deed because you only know your heart (and God obviously), but instead of going and telling them you are going to shovel snow of…
[quote author=Ioannes link=topic=10568.msg128691#msg128691 date=1296223659]
Dude, its a good deed, old people make you take the money regardless.
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I know!!! its almost like they dont wanna be indebted to you with a favor so they just pay yo…
[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 like its a musical instrument is not Orthodox either.
Its not.
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listen b…
I think we do this all the time. When we act non christian around non christian friends that could count like betraying God...
I think to stop you have to let "your light so shine before men so that they may see your good works and glorify your fa…
Yeah my mom told me to donate the 10 percent. I went to shovel one guys plot and i was thinking to myself "dont accept the money this time, dont accept the money this time." Then the guy came out, gave me a thumbs up and said. "i dont have any money…
[quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=10567.msg128643#msg128643 date=1296182273]
[quote author=coptic boy777 link=topic=10567.msg128636#msg128636 date=1296180668]
Hello! college next year... its ok follow in the college people's footsteps!
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t…
[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 ;)
[quote author=servant33 link=topic=10567.msg128626#msg128626 date=1296179469]
It means she likes you
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HAHAHAHAHA!
I LOVE YOU MAN! HAHAHA
she probably does!
GUYSSSSSSSSSSS!
Look at what has become of the protestant church. They accept gays... They dont follow the sacrements... they have 3627987293 splits... evangelicals, Lutherans, baptists, etc....
WHY SHOULD OUR CHURCH ADOPT THEIR STYLE OF WORSHIP. …
[quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=10543.msg128489#msg128489 date=1296104124]
So you are telling me you've had no sexual thoughts, no temptations to have sex, kiss, embrace for a long time or do anything like that?
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well i mean everyone ge…
[quote author=GODlovesme link=topic=10543.msg128476#msg128476 date=1296099788]
[quote author=coptic boy777 link=topic=10543.msg128475#msg128475 date=1296099437]
so what if youre not in it for the wrong reasons?
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You might have good intentio…
[quote author=abanoub2000 link=topic=10543.msg128470#msg128470 date=1296097961]
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 (;) y…
[quote author=BeshBoy93 link=topic=10543.msg128450#msg128450 date=1296092354]
[quote author=mabsoota link=topic=10543.msg128376#msg128376 date=1296074123]
i never dated. i happened to meet someone at a Christian music festival and we wrote to each o…
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 broken...
I see these songs as a virus that will eventually infect a whole congre…
OK i think this is coming down to... Ok the songs are not bad in the SHORT RUN.
THE BIGGEST FEAR IS A SLOW TRANSITION FROM COPTIC ORTHODOX TO AMERICAN ORTHODOX
[quote author=GoDLovesME.91 link=topic=10543.msg128353#msg128353 date=1296069231]
[quote author=coptic boy777 link=topic=10543.msg128201#msg128201 date=1296000647]
Whats your opinion... just because you're in college can you date?
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You only…
The head highschool sunday school leader said that we need to assimilate to the culture and keep singing these songs... My priest plays the guitar and his wife sings these songs... They made a band with the other youth... AHHHHHH WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN…