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Guess it's common for some linguistialists (a self-created word) to say that Ukrainian and Belarusian is distorted Russian, which is distorted Old Church Slavonic, from which came also distorted languages like Macedonian and it's distorted form, Bulgarian. Podlachian and Ruthenian on the other hand is distorted Polish, which is distorted Czech, Slovak is distorted Czech also, and Czech is distorted Moravian, which is distorted Sorbian, a form of distorted Serbian, and Serbian is distorted Croatian, which is distorted Serbo-Croatian... In the end the only "clean" language seems to be Slovenian, though one might argue that it's infected by German, although less than, for example, Silesian.Dirty Slavs.
I think it went something like this:God: Hey Mary, can you carry and give birth to the theanthropos?Mary: Uh, hey I'd really like to, but I already promised you I'm gonna stay a virgin.God: That's cool. I can make this work without you losing your virginity.Mary: For serious?God: Totally. Just say the word and --poof-- you'll have the Son of God inside you.Mary: Let's do it.God: Righteous!
Quote from: Asteriktos on August 10, 2012, 06:39:39 PMIndeed, I made it in a basic MS paint program. None of that rich-kid paintshop pro for me! However, I used the curving technique rather than straight lines. Straight lines are so scholastic and western! In Orthodoxy we move and bend and curve!You should be careful with those, as MS stands for "Mormons & Scientology"
Indeed, I made it in a basic MS paint program. None of that rich-kid paintshop pro for me! However, I used the curving technique rather than straight lines. Straight lines are so scholastic and western! In Orthodoxy we move and bend and curve!
I just need to find out how to say it in Slavonic!
There goes your theory, Mr. Man.
So if any of you ladies are interested in children, I am pretty fertile. My Mexican teenage boy sperm packs a pretty powerful punch if I do say so myself, my Coptic caramel skinned beauties rawr.
Quote from: Timon on August 28, 2012, 10:47:20 PMman yall quit tryin to be cool. save your money and get this...you guys clearly arent softball players.My bro has some in the fridge. I drink it sometimes when I run out of my own urine.
man yall quit tryin to be cool. save your money and get this...you guys clearly arent softball players.
Quote from: ialmisry on August 30, 2012, 10:22:59 AMQuote from: Severian on August 29, 2012, 06:56:01 PMI do not mean this to be disparaging by any means, but can it be said that modern-day Rabbinic Jews worship the true God even though they reject the doctrine of the Trinity? And the belief that our Lord Jesus Christ is God?I think I know the answer to this, but I am curious to hear what you all think.According to what He told the Samaritan woman, yes.Who's this Jesus guy think He is, telling this heretic things like that?
Quote from: Severian on August 29, 2012, 06:56:01 PMI do not mean this to be disparaging by any means, but can it be said that modern-day Rabbinic Jews worship the true God even though they reject the doctrine of the Trinity? And the belief that our Lord Jesus Christ is God?I think I know the answer to this, but I am curious to hear what you all think.According to what He told the Samaritan woman, yes.
I do not mean this to be disparaging by any means, but can it be said that modern-day Rabbinic Jews worship the true God even though they reject the doctrine of the Trinity? And the belief that our Lord Jesus Christ is God?I think I know the answer to this, but I am curious to hear what you all think.
In my experience
Quote from: JamesR on August 31, 2012, 05:36:09 PMIn my experience
If anything I have posted has been illuminating, please remember that I merely reflect the light of others...but also it's me.
We should have a ladies night here with me as the bartender/personal slave with my cojones snapped off.
I tried some Ethiopian coffee for the first time yesterday morning. I don't know how authentically Ethiopian it was, but I could not sleep until 4 AM.
Reason is often seen as an impartial judge but he's really quite amenable to bribes.
Quote from: Iconodule on September 12, 2012, 10:03:14 PMReason is often seen as an impartial judge but he's really quite amenable to bribes.
Quote from: Zenovia on September 14, 2012, 02:01:19 PMQuote from: Michał Kalina on September 14, 2012, 01:29:21 PMQuote from: Zenovia on September 14, 2012, 01:22:13 PMIf God feels that Father Seraphim has achieved the spiritual heights of a glorified saint, then God will prove it through the miraculous cures he will give through his intercession. Miracles are not always the sign of Sainthood. Lack of miracles is not always a sign of lack of Sainthood. We are not Roman Catholics. The most important thing for glorification is veneration among the faithful. Michael, tell Mount Athos that miracles are not a perquisite for glorifycation.Have you ever been to Mount Athos?
Quote from: Michał Kalina on September 14, 2012, 01:29:21 PMQuote from: Zenovia on September 14, 2012, 01:22:13 PMIf God feels that Father Seraphim has achieved the spiritual heights of a glorified saint, then God will prove it through the miraculous cures he will give through his intercession. Miracles are not always the sign of Sainthood. Lack of miracles is not always a sign of lack of Sainthood. We are not Roman Catholics. The most important thing for glorification is veneration among the faithful. Michael, tell Mount Athos that miracles are not a perquisite for glorifycation.
Quote from: Zenovia on September 14, 2012, 01:22:13 PMIf God feels that Father Seraphim has achieved the spiritual heights of a glorified saint, then God will prove it through the miraculous cures he will give through his intercession. Miracles are not always the sign of Sainthood. Lack of miracles is not always a sign of lack of Sainthood. We are not Roman Catholics. The most important thing for glorification is veneration among the faithful.
If God feels that Father Seraphim has achieved the spiritual heights of a glorified saint, then God will prove it through the miraculous cures he will give through his intercession.
Quote from: sheenj on September 24, 2012, 08:09:04 PMQuote from: Kerdy on September 24, 2012, 07:59:09 PMQuote from: Gorazd on September 24, 2012, 07:01:42 PMQuote from: Kerdy on September 24, 2012, 06:54:15 PMWithout money and the language barrier, very few.You dont need any money or knowledge of the Russian language to get a carnal distraction in Russia. You just need to walk on a street and see the females. The majority of them look like supermodels, according to Western standards, and wear miniskirts even when it snows. And this is not an exaggeration.You could have even more distractions in the privacy of your home at the computer. Why are we attacking this man? Again, perhaps we should consider his intentions pure and pray for his success rather than speak harshly of him. I don't think anyone is attacking him, though I personally just find the notion that Russia is "Holier" than America to be little naïve.An elderly Russian lady once said "America is much holier than Russia because in America, Russians went to church to find a wife instead of other places!".
Quote from: Kerdy on September 24, 2012, 07:59:09 PMQuote from: Gorazd on September 24, 2012, 07:01:42 PMQuote from: Kerdy on September 24, 2012, 06:54:15 PMWithout money and the language barrier, very few.You dont need any money or knowledge of the Russian language to get a carnal distraction in Russia. You just need to walk on a street and see the females. The majority of them look like supermodels, according to Western standards, and wear miniskirts even when it snows. And this is not an exaggeration.You could have even more distractions in the privacy of your home at the computer. Why are we attacking this man? Again, perhaps we should consider his intentions pure and pray for his success rather than speak harshly of him. I don't think anyone is attacking him, though I personally just find the notion that Russia is "Holier" than America to be little naïve.
Quote from: Gorazd on September 24, 2012, 07:01:42 PMQuote from: Kerdy on September 24, 2012, 06:54:15 PMWithout money and the language barrier, very few.You dont need any money or knowledge of the Russian language to get a carnal distraction in Russia. You just need to walk on a street and see the females. The majority of them look like supermodels, according to Western standards, and wear miniskirts even when it snows. And this is not an exaggeration.You could have even more distractions in the privacy of your home at the computer. Why are we attacking this man? Again, perhaps we should consider his intentions pure and pray for his success rather than speak harshly of him.
Quote from: Kerdy on September 24, 2012, 06:54:15 PMWithout money and the language barrier, very few.You dont need any money or knowledge of the Russian language to get a carnal distraction in Russia. You just need to walk on a street and see the females. The majority of them look like supermodels, according to Western standards, and wear miniskirts even when it snows. And this is not an exaggeration.
Without money and the language barrier, very few.
Quote from: FormerReformer on September 13, 2012, 02:52:23 PMQuote from: Iconodule on September 12, 2012, 10:03:14 PMReason is often seen as an impartial judge but he's really quite amenable to bribes. Could you trust any judge who wasn't?
Quote from: kx9 on September 27, 2012, 11:10:36 AMThere are many verses that say we are [justified by faith].(Huge list of random verses with no context whatsoever)Oooo, look out everybody, it looks like we're gearing up for a...
There are many verses that say we are [justified by faith].(Huge list of random verses with no context whatsoever)
Quote from: Antonis on September 27, 2012, 12:26:18 AMYearning for days when people go to priests for help.I know a priest that took my grandma's cousin and her daughter, in his own car, to see a wizard, recognizing his profession's inherent limitations, I guess. He's a decent guy.
Yearning for days when people go to priests for help.
"The clouds are, verily, made of God." - Saint Cumulo of Nimbus
Quote from: Iconodule on September 26, 2012, 11:24:46 PM"The clouds are, verily, made of God." - Saint Cumulo of NimbusROFL
It's too bad they aren't in the Church because then we'd be able to use excommunication to discipline them...
When a time revolts against eternity, the only thing to set against it is genuine eternity itself, and not some other time which has already roused, and not without reason, a violent reaction against itself.
Wonderful to see Christians assert themselves meaningfully and become champions of true, timeless Orthodox spirituality.
Mortal sin because you had cheese on Friday? If struck down in the moment, you would be put before Christ, and he would say,"Ye unfaithful servant! Thy charities and mercies art abominable, for thou hath neglected the weightier things when thou consumed those two string cheeses while peckish..."?I agree it's not right to neglect the fast 'just 'cause', but mortal sin?
Quote from: vamrat on October 05, 2012, 02:41:38 PMAre you and Cyrillic by any chance the same person with different accounts? I know it's breaking the rules and all, but there has to be an explanation as to why we have two relatively new posters, European - who have a sense of humour, a sense of morality, and a sense of sense about them.If I recall correctly I've chatted with Cyrillic, so either we are two different people, or I should really quit drinking ASAP .Quote from: Gorazd on October 05, 2012, 02:58:05 PMOne is from Holland and one from Poland. That's NOT the same, even though it might sound so to American ears.Sometimes, when checking for beer at a local shop and seeing it overloaded with Heinekens, I fail to see the difference .
Are you and Cyrillic by any chance the same person with different accounts? I know it's breaking the rules and all, but there has to be an explanation as to why we have two relatively new posters, European - who have a sense of humour, a sense of morality, and a sense of sense about them.
One is from Holland and one from Poland. That's NOT the same, even though it might sound so to American ears.
I got nothing.
I forgot the maps
I stay awake at night wondering, why are they hierodeacons and not diaconomonks, since deacons are already members of the hierarchy, being in major orders. I've asked several bishops, and they all seem to evade the question as if I were asking about ecumenism.
I also found out that most of the twin studies came from Scandinavia and if you listen to Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, one might have some doubts about the relevancy of those studies worldwide.
...you can imagine so-called healing services of the pigpen. The books that could be written, you know: Life in the Pigpen. How to Cope in the Pigpen. Being Happy in the Pigpen. Surviving in the Pigpen. And then there could be counselling, for people who feel unhappy in the pigpen, to try to get them to come to terms with the pigpen, and to accept the pigpen.
Quote from: Papist on October 22, 2012, 04:24:37 PMCan a philosopher be an Orthodox Christian? What if he believes that reason can prove that there is a God?What sort of God would reason prove?
Can a philosopher be an Orthodox Christian? What if he believes that reason can prove that there is a God?
That's not a very nice thing to do.
Could you make me an Orthodox Kim Kardashian? Oh wait....she already is.
I personally pray for the return of the Emperor himself.
Orthodoxy is a 100% Greek invention.
If your question is why they hate Hellenism (general talking), the reason is very simple. If you have understood Greek civilization...You cannot become gay...
Quote from: Papist on November 15, 2012, 05:23:39 PMQuote from: choy on November 15, 2012, 05:19:09 PMQuote from: Peter J on November 15, 2012, 03:51:44 PMQuote from: Michał Kalina on November 15, 2012, 03:44:43 PMQuote from: Charles Martel on November 15, 2012, 02:16:55 PMI also believe in our uniting under common causes like defending ourselves from infidels and heretics.Like from those heretics who [don't] believe in papal supremacy or filioque?Depending which side of the issue you're on.I'm on Batman's sideBruce Wayne was raised Episcopalian. Hence, when he recited the creed as a child, he professed the filioque. But as the World's Greatest Detective, he soon found out the Filioque to be heretical
Quote from: choy on November 15, 2012, 05:19:09 PMQuote from: Peter J on November 15, 2012, 03:51:44 PMQuote from: Michał Kalina on November 15, 2012, 03:44:43 PMQuote from: Charles Martel on November 15, 2012, 02:16:55 PMI also believe in our uniting under common causes like defending ourselves from infidels and heretics.Like from those heretics who [don't] believe in papal supremacy or filioque?Depending which side of the issue you're on.I'm on Batman's sideBruce Wayne was raised Episcopalian. Hence, when he recited the creed as a child, he professed the filioque.
Quote from: Peter J on November 15, 2012, 03:51:44 PMQuote from: Michał Kalina on November 15, 2012, 03:44:43 PMQuote from: Charles Martel on November 15, 2012, 02:16:55 PMI also believe in our uniting under common causes like defending ourselves from infidels and heretics.Like from those heretics who [don't] believe in papal supremacy or filioque?Depending which side of the issue you're on.I'm on Batman's side
Quote from: Michał Kalina on November 15, 2012, 03:44:43 PMQuote from: Charles Martel on November 15, 2012, 02:16:55 PMI also believe in our uniting under common causes like defending ourselves from infidels and heretics.Like from those heretics who [don't] believe in papal supremacy or filioque?Depending which side of the issue you're on.
Quote from: Charles Martel on November 15, 2012, 02:16:55 PMI also believe in our uniting under common causes like defending ourselves from infidels and heretics.Like from those heretics who [don't] believe in papal supremacy or filioque?
I also believe in our uniting under common causes like defending ourselves from infidels and heretics.
In short, the Church needs to start teaching remedial math.
Quote from: Cyrillic on November 22, 2012, 11:12:04 AMWhat's the definition of heterodox? Do you even have to interrogate other Orthodox to find out if they're 100% correct on every point of doctrine?Yes. Whenever I dine with Orthodox Christians, I quiz them on whether they recognize that the Son and the Holy Spirit are of one essence with the Father, whether they confess that the Virgin is Theotokos and that the very Word was born in the flesh from the virgin, whether they confess that Christ is made known in two natures in contemplation alone, whether they confess two wills and two energies in Christ, whether they give the holy icons the veneration due to them, whether they hold fast to the monarchy of the Father, whether they confess that the Spirit proceeds into existence from the Father alone and is manifested eternally through the Son, whether they confess that some energies of God are eternal whether they confess that God's energies are not identical to his essence, and whether they reject the impious doctrines of Luther, Calvin and the Supposed Infallibility of the wayward bishop of Rome. If they answer no to any of these, then I know to say grace silently, because God will not answer their prayers.
What's the definition of heterodox? Do you even have to interrogate other Orthodox to find out if they're 100% correct on every point of doctrine?
Following the Julian Calendar won't solve anything. It means you start your fast on November 27 (Gregorian) and don't get to celebrate Thanksgiving until December 6 (Gregorian) which is the Fourth Thursday of November on the Julian Calendar.
Those crazy westerners, always adding things to the creed...
To see examples of people disagreeing about the Church and its teachings, check out this link:http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/
Quote from: Cyrillic on December 01, 2012, 11:40:47 AMWhat to do when they say: "All ye catechumens, depart! Depart, ye catechumens! All ye that are catechumens, depart! Let no catechumens remain! But let us who are of the faithful, again and again, in peace pray to the Lord."?Make sure you don't block the entrance since most Orthodox people arrive round about that time
What to do when they say: "All ye catechumens, depart! Depart, ye catechumens! All ye that are catechumens, depart! Let no catechumens remain! But let us who are of the faithful, again and again, in peace pray to the Lord."?
I'm with you, Wyatt; that "dumb sheep" comment was baaad.
An Elder (a controversial one) in Greece told me, that I'll receive the name Nathanael when I'm going to be tonsured a monk. I like this name, I'll give it to my son (if I get one)
