NickthePaladin
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Uh... Hello, I'm Nick, kinda new to this forum.
Okay, I know the whole forum thing, so who are all of the regulars here? What are your names? Religions/Belief-Systems? Hobbies? Likes? Dislikes? Occupation(s)? Agenda(s) (reason(s) why you are on this forum)?
My name is Nick, I am an aspiring theologian in high-school.
I am a Russian Orthodox Christian since I was young.
I am going to a Catholic-private high-school.
I do not like snob-ism, and I see it every day at my high school.
I do not like "militants with negative agendas".
I am the 153rd best Halo 3 player in the world, and the 23rd best Halo 3 Forger (map-maker/designer) in the world.
I want to become a priest/theologian/teacher/professor when I get my degrees.
I do not like people who look down on my intelligence because of my age.
I do not like hateful people.
I like logic, and anti-logic.
I like reading theology and discussing alternate/opposing beliefs.
I (try to) love my enemies and neighbors. (I accidentally fell IN love with an enemy once).
People get annoyed with me when I talk about religion.
I have a good sense of humor.
I do not tolerate hypocrites.
I am sometimes nocturnal.
Cake > Pie
I'm on this forum because of three reasons:
1. I like helping people.
2. I sometimes have theological concepts that I would like to discuss, but my age-group isn't interested in religion...
3. The first result on Google's server was down. (God works in mysterious ways...) And whats odd is that I think this is the forum that my mom is on as well.
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ozgeorge
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« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2009, 01:06:24 AM » |
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Welcome to the forum Nick!
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If you're living a happy life as a Christian, you're doing something wrong.
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« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2009, 01:13:16 AM » |
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Welcome.
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As a result of a thousand million years of evolution, the universe is becoming conscious of itself, able to understand something of its past history and its possible future.
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« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2009, 01:21:27 AM » |
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Welcome, Nick!
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I believe in One God, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.
Theodosius Dobzhansky, Russian Orthodox Christian (1900-1975)
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« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2009, 01:49:33 AM » |
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« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2009, 01:52:16 AM » |
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welcome Nick!
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« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2009, 01:52:54 AM » |
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Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything so that he may do it no more.
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If you blow on a spark, it will glow;
if you spit on it, it will be put out;
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« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2009, 03:53:24 AM » |
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Uh... Hello, I'm Nick, kinda new to this forum.
Okay, I know the whole forum thing, so who are all of the regulars here? What are your names? Religions/Belief-Systems? Hobbies? Likes? Dislikes? Occupation(s)? Agenda(s) (reason(s) why you are on this forum)?
My name is Nick, I am an aspiring theologian in high-school.
I am a Russian Orthodox Christian since I was young.
I am going to a Catholic-private high-school.
I do not like snob-ism, and I see it every day at my high school.
I do not like "militants with negative agendas".
I am the 153rd best Halo 3 player in the world, and the 23rd best Halo 3 Forger (map-maker/designer) in the world.
I want to become a priest/theologian/teacher/professor when I get my degrees.
I do not like people who look down on my intelligence because of my age.
I do not like hateful people.
I like logic, and anti-logic.
I like reading theology and discussing alternate/opposing beliefs.
I (try to) love my enemies and neighbors. (I accidentally fell IN love with an enemy once).
People get annoyed with me when I talk about religion.
I have a good sense of humor.
I do not tolerate hypocrites.
I am sometimes nocturnal.
Cake > Pie
I'm on this forum because of three reasons:
1. I like helping people.
2. I sometimes have theological concepts that I would like to discuss, but my age-group isn't interested in religion...
3. The first result on Google's server was down. (God works in mysterious ways...) And whats odd is that I think this is the forum that my mom is on as well.
Welcome Nick! It's rare that anyone wants to join the clergy these days, and even rarer that a youngin' like yourself wants to be a priest. I have a great deal of respect for those who want to enter that... calling, I suppose, whether Catholic/Orthodox/Protestant... because no one does that for the money (and anyone who does is guilty of simony  ). Also because of the Biblical truth that "man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Becoming a priest is not something to be entered into lightly. For better or worse, as a Christian and even moreso as clergy, you are a symbol of Christ to the world--such that if you are a light, they may see the light of God. But if you act as unwise or evil, the will see no value in your faith. So I can understand your hatred of hypocrites. |
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« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2009, 06:37:43 AM » |
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Welcome Nick--nice to meetcha!  may God bless you in all your endeavors and keep you strong for (and IN!) your desired vocation. |
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"If you leave me free in my religion, I will be very eager to carry out your commands. But if you try to force me to change my faith, I will first surrender my head. I was born a Christian and a Christian I shall die."
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« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2009, 08:17:40 AM » |
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Welcome to the forum. I'm a regular, though I do periodically take vacations for months at a time from the forum. |
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« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2009, 10:45:55 AM » |
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Welcome to the forum!
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Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.
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« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2009, 10:47:48 AM » |
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Uh... Hello, I'm Nick, kinda new to this forum.
Okay, I know the whole forum thing, so who are all of the regulars here? What are your names? Religions/Belief-Systems? Hobbies? Likes? Dislikes? Occupation(s)? Agenda(s) (reason(s) why you are on this forum)?
My name is Nick, I am an aspiring theologian in high-school.
I am a Russian Orthodox Christian since I was young.
I am going to a Catholic-private high-school.
I do not like snob-ism, and I see it every day at my high school.
I do not like "militants with negative agendas".
I am the 153rd best Halo 3 player in the world, and the 23rd best Halo 3 Forger (map-maker/designer) in the world.
I want to become a priest/theologian/teacher/professor when I get my degrees.
I do not like people who look down on my intelligence because of my age.
I do not like hateful people.
I like logic, and anti-logic.
I like reading theology and discussing alternate/opposing beliefs.
I (try to) love my enemies and neighbors. (I accidentally fell IN love with an enemy once).
People get annoyed with me when I talk about religion.
I have a good sense of humor.
I do not tolerate hypocrites.
I am sometimes nocturnal.
Cake > Pie
I'm on this forum because of three reasons:
1. I like helping people.
2. I sometimes have theological concepts that I would like to discuss, but my age-group isn't interested in religion...
3. The first result on Google's server was down. (God works in mysterious ways...) And whats odd is that I think this is the forum that my mom is on as well.
Nick, as it turns out I am a Paladin as well. Welcome to the forum. |
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« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2009, 11:47:32 AM » |
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Welcome Nick.
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Excellence of character, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. Now it is a mean between two vices, that which depends on excess and that which depends on defect.
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« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2009, 11:49:16 AM » |
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Welcome, Nick.
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I seek the truth by which no man was ever harmed--Marcus Aurelius Those who do not read history are doomed to get their facts from Hollywood--Anonymous What earthly joy remains untouched by grief?--St. John Damascene http://myorthodoxjourney.blogspot.com/ |
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« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2009, 12:04:41 PM » |
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Only about 25 more "regular" members to go, and no one has even attempted to throw this thread off track yet! |
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I believe, help Thou my unbelief!! - St. John of Krondstadt http://Http://hairshirtagenda.blogspot.com Witega: "Bishops and Metropolitans and even Patriarchs have been removed under decidedly questionable circumstances before but the Church moves on." |
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« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2009, 12:25:03 PM » |
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Welcome to the forum, Nick. I am a regular, too. A 52-y.o. biology teacher. Great to meet you, looking forward to interesting and useful exchanges.
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« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2009, 08:54:24 PM » |
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Welcome Nick!
You will find that there is a good group of people on this site, and we all do our best to keep things in check and to provide good quality discussion about all kinds of topics.
Also, there are several of us on the site who have graduated from seminaries (me being one of them), and a handful of priests and deacons from different jurisdictions (across the orthodox spectrum). Feel free to ask whatever you want, but also spend some time searching for your topic, as it may have been discussed before and we tend to rehash certain things all the time.
Enjoy the discussion!
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I got nothing. I forgot the maps March 27th and May 30th 2010 were my Ordination dates, please forgive everything before that |
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« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2009, 09:18:44 PM » |
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"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jer 29:11
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« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2009, 11:19:19 PM » |
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. -- Douglas Adams
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« Reply #19 on: December 18, 2009, 11:26:06 PM » |
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« Reply #20 on: December 19, 2009, 07:08:27 PM » |
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Welcome, Nick. Paladin's do indeed rule.
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"Yeah, the sparrow hath found an house..." -Psalm 84:3
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« Reply #21 on: December 19, 2009, 08:47:59 PM » |
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« Reply #22 on: December 21, 2009, 01:05:29 AM » |
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Howdy, and welcome to the forum.
I'm not as regular around here as I used to be, but I'm around fairly often. I'm a current seminarian, so I'm another one you can ask about such things.
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« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2009, 03:21:12 PM » |
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Welcome Nick from another Serbian brother!
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Save us o' Son of God, who art risen from the dead, as we sing to thee Alleluia!
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