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Two of my best friends from high school became homeless meth addicts after our graduation. It hurt me but didn't surprise me too much because they were silly guys who did silly things.
But a female friend of mine is also now homeless and she's either been using drugs or has suffered from a nervous breakdown. It's so hard to see such a beautiful creature in the situation she's in. I wish that life weren't so insane.
We can say that God's gift of free will is what makes life so crazy. But would you give a gun to a small child, knowing full well what could happen? If not, does that make you more sensible than God?
We can say that Adam's fall is what caused this state we are now in. But don't you see how simplistic and unsatisfying of an answer that is, especially in this modern world?
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2006, 09:43:41 PM » |
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But would you give a gun to a small child, knowing full well what could happen?
Yes, no age is to young to learn to shoot...plus the earlier they start the better shot they usually end up being. |
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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2006, 09:46:03 PM » |
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Ozgeorge, That site was hilarious but sad at the same time. The description of Acne seems particularly apt for the youngsters of today!  Juliana |
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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2006, 09:59:19 PM » |
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Ozgeorge, That site was hilarious but sad at the same time. The description of Acne seems particularly apt for the
Have a look through the different types of Flame Warriors, and you can see most posters represented. I think I'm a combination of a few, but possible mainly this one: http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/bigcat.htm, but then, I don't see mysyself as others do. http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/duelists.htmYes, no age is to young to learn to shoot...plus the earlier they start the better shot they usually end up being.
You know, I've never actually seen a gun in real life. A patient once threatened to shoot himself in the mouth in front of me, but the "gun" turned out to be a replica. I know they exist, I've seen them on TV, just never in real life....what a sheltered life I've led. |
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2006, 10:14:34 PM » |
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That is rather offensive. I'm talking about real life and real people. Maybe I could tell you some stories involving my father's alcoholism and the pain this has caused my family. This is a very serious problem, how one can reconcile the pain and sufferings of this world with an all-powerful, all-loving God. Your response is entirely immature and unsympathetic. I've shared about a real person who I know that is struggling in life and would like to know why God would allow such a situation. You accuse me of being a flamer? Perhaps if you were a Christian, you'd feel compelled to pray for my friends instead of attacking me. Peace. |
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2006, 10:33:36 PM » |
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Because I also want answers as to why life is the way it is.
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2006, 10:35:42 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2006, 10:39:54 PM » |
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« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2006, 10:44:41 PM » |
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Excellent for Chris...but who are his henchman? ha.
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« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2006, 10:50:28 PM » |
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« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2006, 10:54:59 PM » |
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I can go along with you for EkhristoAnesti's description however I must disagree with Robert's. Is he really that young? and hormonal? Hmmmm.
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« Reply #15 on: February 25, 2006, 11:14:39 PM » |
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Whoops, ok, it also fits Anastasios...but I don't agree with EA as the issue guy. It seems to me that he has mellowed a bit. On another note I have found that this describes TomS.... http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/grunter.htmAnd Jennifer strikes me as: http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/fragilefemme.htmI am still trying to find one for myself. Most of the time I am a bit of a lurker but I am still reading through the list. PS. I hope everyone knows that this is all in jest. Of course I don't know any of you personally. It's just an amusing little bit for comic relief. |
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« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2006, 11:19:19 PM » |
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PS. I hope everyone knows that this is all in jest. Of course I don't know any of you personally. It's just an amusing little bit for comic relief.
Hear hear! And thank God we are all different. A garden full of nothing but lillies would be very boring indeed! "Many Gifts, One Spirit." |
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« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2006, 11:22:02 PM » |
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Matthew-
 May God help your friends and your struggle to understand such a difficult subject. For understanding I think there is a lot of good to be gained from a reading of CS Lewis' The Problem of Pain. But sometimes it is not so important that we understand all the whys and see only opportunities to grow in our love for others. That you care so much for your friends you wish to understand their situation better shows your love for them growing, that they have a friend who cares for them shows that God is blessing them already. I don't think personally that the traditional answers to the problem of pain and evil are unsatisfying. It seems more true to me that the modern world's self-understanding of itself are overly complicated. I find the Church's historic approach to these issues to be satisfying but incomplete. Necessarily incomplete because we now see through a glass darkly and won't understand everything until the next life (if even then)............
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« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2006, 11:28:09 PM » |
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I saw her today for the first time in almost a year. She's just as beautiful as she's always been but her personality has changed. I could sense that she was either intoxicated or that something really terrible has happened to her. She spoke in incomplete, non-sensical sentences and when I'd ask her what she meant, she'd tell me that it was a secret. As far as I could tell, she has become mentally ill. It honestly hurts me inside to see someone, especially a friend, in her situation.
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« Reply #19 on: February 25, 2006, 11:29:15 PM » |
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what a sheltered life I've led.
Yeah, I'd say  ...if you're ever in the states perhaps I can show you the great pleasure that can be taken in the controlling of large amounts of firepower   I tend to view myself as http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/philosopher.htm without the being considerate of other's arguments part...but I could certainly see the Android in me    |
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« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2006, 11:33:22 PM » |
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Yeah, I'd say ...if you're ever in the states perhaps I can show you the great pleasure that can be taken in the controlling of large amounts of firepower Is it true that on Pascha, instead of ringing the bells, you guys fire a few rounds into the ceiling? |
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« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2006, 11:36:48 PM » |
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Matthew, I am sorry if I came across as petty and inconsiderate for continuing my idle banter with Ozgeorge.  I think Rd. DavidH's message to you was compassionate and helpful.  I also agree that it would be a good idea to post in the prayer forum for this young woman friend of yours.  God bless you.         Juliana  |
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« Reply #22 on: February 25, 2006, 11:38:22 PM » |
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Or this one... http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/target.htmThough I know exactly why I'm always attacked |
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No longer an active member of this forum. Sincerest apologies to anyone who has taken offence to anything posted in youthful ignorance or negligence prior to my leaving this forum - October, 2012.
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« Reply #24 on: February 25, 2006, 11:41:12 PM » |
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« Reply #25 on: February 25, 2006, 11:45:58 PM » |
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You guys are silly and your posts are trivial.
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« Reply #26 on: February 25, 2006, 11:49:18 PM » |
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I noted that someone who shall be nameless indicated that I am a godfather-type. The following is an excerpt of this description: always have a Godfather who is surrounded by a cadre of loyal henchmen. I clearly am not the godfather, since it seems none of my henchmen are loyal... |
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« Reply #27 on: February 25, 2006, 11:51:05 PM » |
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I noted that someone who shall be nameless indicated that I am a godfather-type. The following is an excerpt of this description:
I clearly am not the godfather, since it seems none of my henchmen are loyal...
Said with a true air of finality..... |
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« Reply #28 on: February 25, 2006, 11:55:13 PM » |
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You guys are silly and your posts are trivial.
Yep. But isn't it good, Matthew, that a thread you started brought so many members together so quickly for a bit of fun? |
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« Reply #29 on: February 25, 2006, 11:58:48 PM » |
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I can only imagine how difficult that encounter must have been for you or the circumstances that might have brought someone once so full of life and promise to be in such a condition. I think it would have been very difficult for me and the sadness of it would have lingered for some time. I hope that I would be able to convert that compassion into prayer and, if possible, to helping her in some practical way with my friendship. Our theological answers to the problem of evil and pain, coming from revelation and tradition are undoubtedly correct. But being correct doesn't necessarily make them satisfying when the "case" we are examining is someone we care for. The big WHY of it all is something we ourselves, feeling pain -whether for ourselves or others- may not be objectively ready to recieve. The little WHY however is something you seem to be well on the way to experiencing and understanding. She is there for you to help in some way. You are there for her to see God's love in some way. Exactly how will only become clear through prayer and effort.
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« Reply #30 on: February 25, 2006, 11:59:56 PM » |
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« Reply #31 on: February 26, 2006, 12:01:30 AM » |
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In recent communication from the godfather: Elisha and Nektarios: http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/cybersisters.htm |
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« Reply #33 on: February 26, 2006, 12:22:34 AM » |
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« Reply #34 on: February 26, 2006, 12:36:26 AM » |
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GiC & Ozgeorge, How about you lads start a seperate discussion for hutman? Thanks in advance. |
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Actually, I reported the thread to the moderator. Not because I think anything terrible or unChristian is going on, but just because Matthew is obviously sensitive on this issue, and I think the jocularity going on in this thread should be taking place somewhere else. What would a visitor think if they happened upon this thread, and saw the concern of Matthew for his friends, and then almost all the responses were unrelated jokes? Perhaps Matthew should have put it in a Prayer thread to begin with, but the issue he brought up was not just one of requesting prayer, but also one of pastoral and theological importance. This website has come up before, and I think it's as funny as the next guy; I just don't think that this is the thread for it.
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« Reply #37 on: February 26, 2006, 12:54:25 AM » |
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From the title of the thread, 'Another Thread on the Problem of Evil' we can see that this form was started in the presence of another ongoing thread on the same issue...it seems to me that matthew simply wanted to start the conversation over again from scratch, which is a pointless exersize...such a thread leaves itself wide open to being hijacked and used for something more productive. Hmmmm, so would this complaint put you in the category of http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/weenie.htm or http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/crybaby.htmj/k |
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[quote author=ÃŽÂÂÂεκÄάÃÂÂÂÂÂιο link=topic=8302.msg109160#msg109160 date=1140933967] If you really want an identity for Matthew (and Jennifer as well) http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/pinko.htm[/quote] Hmmm...I'm inclined to agree.. Cybersister? Bah. Much more of a Big Cat and Lurker. |
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« Reply #40 on: February 26, 2006, 03:16:01 PM » |
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How funny you both chimed in support of each other |
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I think I am a rot pup, what say ye?
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