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Peace friend. As an Eastern Orthodox, you should speak to your spiritual father about this. That's what he's there for. I've spoken to Orthodox Priests before, and believe me, there isn't a "sin" under heaven they haven't heard of before. This is a fairly common "sin" and you probably...

"OM! The True name is the creator, the Spirit wihout fear, without enmity, having a timeless form, not produced from the womb. By the favor of the Guru! JAPU At the beginning is the True one, at the beginning of the Yug is the True one. The True one is, O Nanak! and the True one also...

HisEagle, Im very happy this helped. Blessings, Father J

My friends, I came across this today, and immediately wanted to share it with you. It was written by a Roman Catholic Monk in 1949. I pray it will be of some help: Blessings, Father J

Hello Annette, Wikipedia has a good article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorastrianism

My friend, Then we have both been uplifted from this. That is great! The tendency on boards like this is to argue and fight. It's hard not to slip into defensive mode here. Love and Peace ;), Father J

catechumen, So if I were to revise my statement, in such a way as to express that some things were closer to truth than others, that would avoid the fallacy? If I claim that love and peace are absolute truth, and that those religions who pursue love and peace are closer to the truth than...

Hello skillganon, There is no definition of the trinity in the Bible. The one substance with three persons concept came centuries after Jesus. Blessings, Father J

Hey, that was great. Thank you. But I guess Im left with the why. Why does absolute truth need to exist in order for relative truth to be true? Is this fallacy being applied properly? How do we know for sure? And, of course, Im speaking about spiritual truth, not some other definible...

My friend, Could you put my fallacy in an easier to understand format? I want to make sure I understand properly. Blessings, Father J

Hello arunma, You said: I would clarify your statement to say that in order to be an orthodox christian, one must believe in the dogma of the trinity. But that hetrodox christians like Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept the dogma of the trinity. Blessings, Father J

Hello I_are_sceptical, Do you know which translation would be considered more authoritative? Blessings, Father J

Hello friends, I was wondering if we have any resident Zorastrians around? I'd like to know where I can get an english copy of the Zend-Avesta. And this is the only place I can find with parts of the text online: http://www.avesta.org/yasna/yasna.htm Blessings, Father J

Hello rosie2220, As has been stated so far, most Christians believe Jesus is God via the dogma of the Trinity. But there are millions of Christians who have different beliefs on this matter, notably the Jehovah's Witness who accept Jesus as a Prophet but not God, and Mormons who accept...

Hello K2G, Im glad that works for you. Namaste, Father J

Blessings Karma2Grace, Thank you for clarifying your thoughts. I found those definitions most enlightening. I couldn't help but think as I read those that this is exactly the reason why logic cannot be applied in the realm of spirituality, religion and especially theology. Namaste...

Hello again K2G, If it does for you, then fantastic! I hope it brings you the peace that your former religion could not. Im sorry, but I don't understand what you are saying here. Could you reword? Blessings, Father J

Hello MewtwoX, You said: You said it better than I did. I would add to your statement: "...all beliefs are equally unlikely." as well. Peace, Father J

Hello again Catechumen. I believe theology is subjective truth. But you have not proven that it is self-refuting. My friend, you state as fact that which is unproven. Surely you must recognize this. And you state that theology based solely on emotion is inadequate. Inadequate for...

Hello Catechumen, I must admit that I had a big laugh this morning reading your post. You attempt to bring reason and logic to a subject that cannot possibly be measured by these standards. You see, the failure of theology is it's attempt to be reasonable, and logical. Reasonable theology is...