• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

Recent content by chris.j.b

  1. C

    Ask a Christian philosopher a question

    I'm not sure who you are anonymous person that we should ask you questions, but since you are soliciting questions, hey why not. My question is this: Who told you what is in the bible? If you say the holy spirit told you specifically, how are you better than a Mormon who says the Spirit told...
  2. C

    Old Testament Diet - Was God being a Bully?

    Mmm... to put forward a counter argument, the old testament laws were for a time and place. In this time and place beef is one of the most ecologically damaging meats to farm. Pork is one of the most economically and ecologically sustainable meats to farm. And we could dig up some verses about...
  3. C

    Sexism and Religion

    Really. So when Thatcher came to power, she instituted the compassionate society?
  4. C

    Sexism and Religion

    What a sexist comment. Men haven't done a very good job, apparently by virtue of being men!
  5. C

    Sexism and Religion

    What, women never did anything in the fields? Google "painting of women working in the fields" and we know we'll see plenty of women from the agrarian period working in the fields. OK, you're a guy, so you won't be going into labor and stopping whatever work.
  6. C

    Sexism and Religion

    Uh huh. And there were jobs in the agrarian period that both men and women did. So how is that a difference between the ancients and us? BTW, when you go into labor, will you finally then put your screwdriver down? Would your network server repairing husband need to put it down too? Or could it...
  7. C

    Sexism and Religion

    Why, are men getting pregnant now and producing milk? I should watch the news more often. And difficult outdoor work has ceased has it? Was all work back in the agrarian period difficult and dependant on strength? Women lay around on couches eating grapes, while men toiled, is that the ancient way?
  8. C

    Sexism and Religion

    Well Jane, isn't it interesting that all cultures, from east to west during the "agrarian" period had the exact same beliefs about roles of women, which you apparently think is mistaken. Despite the fact those cultures weren't influencing each other. Now apparently you are pointing out that our...
  9. C

    Is it wrong to continue dating someone once you know you are not going to marry them?

    Trying to squeeze real life situations into some dodgy interpretation of scripture, Christianity or whatever is destined to fail. Go back to the golden rule, that's all end of story.
  10. C

    Do Orthodox Christians hate Roman Catholicism?

    yes, orthodox consider RC to be heretical. But it doesn't mean we can't be friends. :) Like at our church we (orthodox) have a choir leader who is RC and quite often comes and leads the choir because he is an expert in orthodox music. But he still can't have communion because he is RC. And from...
  11. C

    Is it wrong to only want to marry a Virgin

    You're young and idealistic. I get it. But here's wisdom from someone a lot older and wiser than you are. Life isn't perfect, and the sooner you come to terms with that the better. If you find your virgin you're going to for sure find way bigger faults with her than lack of virginity. And if...
  12. C

    Old and New Calendar confusion

    I also read the Wiki article, but it doesn't actually say her feast day is July 18th on the NC, it says she reposed on July 18th NC. As I pointed out, Greeks are not generally celebrating feast days on the day saints reposed, but rather on a different day from 0-13 days out, depending on how...
  13. C

    Old and New Calendar confusion

    I'm confused about how to calculate the feast day for my wife's patron saint. We're all used to seeing Greek and Russian calendars 13 days apart. But I was considering the patron saint of my wife, Elizabeth Fyodorovna the new martyr, and the fact we attend Greek church under the new calendar...
See more
Top Bottom