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Recent content by jsgnpdx

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    Natalee Hollaway is dead

    So sad, may God have mercy on her soul... + :crosseo: Cyprian
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    The things that really annoy me...

    What annoys me is when Christians use the Church as a platform for politics...that is my HUGE pet peve..'specially in a society where we are supposed to separate church and State.
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    Thwarting the spread of heresy in Orthodox countries.

    Oh, that is just DISGUSTING...a 75 page report on how to convert Eastern Orthodox...and there are many statements in there that are doctrinal absolutely WRONG they are claiming we believe....totally sad... Lord have mercy :bow: Cyprian
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    Judging the salvation of others.

    Seriously though LOL, Any scholar with ANY bit of edjumacation (my word) sees a direct link between the Koran and Nestorian sources of scripture...I am surprised that that issue is never treated openly...even the the supposed educated "scholars" like Elain Pagel...I suppose its too controversial...
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    Thwarting the spread of heresy in Orthodox countries.

    Particularly "Foursquare Gospel" Christians and Southern Baptists have both made those comments to me...the "Jack Chick Tract" toting types, if ya know what I mean...that should explain a lot. Cyprian
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    Any Mention Of Earthquakes, or Lightning Today?

    We used to call the APES when I was in the Episcopal Church as a kid: Ash Wednesday Palm Sunday Easter Cyprian
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    Thwarting the spread of heresy in Orthodox countries.

    Where I live in Portland, Oregon, and particularly in my apartment complex, is, roughly 75% Russian emmigrants. The sad thing is that they are ALL Baptist, Seven Day Adventist or Pentecostal...In fact the last two time that my priest visited me in my home, the Russians that were outside saw...
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    Let's play the Orthodox ABC game!

    Valaam (Monastery)!!!
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    Judging the salvation of others.

    There is an Orthodox Tradition that Mohamed was ill and dying with epilepsy, and that two Nestorian monks nursed him to health and "taught him the scriptures"...the tradition EVEN exists in the Muslim Hadith (sayings of Mohamed)... There seems to be proof of this in the fact that much of the...
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    Any Mention Of Earthquakes, or Lightning Today?

    You may have known me or my brother..my given name at birth was Scott Galbraith, my brother billy graduated 3 years before me...But alas, I only had one semester at "Wastewood High" they thought I was so special they put me in "special schools" What's Ur last name? Cyprian (Joseph Scott...
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    Any Mention Of Earthquakes, or Lightning Today?

    Yep THAT Washington Township only a couple of towns away. I graduated highschool in 1980 and have only been back a couple of times since...I miss it back there it's really pretty, although my parents sold MANY acres of the woods I grew up playing in and now its all homes:cry: I grew up...
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    Any Mention Of Earthquakes, or Lightning Today?

    Oh, M' gosh....After I was born I spent my first 5 years in Paramus...I bet is sure has changed! (left 38 years ago and moved to Washington Township!) I sure wish I knew about Orthodoxy back then...Bergen County ROCKS!!! Cyprian
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    Star Wars Top 10 Moments List

    I find it interesting that as many O.C.s enjoy sci-fi as I do....I know that there are varied opinions on sci-fi calling it anything from just silly to all out demonic. I myself enjoy it because it can take my mind out of the little box I build for it and expand its thought and experience of...
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    Healing

    Yes, and I have heard secondhand that during St. John M.s' canonization @ the ROCOR cathedral a woman blind from birth recieved her sight... +Cyprian