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It is disturbing that you called my opinion and others' who have contemplated Dostoyevsky’s letters (in which he stated he wrestled with trying to believe in God's existence his entire life) "simplistic" when they came to a different conclusion than yours, Sbn John. Many have read all of...

^Sorry, beadedone, but I didn't write the OP. I also didn't state that Dostoyevsky's stories are anti-Christian. Notice that I stated, "His novels promote many Orthodox teachings such as the belief that personal suffering is the path to finding Salvation." I have never seen his writings as...

That is unfair and quite judgmental to state that I am bearing false witness. Dostoyevsky himself stated that he had been tormented consciously or unconsciously all of his life by the existence of God. His own words imply that he was internally debating the existence of God consciously or...

Please don't shoot the me. I am only the messenger, Pilgram.:) Dostoyevsky wrote the letter stating he had been consciously or unconsciously tormented by whether there was a God all of his life. Even though I am not a literary scholar and I finished grad school probably before you were born...

^This may be where such thought originated. In contemplating the creation of the novel The Idiot, Dostoyevsky wrote in a letter to A.N. Maikov that he hoped to focus the work around a question "with which I have been tormented, consciously or unconsciously all my life--that is, the existence of...

I found the book I was referring to in post #3. The Gospel in Dostoyevsky provides excerpts from the writings of Dostoyevsky. I was incorrect in stating that it had a intro or foreword by Dostoyevski. This book does share an analysis of Dostoyevsky's characters and his personal attempt to...

This is a more eloquent discription about Dostoyevsky and the existance of God: Dostoyevsky and the Problem of God

Literary Idiot’s (mine) interpretation of Dostoyevsky- Dostoyevsky could never admit that God truly existed or that Jesus was God. He came to his own personal conclusion that following the teachings of Jesus and the Orthodox Church were good ideas for society. He believed more in a law...

Glory to God!:):):)

Memory eternal. Prayers for you and your family.

He is “helping himself” by turning his masochistic feelings into online sexual and emotional exhibitionism. This exhibitionism is intentionally laced with offensive material making it intentionally spiritually challenging to read (drag queen,Vagina Monologues, open relationships, etc...). This...

Look at those precious cheeks! She is too cute!

Will remember them with prayers.

Please bring your children to liturgy! :) Many priest state that children make only holy noise; wise parishioners are thrilled to see young families. Bring a few toys/books, small blankets, and a snacks. There will be chairs along the back or pews where you can sit and modestly nurse your...

Very good advice above. Praying for you to come home.

Praying for you.

Praying for Andrea and Marius.

Praying for your yiayia.

Welcome to TAW! Happy to see you are moving towards Orthodoxy.:) Just to let you know, there are many people in my current and past parishes with "mixed" Christian marriages.

Continuing to pray for your child.