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  1. Columba7

    is hell eternal or temporary

    I still struggle with this area of Orthodoxy. I don't understand why our ability to repent would go away after we die. If God is truly merciful it seems he would leave the door to repentance open just as he does in this life. What am I missing? Why isn't repentance possible after death? Why pray...
  2. Columba7

    Whither TAW?

    One has the liberty to believe in tollhouses or reject them in Orthodoxy just as Roman Catholics have the liberty to believe in limbo. Both may be seen as unsettling.
  3. Columba7

    Whither TAW?

    If it makes you feel better, I am done here, or at least done posting anything substantial. I can see that for some TAW is a welcome environment, and for that I am glad. For me, it never really felt like home. I wish you all well.
  4. Columba7

    On sharing the faith with Mormons

    One of the things that amazes me, though, is that many Mormons aren't ignorant of Church history. There seem to be several who have themselves studied it extensively at prestigious universities like Oxford and Harvard, and yet they continue to believe.
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    On sharing the faith with Mormons

    I have a few Mormon acquaintances who are curious about Orthodoxy. I have found a few internet resources, such as these two blogs, which I think are both written by former Mormons who became Orthodox: Protected Blog › Log in Mormon to Orthodox ... and this group on Facebook...
  6. Columba7

    EO & evolution

    You reach this conclusion solely because I said people should consider the veracity of ideologies that may or may not conflict with their own?
  7. Columba7

    EO & evolution

    Sure, he might, but is that how a person ought to behave?
  8. Columba7

    EO & evolution

    It is wonderful for someone to find out what their faith teaches on evolution, but if they don't look into evolutionary theories themselves they are doing themselves a disservice. If a Mormon is taught that the ancestors of the Native Americans were Middle Easterners who established a grand...
  9. Columba7

    EO & evolution

    I mean assessing the evolutionary theories themselves to see where there might be philosophical problems that undermine their veracity.
  10. Columba7

    Need Help in Getting Information on a Parish

    I am near Rochester (I live in southern Ontario) and I have heard great things about St. John the Baptist parish.
  11. Columba7

    EO & evolution

    When discussing evolution I think we should be assessing it on its own merits. I think such a discussion would be more productive and more interesting.
  12. Columba7

    Evolution Demographics

    Well, I guess you will have an easy way of knowing when Eastern Orthodoxy falls into heresy, then.
  13. Columba7

    Evolution Demographics

    Debates will be really interesting if, 100 years from now, both sides can draw from the saints of the church to support their case.
  14. Columba7

    EO & evolution

    No, I don't, but I have an evangelical friend who does :) My dad is a biochemist so I am pretty comfortable with the evolutionary model of things.
  15. Columba7

    EO & evolution

    Satan planted dinosaur fossils to tempt people away from God.
  16. Columba7

    Evolution Demographics

    Resistance is futile!
  17. Columba7

    Evolution Demographics

    That is a good point. It will be interesting to see how the data looks without the 22% non-Orthodox. That being said, and this is only based on my interactions with Orthodox Christians in the real world, the internet tends to bring out people on the extremes because they are the ones most...
  18. Columba7

    Evolution Demographics

    Because I am constantly coming after you? As I have said before, Gurney, it isn't personal. I truly do find a lot of your comments worthy of critique and objection. You can say whatever you want, but I don't think it is very kind to come into a forum just to say you think an interesting survey...
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    Evolution Demographics

    More pointless than taking the time to let us know how pointless something is?
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    Evolution Demographics

    Interesting project. Thanks for taking the time to do this.