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I don't know if there have been studies on germ transmission on communion cups within Orthodox churches, but there have been with Catholic/Protestant ones. The hazard of infection from the shared communion cup. - PubMed - NCBI "There is substantial evidence that neither infection with...

Prayers for a speed recovery. One thing that did change during the COVID-19 shutdown is that more insurance companies are covering teladoc services. Obviously, it's not as good as having an in-person exam, but you can at least have someone look at it and check symptoms. Check your insurance...

It really doesn't matter whether you're arguing against one or all of them. If the results say that these vaccines are safe and you're arguing against it without providing peer-reviewed research, then you're part of the anti-vax movement. Why do you think we've seen an uptick in measles after...

First, I want to say thank you for putting your life on the line. You're a better person than I am in that regard. That being said.... This is the definition of anti-vax. You're basing your claims to not get certain vaccinations because of "globalist" or "godless" entities without citing proper...

What utter anti-vax nonsense. There's been no link to hepatitis B and MS nor has there been any link to recent H1N1 vaccines and paralysis. You have to go back to 1976 where there was speculation that there was a slight risk. Guillain-Barré Syndrome Concerns | Vaccine Safety | CDC Hepatitis B...

It's a good idea to clear your browser regularly anyway since tracking cookies can follow you from one site to the next. You might also have to clear it in your Google account (if you're signed in). Going off topic slightly, but what genres did you end up listening to instead? I'll admit I've...

Do you have an example?

To give some background, I live in Pennsylvania, which has a large percentage of Amish population. Recently, one of my neighbors adopted a dog from a Amish breeder that lives probably within 20 miles of us. The dog was unable to have any more pups and the guy was just going to get rid of her...

Apparently your soul can't be saved on Mondays.

Yeah, defense contractors are always a sticky situation. A lot of those companies seem to exist to just overbill the government for everything. There's one that's in my town and some of the comments I've heard from former co-workers are less than flattering. I don't know how it is in the UK, but...

Actually, the UK did have a bustling computer industry at one point. Popular computers in the 80s were the BBC micro and machines from Sinclair and Acorn. One of the companies that stayed on as the rest of the industry went away is ARM holdings, which currently sells its IP holdings for ARM...

Sometimes even Orthodox message boards can get messy. I remember stumbling into one thread (not here) about fasting and it devolved into the "correct" method of fasting. Don't remember where I saw it and it certainly wasn't good for anyone's spiritual growth.

Memory eternal! I've always liked this article for newcomers and those in doubt. How Can I Know?

Let's put it this way. Even though there is 0 proof that vaccines cause autism and no moral case against vaccines, let's pretend they do cause autism. What would you prefer, more autistic children or more dead children? If you visit old graveyards, you'll probably see a lot of tombstones with...

This is a schismatic site. Don't buy stuff from them. It's not Orthodox.

I've only skimmed what was transcribed, but I noticed that Steve referenced the ROC's position in Part 2. Specifically, he says: The problem though is that he seemed to have left out the rest of that paragraph to try to justify his position. IX. Crime, punishment, reformation | The Russian...

I would agree that some of the anti-western polemics in certain pockets of Orthodoxy is annoying, but there are theological differences that would need to be reconciled. There's two big ones (the filioque and papal infallibility) and a thousand little issues that need to be worked out. In...

Cows used in factory farming are not afforded any better treatment. If they are raised for the purpose of beef, then they are usually raised in feetlots, which afford little space and are only used to let the cow get to an unnatural weight. This is what one looks like: Since lack of space is...

Not really. Have you looked at how animals are slaughtered in factory farming? On what moral basis do you justify that a cow's life is worth less than a dog's life? If dog meat became a wanted commodity in the US, would you support it?

The problem though is that Trump's approval ratings have never broken 50%. He's good for rallying his base, but it's not good if you want to reach across the aisle. The next Congress will determine if he compromises on anything, but if he can't generate more favorable ratings, then his odds of...