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is big outrage!
Selling ethnic food is the only way to raise money in 19th century Russia or in Most Holy Most Greek Orthodox Church with Big Golden Domes!
Good thing I'm friends with Mousethief on FB as I dearly miss The Onion Dome.
Where is the special sub forum?We welcome different perspectives! WE just have a lot of people telling us what Christian teaching is in our own congregational forum. As long as you're not contradicting Orthodox teaching, you are welcome! (And we have a special sub-forum for people who want to express their doubts about that)
St. Justin Martyr's Corner: Debate an Orthodox ChrWhere is the special sub forum?
Not just an Orthodox problem. Protestantism preaches in a way that makes you think that the USA is the Kingdom of God.
Thanks, that's a useful reminder.As far as falling away from the faith, remember in the Parable of the Sower, remember only 25% of the seed grew up to a mature faith.
What is NEPA?
Not just an Orthodox problem. Protestantism preaches in a way that makes you think that the USA is the Kingdom of God. Then they send their military out to conquer the world for Jaaaayzuz.
I truly wonder sometimes how many people have fallen away from Christianity from hearing “Jaaaaaayzus” and “Gaaaaaaawdddduh!”
I remember driving through West Virginia on the way to Kentucky on business. For some amusement, I turned on the AM band of the radio and slowly moved the dial until I found a Tennessee Windsucker bloviating.
"Ah may not have a lot of edjeeecation. Ah may not know a lot of fancy words. But I know Jaaaaaayzuz. And I just want to preach Jaaaaaayzuz."
Bless his little ole heart!
I remember "Wheels", Midas, and Jiffy Lube. The rest are fading into a dim haze.Come on, Rus! Have you been gone so long from the IS of A that you forgot the auto parts store!?
The educated of His day opposed Jesus the most.
Of course. The trouble in our time is pseudo-education, the kind produced in the modern schools and universities, which gives people the false impression that they are educated when in fact they are not. So they hold advanced degrees, but have no conception of genuine philosophy or theology (including the most important kind, the kind produced by prayer), they can't read GK Chesterton or Lewis or other real intellectuals of the past,they "know better" than their "backwards" ancestors, yet they consider themselves "educated". "Science" is a worship-word to them.Well, that's true, but ignorance is no virtue either.
Of course. The trouble in our time is pseudo-education, the kind produced in the modern schools and universities, which gives people the false impression that they are educated when in fact they are not. So they hold advanced degrees, but have no conception of genuine philosophy or theology (including the most important kind, the kind produced by prayer), they can't read GK Chesterton or Lewis or other real intellectuals of the past,they "know better" than their "backwards" ancestors, yet they consider themselves "educated". "Science" is a worship-word to them.
Well, that's true, but ignorance is no virtue either.
How educated was the thief on the cross? Jesus said, "Except you become as a little child......." Did children in Jesus' time even go to school? "The last shall be first......", even possibly the character in post #51.
Nothing against education per se, I have a college degree and my wife a masters, it's just overrated, and a point of worldly pride for many. You won't find metaphysical truth with degrees.
Of course. The trouble in our time is pseudo-education, the kind produced in the modern schools and universities, which gives people the false impression that they are educated when in fact they are not. So they hold advanced degrees, but have no conception of genuine philosophy or theology (including the most important kind, the kind produced by prayer), they can't read GK Chesterton or Lewis or other real intellectuals of the past,they "know better" than their "backwards" ancestors, yet they consider themselves "educated". "Science" is a worship-word to them.
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