I just can't do it...

[Thekla]

Sometimes you need to come back to the monastery from the desert my friend.

Christ only stayed in the desert for 40 days being attacked. Why would you choose to remain in the wilderness? Pride ruled the evil one then, and you will see that same pride in other forums here.

The ones here will refresh and comfort you as you have refreshed and comforted them. Let them help you.

That is what we are for to each other yes?

Okay, you are NO WAY allowed to talk like that with those sunglasses still on, not to mention the tie ...

 

[Oblio]

Cool off here, calm your passions. While we can't enforce total Orthodoxy, those who regularly break the rules are dealt with.

 

[DavidBryan]

Everytime I wander into GH, I regret it.

Sorry...GH? General...Hobbies?

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

Sometimes you need to come back to the monastery from the desert my friend.

Christ only stayed in the desert for 40 days being attacked. Why would you choose to remain in the wilderness? Pride ruled the evil one then, and you will see that same pride in other forums here.

The ones here will refresh and comfort you as you have refreshed and comforted them. Let them help you.

That is what we are for to each other yes?

Wisdom...Let us attend.

I have represted us poorly my friends.

Forgive me...

 

[OrthodoxyUSA]

Sorry...GH? General...Hobbies?

General Heresies... aka General Theology.

I have stayed in the desert too long.

May I enter?

Father Bless.

Which way is East?

Forgive me....

 

[Jacob4707]

That's what I do. Everytime I wander into GH, I regret it. But your knowledge could still be useful to those who come here looking fir answers.

Sorry...GH? General...Hobbies?

I think he meant to write "GT." Or maybe he meant to write ΓΗ, and he's a wanderer on the earth, like Cain (or Caine).

Or maybe he reads this:

(I suspect it's been a LONG TIME since GH has had a cover like the above!)

 

[RobNJ]

I think he meant to write "GT." Or maybe he meant to write ΓΗ, and he's a wanderer on the earth, like Cain (or Caine).

No, in "The Good Old Days" it was called General Heresies around here, almost exclusively

 

[Thekla]

Cool off here, calm your passions. While we can't enforce total Orthodoxy, those who regularly break the rules are dealt with.

 

[Oblio]

That's what my custom link is titled

 

[Thekla]

General Heresies... aka General Theology.

I have stayed in the desert too long.

May I enter?

Father Bless.

Which way is East?

Forgive me....

 

[Thekla]

No, in "The Good Old Days" it was called General Heresies around here, almost exclusively

Citizen Kane ? oh no ...

 

[repentant]

I can't stay here anymore without saying ugly things to the heretics.

Those who deny the sacraments.

Those who would keep Christ out of Worship.

I am becoming less tolerant of stupidity and ignorance. Especially when I am told what we believe by a non-believer.

I have no patients with them any longer.

I ask for your prayers and suggestions.

I pray that I will get kicked from the server soon, so that the choice will no longer be mine.

My usefulness here has run it’s course.

Forgive me…

I feel the same way. I feel you.

Perhaps you can stay in TAW for fellowship, without leaving CF completely. If you feel otherwise, I understand, but I would hate to see you leave us completely.

Mary

I tried that, but that GT sucks you right in..

 

[Komnenos]

have no fear ORTHUSA! Just pray for the Lord to give you strength and he will. I stopped posting in GT because my posts were never given an answer because The the Apastatoi didnt have any that would prove Their view correct. I wish you the best of luck!

 

[E.C.]

Wisdom...Let us attend.

I have represted us poorly my friends.

Forgive me...

You have not represented us poorly. If anything you have represented us greatly. From the posts of yours I've seen, you are one of few who actually stand up to the Protestants and Catholics when they need standing up to.

Sometimes, people are beyond hope. Sometimes people are so closed-minded that if Christ walked right up to them and started talking they wouldn't know it. Sure, as time went on in the West things changed for the worst. Sure, things got less and less spiritual, more and more reactive based and not spiritually based. Sure, we all are hypocritical; some more than others, but still. The site I was on before CF was a place called SCN (Student Center Network). It was made for college and high school students. All they had was a "Religion" section. If you think this is bad, try correcting a hardcore Hindu who is saying that their Brahman is the same as our God the Father.

Even though all of the Protestants (with a few exceptions) have dumped the sacraments, have accused us of heresy and have been absolute _____ sorts of people; there is one thing that makes the Orthodox of this site stick out and that is our unity and oneness in Faith. We are not like most who may identify themselves as (example) Baptists but disagree on the most basics of Christianity. We are united. I'd say that when I first signed up here, I was skeptical of the unity of the Orthodox. I wasn't sure if there'd be cradles calling converts heretics or Greeks calling Russians Communists or anything like that. It was the posts made by all the Orthodox in different forums that really made me proud to be Orthodox (remember: when I signed up I had been chrismated not even six months before so really I hadn't seen much of Orthodox "in action" per se). Surprisingly, amid all the heresy and complete stupidity in some forums I feel my faith has strengthened and matured.

OrthodoxyUSA, you are one of the ones that helped that. If you decide to leave, I will not let you leave without saying thank you. Thank you for all you've done to at least give Orthodoxy a good name whether you know it or not. Thank you for showing me that it is possible to stand up for your faith without being rude or snotty.

If you do leave, just remember that your posts helped people here whether it was somebody who may seriously consider looking into Orthodoxy more, or somebody whose faith was weak.

(Sorry if this turned into a short rant)

 

[Jacob4707]

Even though all of the Protestants (with a few exceptions) have dumped the sacraments, have accused us of heresy and have been absolute _____ sorts of people;

Even before I became Orthodox, somewhere during my journey I began to think it kind of strange for Protestants (i.e., primarily those of the "Evangelical" or non-denominational variety) to use the words "heretic" and "heresy."

I mean, what can they use for a standard?

They can't use the Creeds, because those were written by Bishops who believed in the bread and wine becoming the body and blood of Jesus and in the salvific effect of baptism.

They can't unhesitatingly use the Bible (though they do all the time), because the books that were chosen to be included therein or excluded therefrom were not simply self-testifying, but were to some extent (the "disputed" ones at least) ratified and agreed on by those same non-Protestant/anti-Protestant bishops and sacramental Christians. Or at the very least, they can't tell other Christians what books to include or not include in the Canon. I mean, if someone wanted to exclude James or Revelation, on what basis would they say "You can't do that!"? Plus, there is Martin Luther's precedent for nearly doing just that.

They can't say that Arians and Nestorians, etc., or their modern-day counterparts are heretics, because they don't believe in Church Councils having authority to tell individuals what the Bible and the Faith teach about Christology and the Trinity.

Sure, they use the terms the way we do - i.e., to apply to persons who hold themselves out to be Christian but who in some form or fashion teach contrary to the defined teaching of the church. But then get them to define what they mean by "the Church" and what puts someone in the Church and what puts someone out of the Church.

That might make for an interesting discussion. Ask them. Ask them for the basis for their answers. They'll probably quote you book, chapter and verse. Then ask them why they use the Bible - and specifically the 27-book-New-Testament Protestant Bible - to make their argument.

 

[27B6]

Is mentioning the "guard of the heart" appropriate in this case?

 

[Dust and Ashes]

Just think what it is like moderating GT

*Fades into scene with Oblio, back to a thick wooden battlement*

Oblio looks around the corner quickly to survey the General Theology forum. He pulls his head back sharply as bullets strike the spot he occupied mere moments before. Debris peppers the ground at his feet and the whine of incoming mortar fire grows louder.

"Incoming!!" The mods dive for cover as the shell throws threads and posts all over the grim faces preparing to suppress a flame skirmish that has just broken out.

"Cover the right flank! Their moving..."

*shivers*

Courage or masochism? I can't say.


Man, I'd say just spend a limited amount of time here and only in GT. Maybe after some refreshing, you could venture back in. I don't see how you've done it as long as you have.

 

[MariaRegina]

You and I have both seen mod action, Seraphim.

And even today I had to report a message in another forum that was extremely hateful. The spammer had several anti-American pro 9-11 hate threads before he was disarmed by the quick actions of the mods.

These we do not often see. Let us hope that the guy is not a sleeper come to action, but pray that he may find Christ his Light.

 

[tall73]

God bless you. I enjoyed our discussions.

 

[AureateDawn]

It's people like you in GH that led me here. ;; Even if I thought you all were crazy idolatrous Mary-worshipers before.