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Christian Orthodox Forum/Info

Hi Guys!

For those of you, who want to learn more about Orthodox Christianity, how it's different from Catholic christianity, it's opinion on important things in life (ranging from sex to love and computers) you are welcome to visit

www.askaboutcanada.info

The site has a forum where you can discuss whatever comes to mind.

Have a good day

Roman

Hello Roman,

Speaking as someone who was once published in the Charlatan (I assume its still there), the idea of a petition to reduce the # of fwords is pointless.

1) Like it or not, part of the idea of doing that is to give these publications the appearance that they are not constrained by rules of the adult world (i.e. the post university world).

2) Having someone start a petition telling them to stop makes them feel better because it shows how on the "edge" they are because they are upsetting people. In effect the more you get upset, the more likely they are to use the Fword.

At the end of the day university publications will always pretend to be a little more rebellious than mainstream papers. That's the whole friggin idea, so get over it

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Originally posted by romich Hi Guys! For those of you, who want to learn more about Orthodox Christianity, how it's different from Catholic christianity, it's opinion on important things in life (ranging from sex to love and computers) you are welcome to visit www.askaboutcanada.info The site has a forum where you can discuss whatever comes to mind. Have a good day Roman

Is your God any less irritating than :TranceVanDyk:'s God?

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Originally posted by George Smiley Is your God any less irritating than :TranceVanDyk:'s God?

is your god not a cookie monster?

orthodox christianity. are you referencing protestantism? not many are interested in the subject here. forget debating about orthodoxy and unorthodoxy, argue theism vs. non-theism. im tired of argueing alone all the time.

you guys are fun though.

I would have thought he was refering to Greek Orthodox?

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Originally posted by George Smiley Is your God any less irritating than :TranceVanDyk:'s God?

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Originally posted by Subey the idea of a petition to reduce the # of F words...

im guessing thats a no

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Originally posted by George Smiley I would have thought he was refering to Greek Orthodox?

Russian Orthodox Church according to his site.

Anyway Roman, hope you are here to stay for more than one post! Unfortunetly we haven't had enough religious people in here lately...

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Originally posted by St_Andrew Russian Orthodox Church according to his site.

Isn't that the same thing?

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Originally posted by George Smiley Isn't that the same thing?

No of course there is a huge difference (probably had wars over it), and apperntly you can have long arguments over it:

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Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk:: forget debating about orthodoxy and unorthodoxy

Seriously what could be more fun than argueing a fundie? Watching two fundies argue each other!

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Originally posted by St_Andrew Seriously what could be more fun than argueing a fundie? Watching two fundies argue each other!

Yea!! Fundy fight!!!

(Reckon TVD is the biggest fundy tho so might be a tough "nut" to crack! )

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Originally posted by George Smiley (Reckon TVD is the biggest fundy tho so might be a tough "nut" to crack! )

Yet paradoxically he's not a Christian (according to him). Jesus is confused.

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Originally posted by George Smiley Isn't that the same thing?

Sorta but not really, in that Russian, Ukranian, Luthuanian, Greek, Syrian, Macedonian, Ethiopian, Alexandrian, etc. churches are "Eastern Orthodox" (is the proper term) in Christian denomination.

That said, and with Eastern Orthodoxy being much more "religiously liberal" than say Roman Catholicism, the content and style of service in individual Eastern Orthodox churches can be quite unique and varied. They can also each have their own Pope.

"Eastern Orthodoxy" is the brand of Christianity that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire (later called Byzantium) after Imperial Rome crumbled. The term probably owes to the "Great Eastern Schism" of 1054 CE between Rome and Constantinople (although problems dividing these factions existed 500 years before the actual schism).

-N

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Originally posted by occrider Yet paradoxically he's not a Christian (according to him). Jesus is confused.

Yeah, that still doesn't make any sense whatsoever to me, a christian fundie that's not christian

Anyway, from the site:

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The main ways to cure the passions is prayer and fast. Orthodox Christians have official fasts several times a year, however the fast is thought to be not of a imposing food restrictions on yourself, but refraining from �unclean� desires, which darken our hearts. These are, for example, the addiction to hang out, to TV, to computer, to flat jokes, etc. Generally, during the fasts married Christians are supposed to refrain from sex, however this is not that strictly pursued. Another means of achieving cleanness of heart, and mind as well as rejoice and happiness, is prayer. It is generally thought that no other activity brings people closer to God than prayer, and it's best to pray as much as people can.

wtf, since when did hanging out become a sin? Whats next?

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Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk:: is your god not a cookie monster? orthodox christianity. are you referencing protestantism? not many are interested in the subject here. forget debating about orthodoxy and unorthodoxy, argue theism vs. non-theism. im tired of argueing alone all the time. you guys are fun though.

Oh my fuckin god. You out of all people haven't heard that there exists an ortodox christian church? Amazing. Simply amazing.

Anyway, the primary difference between the greek ortodox church and other ortodox churches (russian, serbian, etc.) is that the greeks do accept the pope as their supreme infallible leader. They are considered orthodox because they still have standard orthodox rituals like marriages, growing beards, etc.

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The main ways to cure the passions is prayer and fast. Orthodox Christians have official fasts several times a year, however the fast is thought to be not of a imposing food restrictions on yourself, but refraining from �unclean� desires, which darken our hearts. These are, for example, the addiction to hang out, to TV, to computer, to flat jokes, etc. Generally, during the fasts married Christians are supposed to refrain from sex, however this is not that strictly pursued. Another means of achieving cleanness of heart, and mind as well as rejoice and happiness, is prayer. It is generally thought that no other activity brings people closer to God than prayer, and it's best to pray as much as people can.

Always was interested in the religious notion of fasting. How bizarre.

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 Anyway, the primary difference between the greek ortodox church and other ortodox churches (russian, serbian, etc.) is that the greeks do accept the pope as their supreme infallible leader. They are considered orthodox because they still have standard orthodox rituals like marriages, growing beards, etc.

LOL!

-N

you guys are just as fundie as me?

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Oh my fuckin god. You out of all people haven't heard that there exists an ortodox christian church? Amazing. Simply amazing. Anyway, the primary difference between the greek ortodox church and other ortodox churches (russian, serbian, etc.) is that the greeks do accept the pope as their supreme infallible leader. They are considered orthodox because they still have standard orthodox rituals like marriages, growing beards, etc.

oooh, so quick to attack. what i meant was, orthodox, means traditional. catholicism is thought be the traditional church since it was the only one until martin luther. maybe i was overthinking myself. because protestantism is now orthodox, the norm, traditionally held belief now.

of course i know about greek orthodox and russian orthodox, etc. i dont know their specific beliefs that make them a unique denomination, but i know who they are.

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Yet paradoxically he's not a Christian (according to him). Jesus is confused.

closet christian am i?

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Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk:: oooh, so quick to attack. what i meant was, orthodox, means traditional. catholicism is thought be the traditional church since it was the only one until martin luther.

No it wasn't. The catholic and orthodox church split up back in 1054, while Luther's secession happened in 1517.

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maybe i was overthinking myself. because protestantism is now orthodox, the norm, traditionally held belief now.

Erm, no. Maybe in your area. Catholic church still holds about 53% of all christians, while protestand and orthodox have only some 17% and 11% respectively. http://www.faqs.org/docs/factbook/fields/2122.html (scroll down to world average)

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of course i know about greek orthodox and russian orthodox, etc. i dont know their specific beliefs that make them a unique denomination, but i know who they are.

Well, they are what you officially call orthodox. Since you're always in these religious discussions, it wouldn't do you any harm to research something about them, especially considering your hard religious stance and the fact that they are of the same faith as you.

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Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk:: oooh, so quick to attack. what i meant was, orthodox, means traditional. catholicism is thought be the traditional church since it was the only one until martin luther. maybe i was overthinking myself. because protestantism is now orthodox, the norm, traditionally held belief now.

*James Brown*

Please, pleaseee pleaseee pleaseeeeeeee.

I'll even pay the fee for you to *get* a library card, if you'll do some basic reading.

-N

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