لماذا صرخ يسوع على الصليب "إلوي إلوي لَمَا شبقتني"
الذي تفسيره: إلهي إلهي لماذا تركتني؟
أليس هو الله نفسه؟ فكيف يقول: إلهي إلهي لماذا تركتني...
يجزع بعض المسيحيين أمام هذه الكلمات، و يقولون: لماذا قال الله مثل هذه الكلمات الصعبة؟
و المسلمين و غير ا…
my info is that it was in a dispute between us and the ethiopians and according to israeli court we are entitled to it, yet the israeli authorities won't execute the senctence... (but this is vague and uncertain info, don't quote me on it)
I don't have any official info but I know someone from my church in Egy who went to Israel, and I heard a discussion between three of the church priests of how he shouldn't do that and disobey the pope's orders...
So the fact that the pope said this…
Yes we are not allowed to go to Israel... those who go are not allowed to take communion in church anymore, I don't know if this applies to non-Egyptians also. Israel is an occupier, and secondly they won't give us back our church after their own Hi…
I will post because frankly I thought a lot about this issue, and found that if someone critizised my faith for being unfair to women, I wouldn't be able to answer them because I myself don't understand it all.
There is a part in the bible where st…
Why are women allowed to chant along and say the replies in church then? (keeping in mind Cor 5 :14-15)
In other words, there must be a certain interpration to the verse...
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Doesn't it say in the Bible that people should not keep company with someone like me?
does that mean that I should leave my house??? because my parents are sinning by being i…
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If God loved us then why is it that he put us on Earth?
He knows what our futhur outcomes are …
It is God's will that all be saved.. this includes you and me...
Don't allow the devil to convince you otherwise, know that 'those who go to Him, He shall BY NO MEANS cast out...'
May the Lord have mercy on as all
God bless you
I like what Ophadece and Hos Erof posted
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"Why does God hate... or dislike homosexuals, even if they are strict Christians in all other respects, and why please?
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Generally the advice in such situations is the following: if you know you're not up to it, don't argue in the first place..
meaning if you don't know enough yet, and your faith might be shaken or somthing, then it's best to refrain from such discuss…
God created human beings with free will, He doesn't force us to suffer, since with our free will we can choose to follow Him and then all the so called 'suffering' (as in worldly suffering) will be bearing the cross with Jesus to feel His strength a…
I agree Mabsoota, the worst thing is to view fasting as merely refraining from certain foods and from any food for a certain period.
Fasting is so much MORE than food... and the compromise meant here is NOT choosing between God and others, it's choo…
Well I live in a place surrounded by non orthodox and in my opinion, one has duties toward friends and family.
I don't mean to say you should spoil your fast for them, but in my situation I do things that I wouldn't usually do during the fast so tha…
I think he needs to always feel someone around him, to feel loved and to know that someone is thinking about him and caring for him.
Maybe you should try to take him out of his depressed mood by doing stuff together, go out, go to the cinema, etc.
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Dear christianlover,
I remember very well how I was when I was 14 years old (after all, that was only 4-5 years ago ;) )
anyways, I won't analyze your personality but I will give you a brief description of how I and most 14 year olds are...
I thou…
I would say it's a lack of focus and a wrong attitude.
We don't focus on God, if we did, we would always remember the words: No one is righteous, not one...
Instead of comparing ourselves to others, or looking at the sins of others, we should focus…
Mabsoota and Rpm, such wonderful words from both of you, really.. God bless you
All-I-ever-needed, people come and go into our lives, friendships don't always last forever, we also change, people we might like one day, can seem very different to us…
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Holland is great. Its blessed with the most pious and holiest sons & daughters of the Church. If ever u wanted to see the light of God in men, go to the Coptic Church in…
I heard there is a counter atheist-bus campaign in the UK, that's pretty cool hé, I mean I love the dynamics of different people using their right to freedom of speech :D
God bless Fr. Peter and his family and congregation and aid him to be a sheph…
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I don't know about that Ioannes.
I agree 100% that forgiveness is essential regardless of the seriousness of the crime, and I also agree that the victim should not be th…
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Many Orthodox (especially those of Mid-East descent) tend to hesitate in calling the Lord…