@Remnkemi I couldn't agree with you more... questioning is essential in the pursuit of truth, and us, who make up the church (and are willing/able to entertain said questions), should wholeheartedly discuss.
But will the Church proper (i.e. synod, c…
@Mina_K
So, the morality of homosexuality is irrelevant, you just want the Coptic Orthodox Church to concede that there is a genetic predisposition to homosexual orientation... do I have that right?
There's not much of an argument to be had, among u…
@Mina_K
Good question.
Let me preface by saying that nothing is a "sin" simply because, "the Bible says so". Sin (in Greek, hamartia, literally translated as missing the mark) is simply a falling short of the image of God - an act that takes life/hu…
The earthly is continually to be transformed to the heavenly, the temporal eternal... the bifurcation of what is "secular" and what is "spiritual/sacred" is nonsensical. It only leads to a host of theological problems, esp in Western theology.
The …
Perhaps you're thinking about the church a little too simplistically.
The church lives for the life of the world. It must stand for human rights wherever injustice takes place. This requires the church to touch and transform all dimensions of human…
@basemwilliam
"God is available through Christ in the Holy Spirit and we shouldn't discount a man's Christianity based on mere affiliations"
I agree... but just to get a better sense of where you're coming from, how do you feel about God revealing …
Hope this helps... Fr. Thomas Hopko's 55 MaximsBe always with Christ and trust God in everything.Pray as you can, not as you think you must.Have a keepable rule of prayer done by discipline.Say the Lord's Prayer several times each day.Repeat a short…
As a church quickly succumbing to the temptation of Protestantism, maybe "the office of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II" can read this, and save us all a bunch of time lol
http://livingorthodoxtheology.blogspot.ca/2013/03/spiritual-high-why-youths-are…
I am still Coptic but no, I don't attend at any Coptic church.
This is a lecture given by Fr. Alexander Schmemann over 50 years ago, warning the youth of the consequences of a church that does not become part of the community around them.
http://liv…
I'm not sure which parish/city you're from TITL, but that's certainly not the case for the parish I'm from.
In fact, it appears as though it is just the opposite... those individuals that were raised by the church were the ones who had their foot ou…
Hi minasoliman :)
Thank you for the reply, although we may disagree in a few areas, I very much respect your opinion on the matter. Clearly a great deal of thought goes into your responses.
Thank you for the welcome, Zoxsasi. I'm just a bored Coptic guy cruising the web.
First off, allow me to apologize if I made it seem that this is not a difficult problem - this is likely the most difficult issue a free-thinking Copt will need to ove…
An interesting thought. Although it seems at this point we may be trying to hold on to the historicity of these two individuals while denying the literalism of the remainder of the story... How/Why would the writer (i.e. Moses? lol) get everything e…
Remnkemi and TITL, I humbly disagree.
Great point - St. John Chrysostom, along with the likes of St. Basil and St. Gregory the Theologian posit the thought that Genesis should be read literally. But of course, when it comes to arguing with patrist…
lol forgive him Zoxsasi, it's impossible to answer a question of this magnitude without "going on and on..."
To give your very direct question a very direct answer, I would say yes... there is a great deal of positive evidence to suggest that modern…
I'm all too familiar with parental conversations not going too well.
But perhaps Zoxsasi, "Image and Likeness" does not refer to our biological make-up, but more toward greater metaphysical truths, i.e. freedom, holiness, consciousness, creativity, …