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I am a Orthodox Christian, ama

No atheists allowed to challenge my faith, this is a discussion for Christians
 
TypicalRussian said:
No atheists allowed to challenge my faith
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TypicalRussian said:
I am a Orthodox Christian, ama

No atheists allowed to challenge my faith, this is a discussion for Christians
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Nice meeting you...what would you like to discuss?:)
 
1) Do you know what the second "A" stands for in AMA? ;)
2) Are Christians permitted to challenge your faith?
 
HonestJoe said:
1) Do you know what the second "A" stands for in AMA? ;)
2) Are Christians permitted to challenge your faith?
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Christians are allowed to challenge my orthodox faith but I don't want atheists challenging Christianity
 
Moonglow said:
So you claim to be a Greek Orthodox Judean(Jewish) Christian?
It would really help if you could identify your origin of religion.
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Do you mean what autocephalous?
 
TypicalRussian said:
I am a Orthodox Christian, ama

No atheists allowed to challenge my faith, this is a discussion for Christians
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What exactly, is up for discussion? I have studied the Byzantine empire for some time, and I'm familiar with how this society formulated the Orthodox version of Christianity, and how they took to Russia.

In addition, on a site like this, one cannot exclude a sector of the membership from commenting on a subject.
 
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NWO_Spook said:
What exactly, is up for discussion? I have studied the Byzantine empire for some time, and I'm familiar with how this society formulated the Orthodox version of Christianity, and how they took to Russia.

In addition, on a site like this, one cannot exclude a sector of the membership from commenting on a subject.
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Yeah you can, theology is for theists only, read the bar underneath before entering the sub-forum
 
NWO_Spook said:
No, I'm sorry, but that merely limits the subject material for discussion, not the membership's ability to participate.
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Try it and see what happens...:2razz:
 
NWO_Spook said:
No, I'm sorry, but that merely limits the subject material for discussion, not the membership's ability to participate.
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But an atheist would have nothing to offer in a theology forum
 
Elvira said:
From the skeptic's pov...
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As a Byzantinist, I'm interested in the development of Orthodox dogma from the foundation of Constantinople to its fall in 1453, as it was a primary feature of the society. Russian orthodoxy sprang out of the Byzantine (the Kiev mission etc.), and I find the whole period far more interesting that the development of the Church in the west.

Gregory of Nazianzus on Constantnople:

Everywhere, in the public squares, at crossroads, on the streets and lanes, people would stop you and discourse at random about the Trinity. If you asked something of a moneychanger, he would begin discussing the question of the Begotten and the Unbegotten. If you questioned a baker about the price of bread, he would answer that the Father is greater and the Son is subordinate to Him. If you went to take a bath, the Anomoean bath attendant would tell you that in his opinion the Son simply comes from nothing.


Anyway, we haven't even been given a topic for discussion at this point.
 
NWO_Spook said:
As a Byzantinist, I'm interested in the development of Orthodox dogma from the foundation of Constantinople to its fall in 1453, as it was a primary feature of the society. Russian orthodoxy sprang out of the Byzantine (the Kiev mission etc.), and I find the whole period far more interesting that the development of the Church in the west.

Gregory of Nazianzus on Constantnople:

Everywhere, in the public squares, at crossroads, on the streets and lanes, people would stop you and discourse at random about the Trinity. If you asked something of a moneychanger, he would begin discussing the question of the Begotten and the Unbegotten. If you questioned a baker about the price of bread, he would answer that the Father is greater and the Son is subordinate to Him. If you went to take a bath, the Anomoean bath attendant would tell you that in his opinion the Son simply comes from nothing.


Anyway, we haven't even been given a topic for discussion at this point.
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I agree that the history and depth of the Greek Orthodox must be much more textured than that of the Roman Church,
it had almost an extra 1000 years to develop in a stable environment.
From what I have read the Byzantine emperors used Russ vikings as body guards.
and they eventually adopted the religion.
The daughter of the last Byzantine emperor married the king of the Russ, who then adopted the title Cesar,
which comes out as Czar. They also adopted the Roman eagle.
 
longview said:
I agree that the history and depth of the Greek Orthodox must be much more textured than that of the Roman Church,
it had almost an extra 1000 years to develop in a stable environment.
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Yes, the history is much richer as the East didn't descend into the dark age of the west.

From what I have read the Byzantine emperors used Russ vikings as body guards.
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Correct, and they were known as the Varangian Guard.

and they eventually adopted the religion.
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They did, and Constantinople sent missions to the Russ capital at the time, modern Kiev.

The daughter of the last Byzantine emperor married the king of the Russ, who then adopted the title Cesar,
which comes out as Czar. They also adopted the Roman eagle.
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Indeed, the two headed eagle is symbolic of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires. The Byzantines called themselves the Romaoi, and refugees from the fall of Constantinople became the Romani, or 'gypsies' (although the term denotes an Egyptian origin for some, however, owing to the lifestyle, they assimilated).
 
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NWO_Spook said:
Why would you state that? Theology is not the sole realm of the believer.
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Yes it is, Thelogy is for Biblical analysis from A Christian standpoint to better understand God
 
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