ConvincedOptimist ☦️
@ConvincedO
Orthodox priest, father of large family. Life may have Crosses, but joy comes through them. As Christians, we must have joy and optimism! God is good!
I haven't been on here much for a few weeks, but I wanted to get back on to ask: Who here is at the Antiochian Convention in Chicago right now?
1. Orthodox (well over 5000) 2. Lutheran (~1000)| 3. Catholic (~15) 4. Baptist (~3, including in Russia, oddly) 5. Anglican (~2) 6. Non-denom (~2) 7. Probably others (I'm getting old and don't remember)
Denominations ranked by how many church services of theirs I’ve attended 1. Presbyterian (400+) 2. Catholic (10-20) 3. Lutheran (5) 4. Non-denom (4) 5. Methodist (2) 6. Baptist (2) 7. Episcopal (1) 8. Congregationalist (1) 9. Dutch Reformed (0) 10. Eastern Orthodox (0) 11.…
While I'm encouraged by all the people coming to Christ over the past few years, this internet pseudo-Christianity is discouraging, but I hope and pray that for many people like this, it will eventually turn into real faith in God.
Some of this conversation is a matter of semantics, but not all of it. This is an important part of the conversation.
A major issue underlying this whole discussion is nominalism vs realism ala @NathanJacobsPod . The nominalist perspectives do not treat worship as an interaction with actual spirits, but see the issue as being intellectual and psychological. So they are concerned with the…
What St. Nikolaj says here is not controversial from an Orthodox perspective. It's the same as what we sing in the Troparion of the Nativity of Christ.
She lost three friends in a terrorist attack on a Church within the past few weeks and you thought it was a good idea to comment to chide her for being overly effeminate and emotional? Is that correct?
I'm assuming he's posting this in ignorance, unaware that St Nikola wrote that early in his life and later rejected these early writings. It would be unchristian to deceive deliberately, so I'm sure he'll retract if he finds out.
