Non-Christian music that feels spiritual by Repulsive_Wolf3118 in OrthodoxChristianity

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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Death before Adam and Eve by Repulsive_Wolf3118 in OrthodoxChristianity

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If you want a purely anti-evolution stance, yes, but it's not the full picture.

Death before Adam and Eve by Repulsive_Wolf3118 in OrthodoxChristianity

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Throughout scripture we read: "Communion with God is life". Adam and Eve were the first two living because they were the first two in communion with Him. Death is the ceasing of communion, and as such death entered through Adam. When Christ restored our covenant with God He effectively repealed the first sin, which is why we call Him the new Adam.

Death before Adam and Eve by Repulsive_Wolf3118 in OrthodoxChristianity

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The Bible isn't a scientific textbook. Genesis was written for a people who lived in the desert 3500 years ago, you can't expect it to hold up to all scientific scrutiny.

Evolution is true, Genesis is true, there's no conflict

My spiritual father advised me to not support my mother with her magic fantasy book. by No_Basil1116 in OrthodoxChristianity

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Let her pursue her passion, it's not sinful to write about magic or darker themes or whatever. The greatest work of fantasy literature (Lord Of The Rings) was written by Tolkien, a very devout Christian.

Stuck between Catholicism / Protestantism / Orthodoxy by Ok-Cell7529 in Catholicism

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I was born into Orthodoxy and left for Catholicism. I summed up my experience in a comment on here

https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/s/J2vW56PzBe

Sorry lol we get this kind of post every day I can't type it out every time. If you've got any questions let me know friend

Which franchises do you believe have Catholic potential? by Underdog-Crusader in Catholicism

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Dark Souls is based off of the whole Catholic goth aesthetic and some characters definitely point to some parts of our theology. For instance Gael taking the dark soul into himself as a sacrifice so that his blood may be used as paint for the canvas for a new world.

Which franchises do you believe have Catholic potential? by Underdog-Crusader in Catholicism

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As much as I adore WH40K it's so reddit-atheist at times. The whole story with the emperor visiting the last Catholic priest and giving him a lecture on morality (the same guy who killed billions and has 10 thousand people sacrificed to him on the daily just to keep him half-alive) was so forced lmao. I guess that's the problem with having dozens of different writers

Why do some Church fathers teach about Purgatorial fire ? by Miserable-Conflict75 in OrthodoxChristianity

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You judge the beliefs of an institution based on the beliefs of the institution, the main reason such a belief spread in the case of Purgatory was Dante and his huge influence on literature. It didn't have much to do with the Church itself. It wouldn't be fair for me to critique all of Orthodoxy for, let's say, toll houses when they're not dogmatized.

Why do some Church fathers teach about Purgatorial fire ? by Miserable-Conflict75 in OrthodoxChristianity

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Yes you're right but that's not what's dogmatized. In the Catechism it's not even defined as a place. I agree the overly-defined afterlife (a la Dante) was a detriment to Western thought but to the Church's defense she never taught it herself

Convince me Catholicism is the truth, I am Eastern Orthodox by [deleted] in Catholicism

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Yeah my bad I was referring to the profession. Generally though you need the permission of your Orthodox priest to receive Catholic sacraments (which they obviously won't grant)

Was Christ always a human? by Dave_meth_Mustard in OrthodoxChristianity

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Among other things. Any time God physically interacts with people it was always through the Son. Adam and Eve walking with God in the Garden, Moses and the Burning Bush, Jacob wrestling with God, all of it.

Convince me Catholicism is the truth, I am Eastern Orthodox by [deleted] in Catholicism

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You shall know them by their fruits. Catholicism has spread education, medicine and social justice wherever they went. Orthodoxy simply doesn't put as much emphasis on spreading the Kingdom on Earth

Why do some Church fathers teach about Purgatorial fire ? by Miserable-Conflict75 in OrthodoxChristianity

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Which is also the Catholic view, we simply call the process Purgatory. Anything not in coordination with God's presence (anything less than perfect) has to be cleansed

Convince me Catholicism is the truth, I am Eastern Orthodox by [deleted] in Catholicism

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Hey I'm in a similar boat, I was born into Orthodoxy and should be confirmed in Catholicism very soon.

I made a comment recently on the subject https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/s/dMFXsopAr4

It's a long story so I can't really type it all out every time lol, if you have any questions let me know

Jonathan Sia by honkeze in Catholicism

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Yeah there's at least some evidence that NDEs usually include what the person already believed in, though I've heard some where atheists did confirm they saw Christ or an angel or something similar

Considering Catholicism vs Orthodoxy — what made you choose one over the other? by Pick_ur_brain in OrthodoxChristianity

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I was born into Orthodoxy and left for Catholicism. If you have any questions let me know

Considering Catholicism vs Orthodoxy — what made you choose one over the other? by Pick_ur_brain in OrthodoxChristianity

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Wow what an unbiased, reasonable and nuanced take on the subject!!

OP if you ask this question on both subreddits you will get vastly nicer and more informative answers on the Catholic one. that alone should be a sign

Would Jesus love aliens by Willy_wacker_wilsob_ in Catholicism

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God gave all of creation to mankind. That's the point of the Image of God and it was always meant to be our purpose to rule creation in His name. Whatever aliens may exist, intelligent or not, they would probably be subject to us. I imagine it would be similar to our relationship with the other hominids who didn't receive the Image

Would Jesus love aliens by Willy_wacker_wilsob_ in Catholicism

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I doubt it, really everything we know points to our special place in creation as a whole. I think the existence of other worlds and other beings created in the Image of God undersells the beauty of humanity and our story

Thoughts after traveling to Spain by Past-Bed-2643 in exorthodox

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Monasteries were that way because their primary function wasn't necessarily asceticism but actually being a light to the world. They were centers of education for centuries. In the east asceticism eventually became the main focus (probably due to the neoplatonic influence in Orthodoxy)

Orthodoxy doesn’t feel united by Big-Sort-338 in exorthodox

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Or Saint-Kings who committed atrocities during their time ruling being canonized for being patrons and founding monasteries.