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    I figured out where "Baphomet" comes from.

    I figured it out. I've connected all the dots. 1. Around the 2nd Temple Period, the Apocryphal "Testament of Solomon" is circulated among Jewish and Jewish-Christian communities (probably Christian, because it identifies Christ as the Messiah) The "Testament of Solomon" tells the tale of how...
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    Election & Predestination in Eastern Orthodoxy

    I don't know why, but I imagine Lucifer has the same kind of personality as Elton John.
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    A Painting

    It reminds me of this older Catholic painting that tried to capture a similar idea A similar one I found while looking at the above one
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    Vacation Sermon

    I mean he's not wrong
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    Was St. Augustine opposed to criminalizing prostitution?

    Regardless if your logic is valid, the main reason behind porn being everywhere is an unholy trinity: 1. The Internet 2. Corporate marketing 3. Corporate Liberalism (and the degeneracy affiliated with that) If prostitution were legal, the internet, corporate marketing, and corporate liberalism...
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    Orthodox teachings and saints' writings on suicide

    Psychiatry and psychology all too often systematize the variety of human experiences to the basic level of chemical processes or irregular behavior. Very seldom do they seek to actually ask the questions of why these things develop the way they do. Sexual trauma, social trauma, war trauma...
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    Apostasy

    I think it's more of a case that Greek immigrants have been around here longer, more integrated, and thus more contaminated by an antithetical culture. My dad is a Protestant/Catholic engineer who travelled across Europe on various business trips, and he always points out Greece as his favorite...
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    Apostasy

    I appreciate the friendliness. I definitely experienced people with opinions "different" from what is Orthodox. However, you are talking to someone who was raised as a "John Paul II we love you" Catholic in a religiously apathetic Catholic community, composed mostly of blue-collar workers and...
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    Apostasy

    Hey guys, I'm back. For better or for worse, I've kind of taken a break from Christianity altogether. What I will say in response is this: 1. The overall cliquiness of a Church community. I find that a lot of broken people, inadvertently or not, come into the Church, where because of their...
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    Poll of TAW for rule

    I just knew from reading this post I would get @rusmeister posting a Chestertonian response advocating for this rule
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    Disagreements in society ...

    Praising yourself in giving a unilateral political opinion which nobody's allowed to argue is pride. Also, correcting others means actively trying to make sure they change their mind or behavior. It does not mean logging in to a website and posting a silloloquy to the masses that very few who...
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    Disagreements in society ...

    ...pretty much this, especially the first one. With social media, it's easy to get the narcissistic impression that every opinion you have is God's Voice on Earth which you are projecting to the lost masses that everyone needs to hear. (Spoiler, nobody cares at all what you think unless you are...
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    It's so hot that...

    people are making dad jokes
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    Kaepernick denounces 4th of July as ‘celebration of white supremacy’

    Colin Kaepernick’s parents break silence: ‘We absolutely do support him’
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    Kaepernick denounces 4th of July as ‘celebration of white supremacy’

    Why is it necessary for leftists to decry every symbol that isn't 100% historically pure as "evil" Nobody thinks "slavery was awesome, man" when they think of July 4th. Why don't we tear down every statue of Martin Luther King Jr. for encouraging a rape? I'm an MLK scholar – and I'll never be...