Posts by long-suffering@poa.st
(DIR) Post #AHp8aK5CAkfcALVowK by long-suffering@poa.st
2022-03-27T02:14:58.439963Z
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Glory Glory Glory to God in the highest.
(DIR) Post #AHxInCs8qUyKNDrsae by long-suffering@poa.st
2022-03-31T00:47:02.542866Z
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"In the history of the human race there have been three principal falls: that of Adam, that of Judas, and that of the pope. The principal characteristic of falling into sin is always the same: wanting to be good for one’s own sake; wanting to be perfect for one’s own sake; wanting to be God for one’s own sake. In this manner, however, man unconsciously equates himself to the devil, because the devil also wanted to become God for his own sake, to put himself in the place of God. And in this self-elevation he instantly became devil, completely separated from God, and always in opposition to Him. Therefore, the essence of sin, of every sin (svegreha), consists of this arrogant self-aggrandizement. This is the very essence of the devil himself, of Satan. It is nothing other than one’s wanting to remain within one’s own being, wanting nothing within one’s self other than oneself. The entire devil is found here: in the desire to exclude God, in the desire to always be by himself, to always belong only to himself, to be entirely within himself and always for himself, to be forever hermetically sealed in opposition to God and everything that belongs to God.And what is this? It is egotism and self-love embraced in all eternity, that is to say: it is hell. For that is essentially what the humanist is-entirely within himself, by himself, for himself, always spitefully closed in opposition to God. Here lies every humanism, every hominism. The culmination of such satanically oriented humanism is the desire to become good for the sake of evil, to become God for the sake of the devil. It proceeds from the promise of the devil to our forefathers in Paradise-that with his help, “they would become as gods” (Gen. 3: 5). Man was created with theanthropic potential by God who loves mankind, so that he might voluntarily direct himself, through God, toward becoming God-man, based on the divinity of his nature. Man, however, with his free will sought sinlessness through sin, sought God through the devil. And assuredly, following this road he would have become identical with the devil had not God interceded in His immeasurable love of mankind and in His great mercy. By becoming man, that is to say God-man, he redirected man toward the God-man. He introduced him to the Church which is his body, to the reward (podvig) of theosis through the holy mysteries and the blessed virtues. And in this manner he gave man the strength to become “a perfect man, in the measure of the fullness of Christ” (Eph. 4: 13), to achieve, that is, the Divine destiny, to voluntarily become God-man by grace. The fall of the pope is a consequence of the desire to substitute man for the God-man."-Fr. Justin Popovich, Orthodox Faith and Life in Christpemptousia.com/2017/07/reflections-on-the-infallibility-of-european-man-part-i/pemptousia.com/2017/07/reflections-on-the-infallibility-of-european-man-part-ii/
(DIR) Post #AHyPCJoKykci13PEdE by long-suffering@poa.st
2022-03-31T13:33:31.165599Z
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@EmmaFaber @Evil_Bender @KKrankoNewEra @p @NEETzsche @DonGamerGuy @MisterRogersSnapped @Sunliver @fedimcfedface @Mr_Aryan_77 @RoyalMajestyOfWhiteness @Xenophon @matty @Cockrelly @Eiregoat @silverspurs You need Jesus in your life.
(DIR) Post #AHzPqj6UYQtpCZ7qQi by long-suffering@poa.st
2022-04-01T01:15:32.209689Z
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Can someone direct me to a good and honest resource for why the Orthodox Church is the "true Church of Christ"?It raises red flags for me - which might just be due to my Western Protestant upbringing - but I have yet to find a good explanation with sources that doesn't just appeal to the infallibility of the Holy Spirit (I don't doubt Him, I doubt man) or the claim of unbroken apostolic succession (everyone claims this, but can they really back it up?).I like almost everything else about the Orthodox faith but this one thing is keeping me from going any further with it. It makes me uncomfortable but I want to be convinced.
(DIR) Post #AI0xCw6GPFTJWdB1RQ by long-suffering@poa.st
2022-04-01T19:04:01.602984Z
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@Nike do you have any suggestions?RT: https://poa.st/objects/349150e2-78f9-4d46-b96d-6719f7dae708
(DIR) Post #AIDbWMH4GEPoxVDOpU by long-suffering@poa.st
2022-04-07T21:32:16.438725Z
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(DIR) Post #AIRgpEUGemvyIFeDK4 by long-suffering@poa.st
2022-04-14T16:37:39.955308Z
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Imagine paying for fonts.
(DIR) Post #AIRgtEBji5T4Wasurw by long-suffering@poa.st
2022-04-14T16:38:20.005578Z
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@Shlomo Imagine paying for fonts.
(DIR) Post #AIcIzbIkJwffUnnJ0i by long-suffering@poa.st
2022-04-19T19:32:26.601734Z
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@exodus34 @maxi @colonelj @crunklord420 Just wondering, what's the heresy that the Patriarch of Constantinople guilty of? I'm still relatively new to Orthodoxy but I've seen a few people talk shit on goarch and the Greek church in general.
(DIR) Post #AImGskVrhZCRxvqmjA by long-suffering@poa.st
2022-04-24T14:54:09.711565Z
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@lunarised @cell Brother.
(DIR) Post #AJBei5nP5OSMKdNoES by long-suffering@poa.st
2022-05-06T20:50:41.222717Z
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@Shadowman311 @WeedEater @becassine It's not borderline demonic, it is demonic.
(DIR) Post #AUoeI2tZ58TfJjeYZE by long-suffering@poa.st
2023-04-19T16:52:50.160904Z
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@nugger but I like Father Stephen :ablobcatmelt: