The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

I know this is an old thread, but I'm going to offer some thoughts anyway...

Olympiada,

One member has asked me to keep writing here, so I am writing this for that person.
A priest wrote to me back in May that "humility and self justification go together like fire and water" from the Philokalia ...

This is rich, coming from Turkey. Honestly, I'm not just sure what more Turkey could do to it's long suffering Christian minority. Forbid them from electing their own leaders without government interference? No waith, Turkey already does this. Require that government authorities be consulted before ...

I have to agree with David. While I find the practice a bit odd (as I do the evangelical infatuation with President Bush), I seriously doubt the kiddies were "praying to Bush" or in any sense religiously venerating his image.

While I'm sure the "Jesus Camp" organizers are happy with the exposure ...

the problem is not in a scientific discovery shedding new light on something, the problem is in actually overthrowing the Patristic understanding of Genesis. If you want to believe it has symbolism and allegory thats fine (and it does), but that cannot include getting rid of the literal meaning ...

All scientific knowledge is to some degree conditional and always open to revision. Indeed, for something to be demonstrated in a "scientific" way, the test has to be open to falsification. In other words, that which cannot be falsified, is outside of the realm of scientific inquiry. The error many ...

re. Priest becomes a Muslim

I'm inclined to think that becoming a Muslim would require little more than simply being disenchanted with one's Church being (perceived to be) under the thumb of worldly rulers.

re. Government involvement in Orthodox Christian affairs

There is nothing new about this ...