tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post1380494646178397892..comments2024-01-29T00:00:28.464+02:00Comments on MunteanUK: A crossroads of the Orthodox World (4) [O răscruce a Lumii Ortodoxe]MunteanUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04076516846278419749noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-77321595853303223172009-08-28T17:57:21.186+03:002009-08-28T17:57:21.186+03:00@ Lucian Lature
1. No, I don't have any '...@ Lucian Lature<br /><br />1. No, I don't have any 'theological' studies. As you said, I don't see why this should be relevant for keeping a blog like mine... <br /><br />I'm only trying to present places I've been to in the UK from an Orthodox outlook, not to 'preach' to people. Those who really want to know the meaning of life will be found by the Truth Himself. <br /><br />2. I'd certainly be willing to help you with an address, people to contact, practical pieces of advice etc.<br /><br />But I am not willing to disclose such information in a comment, which is completely open to anyone. <br /><br />Browse a bit through this blog [start with the Contents or with the very first post of the blog!], and I am sure you'll find a way to reach me!<br /><br />3. May the Lord bless your wish to visit this wonderful monastery!MunteanUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076516846278419749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-61880677204783195822009-08-28T17:40:35.264+03:002009-08-28T17:40:35.264+03:00Frumos, frumos...
Ai pregatire teologica cumva?.....Frumos, frumos...<br /><br />Ai pregatire teologica cumva?...Nu ca ar conta, dar as vrea sa ajung si eu la manastire acolo, poate imi dai niste indicatii ceva.<br />Ar insemna mult pentru mine sa vizitez comunitatea infiintata de arhimandritul Sofronie.Lucian Laturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540275895853741597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-87027089881503098652009-08-11T15:45:18.055+03:002009-08-11T15:45:18.055+03:00@ Gregor
3. What we eat on certain days, what we ...@ Gregor<br /><br />3. What we eat on certain days, what we work, what we speak, what we read, how we behave & how we think are 'theological issues'. Our every freely expressed thought in this passing life can influence our afterlife, how can there be anything non-teological??? <br /><br />The Bible is a 'guideline', offering us 'tools' to identify satanic deceits. Plus, besides the Holy Scriptures, we also have the Holy Tradition, and the continous guidance of Holy Fathers...<br /><br />Therefore, I don't think we should exclusively stick to the ills of human nature, sins & abominations described in the Book of Books, turning a blind eye to what is not 'expressly mentioned' there.<br /><br />***<br /><br />4. Since you wish me a 'blessed Theophany', does this mean that you're no planning to check my blog until next January? :-)<br /><br />Anyway, you are partially right, as the Transfiguration is considered by Holy Fathers a 'Second Theophany' - the Holy Trinity revealed Itself on Mount Tabor just like on the day Jesus was recognised as Son of God by John the Baptist in the river Jordan.MunteanUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076516846278419749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-48858256634792118502009-08-11T15:43:55.393+03:002009-08-11T15:43:55.393+03:00@ Gregor
2. The moral quality of people supportin...@ Gregor<br /><br />2. The moral quality of people supporting or objecting an idea has nothing to do with the rightfulness of that idea. Why should we care that some people who diagree that global warming is 'man made' are those supporting George W. Bush's reckless policies?<br /><br />Don't some of these people also support anti-abortion measures? The fact that abortion is, indeed, murder, doesn't make Saints out of those who oppose it.<br /><br />We shouldn't put ethical labels on the supporters of various views. Wasn't Judas one of Christ's Apostles, yet He didn't rise up to that gift? Aren't there so many sinful Orthodox believers, plus hierarchs who discredited everything Christs stood for? In spite of all these, the Truth remained One & the same throughout human generations! <br /><br />On the other hand though, the ones who support 'abortion rights' are the ones and the same people... <br />- frightening the world about the risk of 'overpopulation';<br />- establishing a surveillance society in the UK; <br />- imposing 'political correctness' as a new world wide religion;<br />- scaring us with this 'pig flu', so that pharmaceutical companies could get even richer;<br /><br />...and - undoubtedly in my view - the same people, who say that 'having fewer children saves the planet', are the ones driving us crazy with the threat of global warming!<br /><br />Whether this phenomenon really happens (and accounts are still very contradictory) should remain an issue open for debate. But they (the UN, your 'Tony Bliar' & 'Gordon Clown', Barack Obama, the Big Brother in Brussels etc) have already DECIDED - allegedly based on 'scientific' evidence - that global warming is anthropogenic.<br /><br />Based on what 'science'? Can't you see, my friend, that Science, as well as Justice or Democracy are not God-given 'values' but DECIDED by humans? The same people who support 'abortion rights', and those who invented 'carbon trading'.<br /><br />If there were a 0,00001% chance for me to believe that 'they may be right' (and global warming was, truly, man-made), that chance would be completely obliterated when I realized what a big business global warming is supposed to be through these 'carbon trading schemes'.<br /><br />Abortion is a big business, carbon trading is a big business, and so is this 'mexican/pig/new' flu...<br /><br />And could you imagine that it's mere 'coincidence' the fact that country most obsessed with this pandemic is the UK? It's really sad for me to witness that the Brits are the perfect 'lab rats' for many masonic experiments that will eventually be tried on the whole mankind.<br /><br />The Brits have been brainwashed for years with the need of CCTV surveillance, with the need of fighting global warming, with the need of 'tolerance' (in order to secure a more 'prosperous' world), thus the UK is the ‘perfect’ place to be hit by the new pandemic.MunteanUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076516846278419749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-79401714267613334392009-08-11T15:41:51.506+03:002009-08-11T15:41:51.506+03:00Wow, it seems to be finally working, so let me pub...Wow, it seems to be finally working, so let me publish my long comment in 'series' :-), although, in spite of it's length, it had bellow the maximal number on characters accepted...<br /><br />Dear Gregor, <br /><br />It seems that disagreeing is some kind of 'curse' of mankind, and we can truly be united only in Christ; however, it's good that any diffence of opinion leaves room for 'clarifications', and let us try to profit from them! Taking this into account, here are some points I'd like to make:<br /><br />1. Global warming - be it true or not, as there are others warning about 'global cooling' - is, of course, a natural phenomenon. I agree that we can't label that 'satanic'.<br /><br />My mistake is that I didn't clarify that what I'm refering to is the 'global warming hysteria'. Any mass obsessions, any fanatical beliefs, any ideology forced on people are Satan's work. It has always been the case, and so it is now.MunteanUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076516846278419749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-31736539036388580612009-08-11T15:30:22.154+03:002009-08-11T15:30:22.154+03:00Dear Gregor,
I can't figure it out why exactl...Dear Gregor,<br /><br />I can't figure it out why exactly, but Blogger has been forbidding me to post any comment here for the past five days :-( Let us see if this little 'complaint' will appear.MunteanUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04076516846278419749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-821544239627177055.post-11652951572365187542009-08-07T14:33:37.793+03:002009-08-07T14:33:37.793+03:00Dear Bogdan
This is a very beautiful post about t...Dear Bogdan<br /><br />This is a very beautiful post about the meaning of this important feast. Whenever I come across a Roman Catholic blog, I can usually tell if it is written by a convert because of their ‘zeal’; yet it seems that my younger Orthodox friends have all had similar experiences to mine of an unhappy, sceptical youth and coming towards the light; not knowing why we have received the incomparable and undeserved gift. <br /><br />Yet I also disagree with your later comments. As a Brit said in the days when we were famous for common sense ;-) we should not multiply entities meaninglessly. There is nothing in the Bible about global warming so how is that ‘satanic’? We are explicitly called to live in peace yet many of the same Christians who are self-righteous about global warming are also the strongest supporters of unnecessary military actions. <br /><br />It seems to me that politics is the devil’s greatest trick on humanity. People will say ‘I don’t like what tribe X are doing, which supports shedding blood, so I am with tribe Y’ whilst others will say ‘I don’t like what tribe Y are doing, which supports shedding blood, so I am with tribe X’. <br /><br />I am myself fairly ambivalent about anthropogenic global warming, yet I do not see why it should be a theological issue. <br /><br />I was planning a trip to Edinburgh but Fr Marcel will be staying with us in Abriachan. Did you have an opportunity to meet this priest? He is very full of enthusiasm and is a great blessing for us. <br /><br />May you have a blessed Theophany my friend<br />GregorGregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729641571904025752noreply@blogger.com