Christ is Risen!
- Thread starter Knee V
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Samstarrett
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:sigh: I hate to be the bearer of bad news...
some other dude
New member
Dead horses seems to be about all we got round here lately. :sigh:
Knee V
New member
Oh, I know it's inevitable. I've been around these things long enough to know better than to think I'll get what I want.
Krsto
Well-known member
Is there a ratio of beating dead horses to fruitful and civilized dialogue that you would find acceptable? Would 5 to 1 be be your limit? Peradventure would 10 to 1 break you? Could you even suffer 15 to 1 for the sake of the Lord?
Knee V
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I can suffer 70 x 7 dead horses. I'm feeling particularly pious.
Krsto
Well-known member
490 to 1 it is then. God be with you.
How do we maintain a rodeo with all these dead horses lying around? :idunno:
MrDeets
TOL Subscriber
I spend my time away from TOL as a Horse medium and have dabbled in equine necromancy.
Ah. I knew there had to be a rational explanation. :thumb:
:deadhorse: Welcome to dead horse and one trick pony corral pardner. :BillyBob: You'll find dead horses and one trick ponies aplenty on here. But there are also some fruitful discussion to be had on this board.
Knee V
New member
Thank you for the warm welcome, y'all!
The "other" is Orthodox. Although we're the second largest Christian group in the world, online forums tend to forget about us, or lump us in with the Catholics. But that's alright.
I believe the statement, but not as an absolute fact. Me acquiring peace can never cause another person to believe in Christ and repent of their sins. But as our own hearts are being healed, we begin to participate with God in the healing of the world around us (creation fell into corruption because WE sinned. Our spiritual state affects the world around us). As we do that, God can use that to work in people's hearts. There are many stories of people being converted after they're just executed a Christian who joyfully and peacefully embraced their own martyrdom.
I've only posted in one other thread, so the dead horses haven't found their way to me as of yet.
Thank you for the welcome!
The "other" is Orthodox. Although we're the second largest Christian group in the world, online forums tend to forget about us, or lump us in with the Catholics. But that's alright.
I believe the statement, but not as an absolute fact. Me acquiring peace can never cause another person to believe in Christ and repent of their sins. But as our own hearts are being healed, we begin to participate with God in the healing of the world around us (creation fell into corruption because WE sinned. Our spiritual state affects the world around us). As we do that, God can use that to work in people's hearts. There are many stories of people being converted after they're just executed a Christian who joyfully and peacefully embraced their own martyrdom.
I've only posted in one other thread, so the dead horses haven't found their way to me as of yet.
Thank you for the welcome!
Krsto
Well-known member
It will be good to get an Orthodox perspective at times, particularly when talking to Catholics. Have you been over to Cruciform's defense of the necessity of the Magisterum? It's not so much kicking a dead horse but more like beating one's head against a brick wall. Also I think the Orthodox have some insights to spirituality that could be helpful to Protestants.
Are you a member of the American Orthodox Church? I visited one in Tacoma and loved the acapella worship. There seem to be a lot of former Presbyterians in the AOC. Are you one of them?
Krsto
Well-known member
Oh, sure, you're just saying that to draw him in to get him hooked. You sly devil you :thumb:
