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EmperorConstantine 2 points ago +2 / -0

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.

— Genesis 1:31

From the goods that inhere in the nature of creation—they are indeed very good, even as the Lord said—one can apprehend the supreme and everlasting good. The order of the universe, its arrangement and its beauty—is not a man moved by this to love his Creator, even if he is slow in ability? For if we love our parents because they have produced us, how much more ought we to love the Creator of our parents and our own Creator! Therefore the power of God is a creating power. Even if God is not seen, he is judged from his works, and his works betray the workman, so that he who is not comprehended may be perceived.

— St. Ambrose of Milan

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EmperorConstantine 3 points ago +4 / -1

The Orthodox Study Bible, even if you're not Orthodox this is still one of the best versions out there.

It uses the NKJV as the base, while correcting some of the errors in the New Testament to be more accurate. For the Old Testament, it uses the Greek Septuagint translated into English over the Masoretic Text due to the removed Messianic Prophecies and references to Christ in the Old Testament.

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EmperorConstantine 1 point ago +1 / -0

The holy elders said: "Pure Orthodoxy will be preserved only in "Russia", in the Russian Orthodox Church - because of the blood of the millions of Russian martyrs of the 20th century (the victims of Bolshevism)". All will gradually depart from the Orthodox faith. Everyone will fall under the demonic charm. And the Russian Orthodox Church will preserve the purity of Orthodoxy until the very coming of the antichrist. On "Rus" the beacons of true faith will burn until the end of the ages.

  • Schiarchimandrite Zosima (This guy predicted the Russian-Ukrainian war)
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EmperorConstantine 1 point ago +1 / -0

The brand of Christianity in most American churches today is a toothless, pointless social club for people to look pious standing in.

Convert to Orthodoxy.

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EmperorConstantine 3 points ago +3 / -0

Many will grow out of it once they start taking stuff seriously. I wouldn't know how to convince others, this really is an issue of parents not raising their children properly, then they fall into selfishness, not wanting to carry the torch.

Pray for them, there is no other reason to not want children, to not carrry the torch, other than selfishness. I can understand why some would be unable to have any, but selfishness is the main cause of this.

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EmperorConstantine 4 points ago +4 / -0

Appeal to antiquity fallacy and not true.

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EmperorConstantine 5 points ago +5 / -0

Appeal to antiquity fallacy, similarities to other figures has nothing to do with the truth or falsity of the 4 Gospel accounts of Christ.

And 99% of the claims you made are blatant falsifications, Krishna wasn't any of those things in any ancient text.

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