7/1/2009: What is the Orthodox perspective about the God of the Old Testament? A God who appears to be vicious, vengeful, hateful, and genocidal? Are the war stories figurative? How do we reconcile the ethical dilemmas presented to us when we read these stories and how do we articulate these tough-to-swallow stories to non-believers who could never imagine themselves worshipping a God like this? [See details]
7/1/2009: I would like to know how the Orthodox church interprets verses like Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6 "For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.
Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun." and Psalms 115:17 "The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any who go down into silence."
How do Orthodox Christians reconcile these passages with seeking the intercession of the saints? [See details]
7/1/2009: What is the Orthodox position with regards to artificial contraception? [See details]
6/20/2009: Hello I am Roman Catholic and interested in converting to Eastern Orthodoxy, allot of my issues for me are over sin and mortal sin in the sense that for me there is always the fear looming that if you die in mortal sin you are condemned to hell,especially when even thoughts can be in the categorize of being mortally sinful ,which I do not want to believe is true in the roman catholic way of categorizing sin/mortal sin. however my main and yet simple Question is ,Does Eastern Orthodoxy believe in similarity to Roman Catholicism that if one doesn't confess their sins/mortal sins before death then they will go to hell? [See details]
6/19/2009: Hello, dear brother or sister), could you please tell me, what is the correct (synodical) translation of Bible in English, i would like to read it, because sometimes it is quite difficult to find proper quotations from the Scripture and be understood,(i have to translate it before from Russian into English) when explaining and discussing with different sects or denominations representtatives.
Thanks! [See details]
6/19/2009: Would you please explain "there is no salvation outside the church" and how the community of believers saves one another. I suppose a comparison to the individual salvation theory of the West would be helpful too.
Thank you. [See details]
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