How Sin Takes Over Our Lives

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We All Want To Break Free...

...but from what ?

From under the tyranny of passions?

Or from under the yoke of Christ and the burden of the Gospel?

Compulsion is Idolatry

...and the idol in question is the object of one's own craving and addiction.

Do You Have Sex ?...

...or does sex have you ?

The things you own end up owning you.

Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden in Fight Club

You May Drink Alcohol, But You May Not Become An Alcoholic

The same holds true for sexual intercourse and meat-consumption.

Other religions (like Baptists, Adventists, Jews, and Muslims) forbid the ingestion of alcohol and/or certain kinds of meat in a purely Judaizing fashion. Gnosticism also forbade both sexual intercourse and flesh-consumption on the grounds of matter being intrinsically evil and unredeemable. But Orthodoxy doesn't do that. Coupled with the fact that the vast and overwhelming majority of Orthodox Christians world-wide are at the very best nominal and lukewarm in the practice of their faith, not to mention that many of them don't even give a rat's posterior about some of the very basic moral teachings of their own religious belief, this creates to outsiders, both Orthodox and un-Orthodox, the illusion or false impression that our faith is very 'friendly' and permissive: it is not, I assure you! Why? Because, though allowing all these things and viewing them as being clean and permissible, at the very same time Orthodoxy also teaches its faithful followers that their hearts, minds, souls, and bodies are not to become enslaved by any of these things, through the tyranny of lusts, passions, cravings, addictions, and compulsions, all of which are forms of spiritual idolatry:

1 Corinthians 6:12 ¶All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

Sex: It's a Part of Life !

...but it's NOT a part of eternal life...

A Comparison Between Three Great Religious Figures: Christ, Muhammad, and Myself

I crave. I lust. I covet. I desire.
I crave women.
I crave the beauty of their face.
I crave the form of their body.
I crave the sight of their skin.
I crave the touch of their flesh.
I crave their presence in my life.
If I were to imagine the pleasures of Paradise, I would picture them as carnal and sensual delights.



Mohammed craved. Mohammed lusted. Mohammed coveted. Mohammed desired.
Mohammed craved women.
Mohammed craved the beauty of their face.
Mohammed craved the form of their body.
Mohammed craved the sight of their skin.
Mohammed craved the touch of their flesh.
Mohammed craved their presence in his life.
Mohammed is well-known for depicting the pleasures of Paradise as carnal and sensual delights.



Christ did not crave. Christ did not lust. Christ did not covet. Christ did not desire.
Christ did not crave women.
Christ did not crave the beauty of their face.
Christ did not crave the form of their body.
Christ did not crave the sight of their skin.
Christ did not crave the touch of their flesh.
Christ did not crave their presence in His life.
Christ did not envision the pleasures of Paradise as carnal and sensual delights. (Quite the contrary, actually...)


Guess the Muslims are right after all: we're all born Muslims...

None of those bound by passions and lusts are worthy to approach Thee and to serve Thee, for to serve Thee is fearsome and dreadful even for the Heavenly Powers...

From the Holy Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

Christmas Is NOT the Christian Hanukkah !

Today's Feast is !

On Sin And Its Side Effects

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Proverbs 14:12 , 16:25

¶There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

I Want To Break Free...

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Luke 9:62  And Jesus said unto him: No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Genesis 19:17  And it came to pass, when They had brought them forth abroad, that [ the Angel ] said: Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed! 26  ¶But [ Lot's ] wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Revelation 3:14  ¶And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write: 15  I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16  So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

Matthew 10:37  He that loveth father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38  And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me.

Let us now lay aside all earthly cares, so that we may receive the King of all, invisibly surrounded by Angelic hosts: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia !

The Cherubic Hymn

My Hope is the Father, my Refuge is the Son, my Shelter is the Holy Spirit: Holy Trinity, Glory to You!

The Prayer of Saint Ioannikios

Why Fast ?

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Mark 9:28  And when He was come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately: Why could not we cast out this demon? 29  And He said unto them: This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

I Am The Lord Your God

You shall have no other gods before Me.

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit

Amen !

The Dilemma That Puzzled The Minds Of Scientists, Philosophers and Theologians For Centuries...

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In a romantic relationship between two women, which one is wearing the pants?

How Many Angelic Orders Are There?

Why it's always so much better to just steer clear of sensitive religious topics while on a date...

Gracefully Accepting That Your Former Girlfriend Is Getting Married To Someone Else

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Lack Of Communicating Affection For One Another Can Ruin A Relationship

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More information on the non-verbal communication of affection mentioned in this video can be found here.

Everything is evolving, everything is falling apart...

Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden in Fight Club