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Aristotle vibe check from 2,300 years ago

The conversion story of Būluṣ ibn Rajāʾ (950s - 1009) from Islam to Orthodox Christianity (Coptic). 1/9

@OVTweetmarck I saw a tweet about defending religion saying “It’s what Christianity is about, just be a charity” and it made me realize how shallow people’s perception of Christianity is

Yeah maybe I’m overdefensive of convert Catholics but it angers me more and more each day I see that stupid shithead “uh being a normal Catholic is not caring” shit

@Ig_Normie @ZELLKLUMPEN “Inconsiderate narcissist” is a moral claim. Yet you can’t ground consideration in any objective way

@Zip0000000 @ZELLKLUMPEN That’s not morality, that tyranny by an inconsiderate narcissist who doesn’t take accountability for their own responsibility in creating the circumstances they then punish others for transgressing within.

@Ig_Normie @ZELLKLUMPEN All powerful and all good by what standard? You’re assuming a standard outside of God that doesn’t exist in your paradigm

@Zip0000000 @ZELLKLUMPEN A God that allows infinite suffering simply because someone makes a wrong, but genuinely evidentially correct seeming, judgement is not good or fair. Any being that was truly all-powerful & all-good could & would save any good person who made the wrong choice from eternal torment

@Ig_Normie @ZELLKLUMPEN It’s not a pick and choose situation, God is the source of objective Good in of itself, if you cut yourself off from the object of good, you choose your own hell

@ZELLKLUMPEN If God condemns people to eternal suffering for basically not going along with "Trust me, bro", then God is an evil, entitled narcissist. You undermine your moral argument by implying that God wilfully & enthusiastically creates infinitely more unfair suffering than abortionists

The Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn gave the most controversial speech *against* Western Civilization at Harvard in 1978. As a survivor of the Russian Gulags, they expected him to praise the West. Instead, he made a jarring accusation: The West is a dying civilization. If it doesn't change its ways, it is doomed to collapse. In fact, he said this has been the case for 500 years, when the West made a crucial mistake: "How did the West decline from its triumphal march to its present debility? ...the mistake must be at the root, at the very foundation of thought in modern times. I refer to the prevailing Western view of the world which was born in the Renaissance… I refer to humanism — the proclaimed autonomy of man from any higher force above him." Solzhenitsyn said humanism made man autonomous from God, Truth, and objective morality. If all morality is subjective, then man has nothing to live nor die for. Naturally, he loses his courage, embraces materialism, and grows effeminate to modern evils. So, what is the solution? A return to belief in a transcendental morality under God: "If, as claimed by humanism, man were born only to be happy, he would not be born to die. Since his body is doomed to death, his task on earth evidently must be more spiritual… The fulfillment of a permanent, earnest duty so that one’s life journey may become above all an experience of moral growth: to leave life a better human being than one started it." All cultures live, or die, based on their respect of the True, Good, and Beautiful. To save the West, Solzhenitsyn says start with beautifying your soul, for that is both how you live well, and begin to make civilization itself beautiful again.

This is life, hope, ressurection…

Kierkegaard

“We are always living after Pascha, and we are always going towards Pascha.” - St. Gregory of Nyssa

ܫܘܒܗܪܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܗܢܘ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܝܬ ܒܙܩܝܦܐ. فخر الكنيسة هو ان الله مات على الصليب . " القديس مار إسحق الأنطاكي "

“Christ is risen, and you are overthrown. Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen.” - St. John Chrysostom

Whenever propagandists like Nasimi and others try to portray Azerbaijan as a haven for religious freedom, remember this: Azerbaijan has systematically erased more Churches than ISIS. Yes, you read that right. In Nakhichevan alone, they destroyed 280 Armenian Churches.

@Italian347 I just realized both Armenia and Azerbaijan is on this list lol

Are you sure you wanna play this game lmao

This is the transformative power of Christ. He takes the biblical archetype of Satan in the Old Testament (Pharaoh) and snatches the glory given to this false god for himself.

To all in our community celebrating Orthodox Easter today – we’re wishing you a special day with family, tradition and great food. 🤍

This is similar to the fitha negest (the justice of kings), the indigenous constitution of the monarchy in Ethiopia.

Christ is risen! (in Ethiopia)