Lyrics in case you could not make them out
This why any hymn or spiritual song written within the past 200 years, if not more should not be allowed into a church or any church relate event. “He’s got love on his face”, seriously?!?!?!! Sounds like the tag line from a gay porno. If I get to heaven and the angels are singing this, I’ll politely ask directions on how to get to the muslim heaven or the line for buddhist reincarnations, because that can’t be heaven. I do not worship a cool dude. Makes God sound like the Marlboro man or the Big Lebowski.
“But its a friendly fun kids song, whats the harm?” you might ask. You might be heretic and corruptor of souls. Arius spread his heresy with fun little songs like that and we all know how he ended up. Personally I’m perfectly happy where my bowels are, but if you want to play russian roulette every time you go to the bathroom, go ahead and sing it.
– Militant Copt
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A bit of wisdom from the motherland (these are all real and the translations are accurate)
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Has his tonias custom made but the same tailor who makes papal vestments.
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Canon 2 from the Council of Gangra
If any one shall condemn him who eats flesh, which is without blood and has not been offered to idols nor strangled, and is faithful and devout, as though the man were without hope [of salvation] because of his eating, let him be anathema.
So does this mean even though I am supposed to be fasting I can eat meat and the priest can say nothing about it?
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“But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, ‘Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day’”
Commentary: It is clear from the passage the Christian should not start drinking prior to the third hour of the day (i.e. 9 am). What is not clear is the one who has been drinking the previous night and has not stopped okay, or should he stop drinking at the first hour of the day and start again after the third hour has passed. The other ambiguity in the text is if the injunction is one born of morality or practicality. Meaning that to wake and bake to put things in modern parlance was seen as a character flaw, or that any reputable drinking establish of those days was not open yet.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAoUjalpL2I
I’m speechless. While we can appreciate their effort; my children will not have access to a video camera and a computer.
DISCLAIMER: The management of Not So Spiritual Words is in no way responsible for that video, we don’t even know those young men. No way, no how are we taking the rap for this on Judgment Day. I mean there is a lot of stuff on this blog that’ll get me an air-conditioned suite in hell but thats not going to be one of them.
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“Rice pudding in Egypt – you never know if it’s raisins – or flies! ”
– from “Five Graves to Cairo” 1943
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Coptic News Network Breaking Story
A gansta rap style East Coast/West Coast turf war has broken out between two churches, St. Matthew’s in Oregon and St. Pavle & St. George in New York. The main protagonists of this turf war are priests of the respective churches, Fr. Damian of the former and Fr. Arsenius of the later. The bone of contention between these two priests are concurrent book fairs each church is running. Despite being on opposite coasts apparently there was friction between the two.
Fr. Damian was surprised and somewhat dismayed when his well advertised book fair had little turn out, when inquiring of congregants whom he was sure would have come. He was shocked to hear many had actually bought books from Fr. Arsenius’ book fair. So he took the logical step of slashing prices sometimes to cost or below to entice people to come. Fr. Arsenius when he heard news of this was outraged, he claimed that this will damage the church reputation with publishers and distributors.
Things took a turn for the ugly when a group of shock trooper deacons stormed the St. Matthew book fair while in chanting “Iudas” over turning tables, rearrange books into the wrong categories and stealing Fr. Damian’s ema. As quickly as they appeared they left leaving chaos in their wake. Fr. Damian was left stunned but quickly pointing the finger at St. Pavle & St. George. When asked how did he know it was them. He responded the lead deacon was horribly off key. Fr. Arsenius denies any knowledge of the attack and when he confronted about the positive identification of his head deacon. He dismissively replied that you can not find a Coptic church where half the deacons were off key, if not just baying like injured wolves.
thanx to m.h. for the idea
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Coptic iconography forever!! (Though we can accept and appreciate iconography from other Orthodox jurisdictions)
You can keep your modern christian art. It is does not to enhance the faith and actually it is once step above idolatry. You are not portraying a spiritual reality but how you would like to picture things or how you imagine it. Not to mention most of it is utter crap. If I dipped a cat in paint and threw it at a canvas, I would create more uplifting art.
Case in point the “Jesus with you always” series. Not only are they not spiritually uplifting and edifying but they are down right creepy. Take a look at the drawings titled Student and Truck Driver. That Jesus is not the King of Glory son of God who I wish to fall down and worship. That is stalker Christ who I’d call the cops on and get a restraining order against. I thank God for being Orthodox and not having to ever see those pictures in a church, it would be enough to cause me to be an atheist for I will not worship a creepy stalker.
You may say they are nice pictures. I would say to you, you are idolator. If the iconodules had seens these they would stone you and burn them and join the iconoclasts in destroying these “religious” images.
Icons Rule!!
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