Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27264399-20151123211021/@comment-26444332-20151126034917

I myself am proud to be Orthodox Catholic, the Roman Catholic's elder brother and by far the more beautiful when it comes to singing. You can't beat twenty Greek monks singing the Great Litany in their native language. You just can't.

On the subject of Religion vs. Science, there's really no argument at all. If one thinks about it, and doesn't try to replace God with something like the Big Bang(which, by-the-by, we cannot ever know for certain because we have no empirical evidence on the subject; it's a hypothesis, nothing more.) religion and science have nothing to argue about. Both compliment the other in every way.

The way it was explained to me throughout my life is thus: Religion tells us about God and our faith, and Science tells us about the world God created so we may be better stewards of it.

And now to answer some various objections I saw earlier:

VideoGamer - The Catholics put Galileo under house arrest not for the content of his work, but for the fact that he printed it without permission or it being looked over. Which given the time, would have been hard(the Black Death was going around) but he still should have asked for permission. Such acts could have spread actual heresy, which is why they locked him away. Most anti-Catholic propaganda is false.

Sinth - I don't make any judgements about your beliefs, that's not the Orthodox way. Were we face-to-face, of course I would try to sway you to my point of view. Whether or not you accept is up to you, and I will still pray for you in all the days of your life. I regularly pray for the very people out to spill my blood and torture and murder the Christians currently suffering for their faith. I will say that the Bible was not written by God. Morgul, had he bothered to remember his catechism, would have told you that the Bible is not open to interpretation by one alone, and that it was Inspired by God. The authors were influenced by the times they lived in and their writing styles reflect that. Much is a metaphor, and very little can be taken literally.

Heart - I suggest you see the entry written for Sinth, though elements of your own I could write.

Catfishperson - That's a sad way to look at the world. Belief in God drives us to excel. Many have died and are dying for their faith. And this is not to belittle their sacrifice, but it has been common for many of different religions to die for their beliefs. It is harder and better to live and suffer for what you believe in. The Christians today are under assault as their forebears were in the coliseums and amphitheaters of Rome. Are you so callous as to say that their deaths have no meaning? For by your words that is what you are saying in your heart.

Watch with an open mind, for this is what the Orthodox say for every soul living and dead in the world today. Orthodox, Catholic, Islamic, Atheist, it matters not what their creed is. For we say this for all: []

And here is the blessed monks which I spoke of earlier, pouring their voices and hearts into their prayer for peace in the world: []