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The Sayings of the Desert Fathers
| 08-27-2015
| St. Xanthias
Posted on 08/27/2015 6:40:07 PM PDT by NRx
“A dog is better than I am, for he has love and does not judge.”
+ St. Xanthias
TOPICS: Orthodox Christian; Prayer
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posted on
08/27/2015 6:40:07 PM PDT
by
NRx
To: NRx
This goes well with a post yesterday addressing 'blessed are the pure of heart' ... the author said that a better translation of 'pure' is 'singluar or unchanging or one-direction' ... i.e. that the greek word that got translated as 'pure' was not meant to be intended as having a moral connotation ... rather ... 'straight and true' or 'not of two minds.'
It's expressed in the East in a totally cheesy way in 'Last Samurai' when the teacher yells at Tom Cruise's character, who's getting his butt kicked sparring with a staff .... 'Too many mind!!!!! ... Too many thinking !!!!'
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posted on
08/27/2015 7:09:31 PM PDT
by
tinyowl
To: NRx
I’ve always liked that one.
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posted on
08/27/2015 7:24:16 PM PDT
by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: NRx
dog - god...up close and personal unconditional love
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posted on
08/27/2015 7:59:50 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: NRx
Fixing that quote:
“A dog An aborted baby is better than I am, for he has love from God and does not judge.”
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posted on
08/27/2015 10:14:03 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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