Eleventh Doctor Q&A

[Miss Friendship]

Can you read that sentence again and then tell me how that could possibly make sense?

Yep. Here's some news for you: Even Christians who have never read the Bible, or held the book in their hands, can still follow God and Christ's teachings. It happens in China these days.

I don't see why not

The Bible proves that aliens don't exist.

Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. So that means that all creation everywhere is in pain because of sin. So aliens if they exist have sinned. 1 Peter 3:18: For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. So Christ suffered once for all sins, and that happened here on earth. So aliens don't exist. Otherwise Christ would have to go dying on planet after planet for everyone's sins, and He obviously didn't.

I enjoy a debate no matter who it is and I think debates with different people have different purposes. I know you want me to say unbeliever or atheist because I need to save them but I've rarely seen someone debated into being saved so I don't think that is the most important.

I didn't even know myself what I wanted you to say. I agree that no one can be debated into being saved. That's really not the goal at all. The goal is to plant ideas that might not have been considered before, so they might seek and find God themselves. And as for debating Christians, how many have you converted to EO? The most you can do is plant thoughts and ideas and see where it goes. And there are clearly some debates you don't enjoy, so don't say you enjoy them all.

[Eleventh Doctor]

You said they were following the Bible before it was written, now you're saying people can follow God without the Bible. Those are two different things. I was discussing Sola Scriptura, you changed the definitions of the discussion.

I haven't converted anyone to EO

[Miss Friendship]

You said they were following the Bible before it was written, now you're saying people can follow God without the Bible. Those are two different things. I was discussing Sola Scriptura, you changed the definitions of the discussion.

I thought following God, and following the Bible were basically the same thing. Why did God give us the Bible then, if not to learn how to follow Him?

But no, someone can follow what is written in the Bible, without reading it. Are you going to argue with that?

What did you spend my money on?

Are you a spender or a saver?

Do you like thrift stores?

Did you eat out in the mall?

What if I had a stereotype that women enjoy shopping more than man? How would you react?

What is one thing you will dislike about Canada?

What was the last song you listened too?

What was the last thing you watched on youtube?

Who is more excited about the wedding, your brother or his fiance?

Has anyone physically tried to harm you on the streets when you tried to witness about God? Or is street witnessing offensive?

[Eleventh Doctor]

I thought following God, and following the Bible were basically the same thing. Why did God give us the Bible then, if not to learn how to follow Him?

Following the Bible is part of following God but just following the Bible would mean an incomplete life, God has given us so much more after all.

But no, someone can follow what is written in the Bible, without reading it. Are you going to argue with that?

Yes, I am going to argue with that. One can live in accordance with what is in the Bible through other teachings but to follow something written you actually have to read it, so no people did not follow the Bible before it was written because it was not there to follow.

What did you spend my money on?

I spent it on comics

Are you a spender or a saver?

I usually save but these days I make so little that I end up spending everything I make.

Do you like thrift stores?

I haven't been to many and haven't bought any clothes there before.

Did you eat out in the mall?

No, I had to leave before lunch.

What if I had a stereotype that women enjoy shopping more than man? How would you react?

Well you know how I feel about stereotypes.

What is one thing you will dislike about Canada?

I can't tell the future, so I'll let you know.

What was the last song you listened too?

I listened to the Hamilton cast recording while I was walking in DC on Saturday.

What was the last thing you watched on youtube?

Videogame footage of a game that's coming out next month.

Who is more excited about the wedding, your brother or his fiance?

No idea

Has anyone physically tried to harm you on the streets when you tried to witness about God? Or is street witnessing offensive?

Street witnessing is usually offensive but when I did it in highschool no one tried to physically harm me.

[Miss Friendship]

One can live in accordance with what is in the Bible through other teachings but to follow something written you actually have to read it,

Someone has to read it, agreed. But no, someone can completely do what's written and not be able to read anything. So are you saying blind people can't follow the Bible?

How did you street witness in highschool?

What was the subject of your last email?

How many TV's does your house have?

What does "TV" even stand for?

Outdoors or indoors?

Would you rather walk in rain or through snow?

What would you think if you had a dream and remembered it?

[Eleventh Doctor]

How did you street witness in highschool?

We used some pamphlets that I don't remember now.

What was the subject of your last email?

It was an email about a misspelling of the title of one of our Doxacon talks on the Ancient Faith Radio site.

How many TV's does your house have?

One plus a projector in the basement.

What does "TV" even stand for?

TeleVision

Outdoors or indoors?

Indoors

Would you rather walk in rain or through snow?

Through snow, much more beautiful

What would you think if you had a dream and remembered it?

I don't know, that I had changed somehow

[Dom]

What is your favorite fruit?

Apples

Sweet or tangy?

How did you find this board/the chat room, and when? If you were to categorize yourself, what would you be...loner, nerd, that sort of thing. Why is it you feel a need to reach 100 pages here, did your parents not love you enough? Are you in a relationship? What is the manliest thing you do? What is the girliest thing you do? What do you call a rose, by any other name? What do you spend the majority of your day doing? What disgusts you, in life? What is your opinion on old houses in downtown areas that are painted bright purple or pastel yellow? Do you smoke? How many times have you gotten a ticket? Do real men wear pink? Where's Waldo? =|

Dom

[Eleventh Doctor]

Sweet or tangy?

Sweet, my favorite apple is golden delicious.

How did you find this board/the chat room, and when?

My sister was very involved in the ToO and she told me there were good debates so I joined back in 2007.

If you were to categorize yourself, what would you be...loner, nerd, that sort of thing.

Probably a geek. Most of my interests involve fantasy, sci-fi, movies, TV, and videogames.

Why is it you feel a need to reach 100 pages here, did your parents not love you enough?

Mostly that, I also need affirmation from people on the internet.

Are you in a relationship?

I am not

What is the manliest thing you do? What is the girliest thing you do?

The thing that society tells us is the manliest thing to do is probably mow the lawn. The thing that society tells us is the girliest thing to do is cook.

What do you call a rose, by any other name?

A Montague

What do you spend the majority of your day doing?

Facebook. But really I spend most of my day organizing ministry stuff at my church or emailing students.

What disgusts you, in life?

Things from my past mostly

What is your opinion on old houses in downtown areas that are painted bright purple or pastel yellow?

I like it actually, really livens up those areas.

Do you smoke?

I smoke hookah from time to time but not regular cigarettes.

How many times have you gotten a ticket?

I've gotten four tickets, two speeding and two moving violations.

Do real men wear pink?

What are "real" men?

Where's Waldo?

Right behind you!

[Miss Friendship]

You don't think there are men who still act like boys?

Do you mow the lawn with push-mower or riding mower?

What's a moving violation?

What's your favorite kind of pie?

All time favorite dessert?

Are you subscribed to Studio C?

What's your favorite youtube channel that you are subscribed too?

Have you ever watched something that was pirated? If so, did you do confession afterward?

[Eleventh Doctor]

You don't think there are men who still act like boys?

I think there are men who act immature

Do you mow the lawn with push-mower or riding mower?

I use a powered push mower

What's a moving violation?

It means not obeying a stop sign or traffic light

What's your favorite kind of pie? All time favorite dessert?

Cherry pie and cherry ice cream

Are you subscribed to Studio C? What's your favorite youtube channel that you are subscribed too?

I am not subscribed to Studio C, my favorite channel that I'm subscribed to is probably CollegeHumor

Have you ever watched something that was pirated? If so, did you do confession afterward?

I have but before I was Orthodox, when I did my lifetime confession I did confess for pirating

[aragtaghooligan]

What do you do when you feel alone and disconnected and unloved and horrible even when you know none of that is true? Do you ever feel like that?

[kait]

This may have been asked before but your Q&A is long and I'm lazy, so:

How does confession work? What is the purpose of it? Is it an uncomfortable process? Is it hard to admit wrongdoings out loud? Do you have to confess ... like ... EVERYTHING? >.>

[Eleventh Doctor]

What do you do when you feel alone and disconnected and unloved and horrible even when you know none of that is true? Do you ever feel like that?

I do feel that at times. Mostly I just dig deeper into those feelings, also I eat a lot. But to get out I try to pray and talk to friends and let them know what's happening.

How does confession work?

So in EO, unlike RC, we have one confessor that we regularly go to it's usually our parish priest but it can be a monk or a bishop. We don't sit in a confessional booth. Most of the time when I go it's on Wednesday or Saturday evening before or after a service called Vespers which is a short evening prayer service. In my parish we have a side room in the main sanctuary where the clergy and altar servers put on their vestments that also doubles as the area where we do confessions. The day of or the night before confession I'll take about an hour to consider my sins and pray some prayers of forgiveness, I usually write them down so I remember. When my turn comes up I'll read my list to my confessor, usually I'll also talk about previous confessions and how issues from them have gotten better or worse. My confessor will ask clarifying questions, ask me about things in my life, and give some advice on how to work on specific issues. Then he grants me absolution.

What is the purpose of it?

The purpose of confession is to ask forgiveness for our sins, to be held accountable by our confessor, and to be given absolution for those sins.

Is it an uncomfortable process? Is it hard to admit wrongdoings out loud?

It is an extremely uncomfortable process and very hard to admit wrongdoings out loud but at the same time when I haven't done it in awhile I start feeling weighted down by my sins. Also if I haven't had a recent confession I can't receive communion and that starts to feel bad too. But after I'm done it feels like a great weight has been lifted off of me.

Do you have to confess ... like ... EVERYTHING?

Yes, everything, absolutely everything.

[Miss Friendship]

So must the women confess to a male priest? Wouldn't they be more comfortable confessing to another lady?

[Eleventh Doctor]

Most women confess to their parish priest but some women confess to abbesses at monasteries.

[Miss Friendship]

And so they must travel to these monasteries? And those abbesses can grant absolution? What happens if that one person that one confesses to dies? Then what? Why can't someone confess to more than one person?

[Eleventh Doctor]

Traveling to monasteries is a good thing not a burden. The abbesses cannot grant absolution. Then you confess to someone else, the practice is to not confess to more than one person at a time not only person ever. The reason for that is so that person is keeping you accountable and giving you consistent counsel.

[Miss Friendship]

So the persons who confess to an absesses must re-confess to get absolution?

[Eleventh Doctor]

No, the priest grants absolution on the say so of the abbess

[Miss Friendship]

What are your thoughts on comedians?

What are your thoughts on Isaiah the Ox?

Ox or me?

Is it more important to help hurting people or debate about whether communion is eating Jesus or not?