Azalea
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So, I'm an extrovert. I'll just say that first. :lol:
And I haven't read any other comments.
I don't see any problem with being an introvert.
But I do feel like there is a lot of 'building up' of introverts that I see on the internet - sometimes to the detriment of those who aren't introverts. I've seen a lot of pins/posts different places that are a little snarky and maybe meant to be funny... along the lines of extroverts being loud and obnoxious, etc... and I just don't think they're funny. I think they're rude. It makes me think that there is more 'extrovert-shaming' (for lack of a better term lol) than anything else, especially online.
Note this isn't something that is so bothersome it keeps me up at night or anything. :p It's just an observation.
I think you should prepare for more push back from introverts. I think a lot of us are tired of being shamed and discriminated against for who we are.
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So for introverts, do you feel as if people don't get your introversion or assume something is "wrong" with you that you just see as being part of being an introvert?
Yes, people do think there is something wrong with introverts.
Several have mentioned Susan Cain's book Quiet. Here's a link to her website and TED talk which I like even better: http://www.quietrev.com/ted-talk/ There is also a Quiet Revolution Facebook page which posts a lot of interesting articles.
My hope is that the Quiet Revolution will become a real thing. My 17 year old daughter is pretty and active. She's has a job teaching taekwondo and she has had an internship, she goes to CC and yet she is still criticized for not being outgoing enough. I don't want to hate on extroverts but they seem amazingly unwilling to accept personality differences.
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The only alumni scholarships Harvard has listed on their website are for Harvard upperclassmen.
http://alumni.harvard.edu/college/undergraduates/awards-and-scholarships The Knox fellowship is for grad school. Are you aware of freshman scholarships?
In all honesty, chances are slim to none that students are attending HYPSM on anything other than need-based aid or COA being paid by their family. Universities reduce institutional grant awards when students bring in outside scholarships and the net gain might be eliminating the student contribution but the parental EFC remains untouched. (A $5000-7000 reductionin student contribution in a large unaffordable parental EFC isn't going to make the school suddenly affordable.)
This explanation from Brown is pretty good. Outside scholarships are defined as non-gov'tmental.
Since your dh has a really good job, the financial realities that some families face bc schools expect them to pay way more than they can afford does not eliminate the reality that need-based aid is all there is. If you can't pay, you can't pay. There are no merit scholarships that are going to open up that door.
If you have never run a net-price calculator, they will give a fairly accurate assessment. You need to know basics....income, investments, home equity, last yr's retirement contributions, etc. you simply plug in the numbers and it will give you a general idea of your cost. Here is Harvard's. (It doesn't ask for as much info as some. ) https://college.harvard.edu/financial-aid/net-price-calculator
Fwiw, UC schools are not financially friendly to OOS students.
100% agree! Your words just needed to be repeated.
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Love Columbia! My Columbia jacket was stolen - did you mean to have a link?
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Azalea, I'll do my poor best to try to give a brief response. Sometimes, the hardest part is working with words that have different meanings to different people. I'll try to work with that, and make the distinction when I can.
The issue of dealing with the Devil is pretty much a new-ish problem. The problem arises because of what Frederica addresses in the article you read: that salvation has become essentially a transaction that happens between God and the Devil, leaving mankind out of it, without anything to do. That view pretty much obliterates the free will of mankind, as well.
Frederica wrote: I think this is because our idea of salvation is that Christ died on the cross to pay His Father the debt for our sins. The whole drama takes place between Him and the Father, and there’s no role for the evil one.
Let me ask you a question: When God created mankind, the Scriptures say that He created mankind in His image. Does this include free will?
In my opinion, free will does not work with the concept of an omni God, omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent. That inevitably leads to an evil God, as God knowingly creates evil people, diseases, storms, etc.
Does God *need* anything from us? Does He ***need*** us to love Him?
It doesn't make any sense that God would need anything from us including our love.
I don't believe God needs anything from us. The Holy Trinity shares perfect love between themselves. The creation of mankind is the fruit of that love; love is always life-giving. But God doesn't *need* us--He loves us. He wants us to love Him--but love cannot be coerced; it must be freely given. So omnipotent God freely gives us free will; in this way we are made in His image, and we are made capable of loving Him truly.
God cannot be simultaneously good, give us free will and be omni. If he is omni, then he know our outcomes. He knows who will become a pedophile and he creates them anyway. He creates the rapists. The mass murderers. He knows before we are born everything we will do and creates us anyway. This is the definition of evil.
OK so far?
Well, God also made angels--including Lucifer--and gave them free will to love and serve Him--or to serve themselves. Lucifer was too proud to serve God, and tried to be His equal...but he can't, and he never will be.
God knew this before he created Lucifer. Why did he create Lucifer? God knows all the outcomes, he is Omni.
This is not dualism--save that for Star Wars and the Force.
God gives us free will, too. It's part of being made in His image. And He honors our desires to be (or not be) in relationship with Him. You know the story of the madman, the story in the New Testament where the madman was possessed by many demons, and Jesus cast them out, and the madman was made sane and whole? The demons asked to be cast into the pigs, and Jesus honored their request. And the owners of the pigs told Jesus that they didn't want Him around anymore...and so, He left.
The power that the devil has is debatable; the fact is, too many times, we are all too willing to be complicit in what he wants; it's not about his overpowering us at all--it's about our willingness to go along with it all. We, too, have free will, and can choose who we are going to love, what we are going to do to show our love, and what we are going to resist and flee. Jesus wasn't kidding when He said that we can't serve two masters. And one doesn't serve a master only by thinking good thoughts, but by obeying commandments, and in the case of God, entering into love.
I'm kind of rambling. Sorry about that. I'm in a pretty distracted time in my life. But I think you have asked an honest question and I wanted to make an effort to respond. Please forgive my shortcomings in responding. If you want to receive more and better responses, you are more than welcome to join the social group "Exploring Orthodox Christianity" and ask your questions. Or if you don't want to join, you can read what is already there.
Kind regards,
Patty Joanna
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Azalea, this link gives a beginning description of what is different: http://frederica.com/writings/christs-death-a-rescue-mission-not-a-payment-for-sins.html
Father Stephen Freeman said something that got to me so much that I made it my signature line: Christ didn't come to make bad men good, but to make dead men live.
The difference in understanding is lived out in the practice of Orthooix living--the reception of the sacrament; in prayer, fasting, alms-giving; and in the worship of God in the services of the Church.
It is in these ways that we can become like Christ--who fasted, prayed, worshipped, and in living a human life, showed that mankind can bear the weight of God's life in ours.
One of the things that was interesting to me is that it was always, from the creation of mankind, always God's plan that Christ would take on human flesh--because of the love He bears for humanity, to have the unity of experience. And it is ...the old-fashioned meaning of "awesome"...awesome that Christ ascended in human flesh when He returned to the heavens.
Love through and through.
Wow, lots of information in that article! So EO don't believe modern day humans are born with "original sin". That's rather a nice twist as that is such an ugly concept.
I hope it's okay to quote a small portion of Frederica's text: The New Testament Scriptures are full of references to the malice of the devil, but we generally overlook them. I think this is because our idea of salvation is that Christ died on the cross to pay His Father the debt for our sins. The whole drama takes place between Him and the Father, and there’s no role for the evil one.
But for the early Christians, the evil one was a very real and malevolent presence.
To me, this is probably the biggest weirdness in the Bible, the concept of the Devil. Christians speak of the Devil as if he has real powers and is a real entity. Almost co-equal with God. If he is, then God created this Devil. God is omnipotent. Why did God create this Devil? It is pre-ordained that God will win the contest and the Devil will lose, why hasn't the Devil read Revelations?
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Can't tell if you mean that's what we believe all the same. For us, the death on the cross was to conquer death. Forgiveness for sins, for us, comes as we confess, receive absolution, and -- most importantly -- as we turn away from our sin (repent). Jesus didn't die a substitutionary death for us as often described in evangelical parlance, which I wrote about with the courtroom scene analogy.
What does it mean to conquer death? Jesus rose from the dead ( not surprising since he is God). All of us humans still die. Do Orthodox believe that people who lived prior to the death of Jesus had no eternal life? I thought there was always a heaven? What changed due to Jesus's death?
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I am sorry for your loss.
I think the activity director was trying to deal with a difficult situation with humor. I think having people in your father's life who react this way is probably a good thing. Gently, perhaps you are turning your grief into anger? I catch myself doing that. I wish for you hugs and comfort as you progress through this difficult time.
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Pie! I appreciate you taking the time to answer and putting it all in a nutshell, very helpful. The LDS have at least addressed some of these questions and come up with very creative answers.
I guess without life on earth, humanities story would have no conflict in the plot, and what fun would that be?
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Here is a simple explanation:
https://www.lds.org/topics/plan-of-salvation?lang=eng
It's important to note that the LDS believe that resurrection will involve unifying the spirit and the physical body inseparably and that we will continue this way into the next life.
This may lead to more questions, but I need to shower and hit the grocery store :D For the time being, here is a link to an alphabetical list of topics on the LDS.org site for your leisurely perusal ;)
Thanks for the answer!
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Oh, and on that note, I don't hold the common view of the Trinity. I believe Christ is the son of God, not God the Father. But, like others I read here, I believe Christ willingly atoned. We actually believe he volunteered before the earth was even made. It wasn't forced on him. So the story of Abraham and Isaac is a pretty good Type of things to come.
Then how do the LDS explain why a loving God would create the Earth and all the people if he knew they would be sinful and require atonement?
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Oregon Health & Science University made #14 !!!!!!!
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I agree Lady Florida that my question does lead to the problem of evil question. The problem of evil is insurmountable to me, it can't be explained away by any reasoning. But I guess my further question is, do Christians recognize they worship evil? If they want to worship the all powerful and terrible God, so that they can be this God's special snowflakes that's fine, but don't pretend for a moment that this is a God of love.
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My religious question is about Satan. I have not found a respectful way to ask believers about their understanding regarding Satan. If God created everything, he created Satan. God knows all and knew all the evil Satan would generate. God could eliminate Satan effortlessly. And yet Christians talk about Satan as if he is almost co-equal in power to God, as if he is a real adversary. Worshipping the creator of all evil seems evil to me.
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Does your area have any online charters that are flexible (not K-12 or anything like that). The online charter we are using allows us to pick most of the curriculum we use. We also have a teacher that comes every two weeks. He is a lovely young man, who is a real cheer leader. I know this charter has curriculum available for struggling learners or kids who are behind.
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Jalapeno, artichoke, and parmesan dip with pita chips!!!!!
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A poster above suggested that there could be dire consequences for children who are not provided for during "launch".
We also have a plethora of threads about income inequality in which those who are well-off claim that it is a question of hard work and desert.
I feel that posters here acknowledge that their financial success is a consequence of good luck.
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Jean's comment about "enough" made me think of Melissa Etheridge's - What Happens Tomorrow (on The Awakening album)
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/melissaetheridge/whathappenstomorrow.html
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Thanks! Off to check that out...
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Thanks for the advice, I will consider that program. I've used some IEW products in the past.
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Does anyone have any suggestions for some good books to help prepare for the essay portions of these tests?
My son did an online charter last year so all of his work was submitted digitally. He's a great typist, and did very well with his writing last year. What I am concerned about is the speed with which he will have to answer the prompts and the physical act of writing - he's out of practice and it was never his strong suit.
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They have stuck their heads in the sand and anyone [read: my brother and myself] who dares to suggest that they need to start preparing to move is treated as the enemy. My brother [younger] is not one to make waves, so I'm assuming I'm going to have to reprise my role as The Bad Seed sometime in the next year.
Good luck to you! When I make the smallest suggestions to my Mom about making any kind of change she grits her teeth and shakes with rage.
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Celebrate with me...
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