I want to know exactly what ortodox believe about children?
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Orthodox what?\n\nThere are Orthodox groups in almost every religion - Greek Orthodox - Anglican Orthodox - Orthodox Roman Catholics - Russian Orthodox  - Orthodox Jews - etc.\n\nYes, in most religions of Christendom children are important.  For example, the Mormons advocate having as many as you possibly can!  On the other hand, most Christians are aware that these are the "last days" of this present world system, and that God's commission to preach to and teach others the truth about him before the end comes should be our first priority. (See Matthew 24:14 and 2 Timothy 3:1.)\n\nFor specific scriptural counsel on raising children, see the following Bible verses:\n\n* Deteronomy 6:6,7\n \n* 2 Timothy 3:15\n\n* John 17:3\n\n* Proverbs 22:6\n\n* Deteronomy 8:3\n\n* 1 Timothy 5:8\n\n* Proverbs 20:7\n\n* Ephesians 6:1-4\n\n* Proverbs 8:33\n\n* Hebrews 12:4-11\n\n* Proverbs 22:11\n\n* Proverbs 29:15\n\n* Colossians 3:21\n\n* 1 Corinthians 15:33\n\nand there are many, many more, but these will get you started in knowing how GOD feels about children, which of course, is much more important than what RELIGION teahces about children.
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Isaiah 9:6  \n\nFor unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.\n\nLuke 2:10-11   \n\n10  And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. \n11  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.\n\nJohn 3:16 \n\nFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.\n\n\nMy friend, the most important thing to remember, is that the manger was only a stepping stone.  He was born in a manger because He was the LAMB of GOD who took away the sin of the world..but this led to a hill called Mount Calvary and an EMPTY TOMB.  \n\nHis birth would have done no good ...until He proclaimed.. IT IS FINISHED.\n\nCheck the links below"
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That list of all the Bible parts listed as "the thinking of God" is the most ignorant thing I've ever heard.\nBible is full of contradictions. \nThe Ancient Testament says also that killing in the name of God is right.\nIs good also to have sex with your daughter or your son.\n\nChrist never said anything of that. We are Cristians.\n\nYou should study some antropology before telling other people that they're living in sin. In ancient times it was a shame to give away your sperma without having a child.\n\nLove is never a sin. Sex connected to love is never a sin. Sex is not a sin.\nVIOLENCE is sin!
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A bit mysterious, but yes. You must decide. In innocence, a child chooses to follow in the footsteps of the parents. When they become an adult, they must choose for themselves what is true and what is not. Children must be educated in the difference between right and wrong, good and evil. Only then can they make a decision. The Bible promises us that "Seek and yea shall find". If you seek the discord among religions, you will find it. If you seek the Evil in men you shall find it. If you seek the good in man, you will find it. For myself, I seek God and I find him everywhere, in many different forms and with many different names, but HE is there.
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the age of accountability is a man made addition to scripture ensuring that babies who die don't go to Hell.  Technically all have fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23 NIV) including children.  The idea that an "innocent"* child would be banished to Hell makes no sense from a loving and caring God, but we have to remember He is also a just God who cannot go back on his word.  "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6 NIV) which is plainly stating that unless you follow Him, you are kept seperate from the Father.  There is no other way, according to Jesus, meaning that there is no alternate route to the Father.  Black and white.  No grey.  Then, in order to make ourselves feel better about God, we added this "age of accountability" to Christian theology, forgetting all about the devastation He ordered in the Old Testement.  He is not as concerned with you getting to Heaven as some would like to believe.  Finally, if there were such a thing as "age of accountability," wouldn't the best thing a good Christian could do be to kill infants and prevent their souls from even standing the chance of being banished to Hell?  It's perverted, I know!\n\n\n*to understand my argument you have to realize that according to the Bible no child is innocent or free from sin.  We're born into it.
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I have five children and do not care if they are gay or straight, but will love them no matter what.  This means that I value my children higher than or at least equally as much as myself.\n\n"This kind of love is rare, because not many would find something so desirable that the object itself is more valuable than their desire for it."\n\n***robert_delahunt needs to find God!***
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well its about treating people and children as humans not as 'observing material'. in order to observe, you are using someone else to get your material, or information and so you could argue that this is not ethically right. the way to be ethical with it is to ask permission, to remain as unobtrusive as possible, not to intrude in what they are doing and to understand and acknowledge the reasons why you are there.\nit also depends on why the children are being observed, you might be observing contact between a child and their parent becase there are child protection concerns for that family and so your observation might be part of protection of the child,,, you might be observing because there are educational or social concerns about a child;s behaviour, in which case you need to be careful about how you handle the observation because you dont want to make the child feel that they are doing something wrong,,, you might be observing the children for assignments, in which case the ethical question is more relevant because you are using others to gain for yourself and then you must ask permission etc
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1) Not infallible.  That's making a Paper Pope out of scripture.\n\n2) Salvation can be found there....that is the ONLY purpose of Scripture.\n\n3) Scripture, Tradition and Reason are the ultimate moral guides.  Equal parts of each is the right recipe.\n\nAs for pedophelia....do a Google search.
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Read "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. It's not a planet of kids, but an island-- one of the themes of the book is showing how this microcosm of an island is a reflection of the larger world. The kids basically become wild savages.\n\nThere was also a Star Trek (old series) about this. Sorry, I can't remember the details, but it definitely fits your "alternate dimension" idea.\n\nIf there's only kids, it would be a short-lived society. How would they reproduce?\n\nI view Adam and Eve as allegorical figures rather than literal people, but, again, if they were kids, they would not be able to reproduce and we couldn't be having this discussion...
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The church has a tradition of molesting and abusing children which goes back centuries. Maybe because there is nothing in the bible that specifically says harming children is wrong. In fact Psalms:137:9 says Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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Sorry to disappoint you, but none of the religions we see around in our world is good for anybody. If you seek the good of your children, help them grow and develop as healthy human beings without being caught in the mental trap of any belief-systems. \n\nHelp them to have an open mind, to be fully honest, and to be  life-long learners. \n\nTry to instill the golden rule in them if you can. "Do to others what you expect from them!" \n\nLet them grow as human beings rather than as Christians or Muslims or Hindus or Buddhists or athiests.
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It's obvious all this medication for all these so called "disorders" don't work because 5 year olds are controlling things. Your kid is sick alright, he was born with a sin nature. Ever wonder why babies cry when they don't get their way and are selfish as toddlers?  "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me(Psalm 51:5)". "Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him(Proverbs 22:15)". Years ago, when there was no such thing as A.D.D. etc, the parents were in control because they spanked their children, thereby teaching them that choices have consequences. "He who withholds his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently(Proverbs 13:23)". "Do not hold back discipline from the child, Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die. You shall strike him with the rod and rescue his soul from Sheol(Proverbs 23:13-14)". If you don't whoop him, he will whoop you. One day he will probably be bigger than you and if you don't get him now, what will you do then? He will be an out of control adult who will be dealt with by society, but only much more harshly. So please, for his sake, yours, and the rest of the world's, raise him right!
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Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture.\n\nHer children were: \n(deities) Charites, Hymenaios, Priapus, Eros, Anteros, Hymenaios, Phobos and Aeneas, Deimos, Eunomia, Hermaphroditus, Peitho, Rhodos, Tyche, Harmonia\n\n(mortal) - Eryx, Aeneas
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I wouldn't worry about the possibility of them being like Haggard, I don't believe this sort of sexual deviancy is much more common amongst christians than anyone else. But do worry about the logical circuits in your children's heads. They may get corrupted with the god delusion.
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We have a copy of the canon law (Roman Catholic).  Have you checked your local Christian book store? Even if they don't have a copy they can order one for you.\n\nI assume when you say Orthadox you mean Eastern.  Here's a link that I found which my help: http://experts.about.com/q/Eastern-Orthodox-1456/canon-versus-inspired.htm
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until children are taught which religion they should believe, children have faith in love.\nLook at the wonderment in a child's eyes and on their face when they see a bee buzzing a flower, or a bird feeding its young. they have an unquestioning faith in the beauty and wonderment of life, that is a faith in god, just not faith in religion, because god isn't about religion, god is about love
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It boils down to 2 things for me, how does one reconcile omnipotence, omnibenevolence and omniscience with this world and the life on it. And, why are there so many billions of people living in entire, huge countries whose culture has nothing remotely like the xian god and jesus. Here is a post I did before on the topic:\n\nBecause I look at what life was like for human beings for the past 40,000 years (maybe 6,000 for you). People lived for an average of 30-40 years. More than 50% of children died before age one (until about 100 years ago!). I look at thousands of children permanently blinded by parasites they get from playing in creeks in underdeveloped countries.\n\nThen I look at children of modern developed countries, of any religion. I see that they live until their EIGHTIES!! Have all their teeth for a very long time. Have excellent health, etc... And I see that this has nothing to do with religion or god. It is medicine and science. So was it god's plan that hundreds of generations of people would suffer and die in their 40's and suddenly in the 19th and 20th century, everything would get better?\n\nThat's nothing other than sadistic.\n\nI also look at all the different gods and interpretations of these gods for the past 4,000-5,000 years. I see how silly it is to point to one religion in the roman era and say "Ah, THIS is the correct one!"\n\nI also posted this in answer to that question:\n* The bible has many contradictions\n* The bible shows the OT god to be violent and bloodthirsty. He also kills thousands of children.\n* For thousands of years, man has had a lifespan of 30-40 years. 100 years ago in the US, 50% of children died before age 1. Modern medicine has greatly reduced this. During eras in western history when the catholic church was in charge and belief in god and church attendance was required, this did not change. So prayer seems not to have been the answer.\n* The history of religions and gods seems to show that man has no consistent image or view of what god is or does.\n* The bible is open enough to interpretation that if you walked into a church and asked 3 people questions about the bible or god's will, you would get probably 8 different answers.\n* People kill each other in god's name every day and he apparently does nothing to stop it.\n* 50% of conceptions do not result in birth\n* 1 in 8 pregnancies result in twins and one twin is eventually reabsorbed.\n* Children are born with no brains, with no limbs, retarded, blind.\n* Children go blind from parasites every day, children suffer asthma, and other diseases\n\nNotice I focus on CHILDREN, not adults so please don't tell me that millions of children are dying b/c god wants us to have free will. These children barely have free will yet and toddlers don't have it at all.