St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery (Part 4)

Confess every thought--can you do that? Is that a realistic command? Can you even recall every thought you've had in the last five minutes... what if it was your duty to confess ALL of them?

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[skotnevins]

He was speaking Greek. Actually, the dictionary definition of the word kakanautes is, "dungbeetle;" however, that's not quite what he meant. The word kaka means, "evil; feces," and the word nautes means, "sailor." Right, there's astronauts, and there's argonauts, but then there's poopnauts, or poop-sailors. Another good translation is, "butthole surfer." Oh, and it wasn't Satan that got us into this situation, it was a dragon holding up a mirror to Eve.

[TheSecretHarp]

@skotnevins kakanauftees? Seriously? what language was he speaking? It's hard to tell from your spelling, but in Greek that loosely translates to "evil turpentine". Oh It wasn't an apple that got us in the pickle, it was Satan. Cheers!

[skotnevins]

Judgement is all I read from you all. What I'm saying is the truth, and you must respect that! I was a novice at st. anthony's for 6 years. I am novice John. If you visited the monastery from '05 to '11, you probably saw me in the trapeza working with Fr. Efthymios. I had an 18 inch long beard! I'm not lying, or slandering! this must be said! these men are evil. be careful!

[skotnevins]

Elder Ephraim said, kakanauftees, which means, butthole surfer. Father Paisios did say that to me, and you can ask both of them if you like. I exposing them for being evil people. I'm not slandering them. Actually, it's slanderous to call me a devil. Christ said that you must turn the other cheek, especially if you see this as persecution. Do obedience. No parakoee! You people sure do throw a lot of mud around! Such foolishness belongs in a psych ward.

[AngerIsInMyBlood]

The fact remains that sentient life is unique. And that demeaning someone elses faith is ludicrous when you personally believe in random formations of life. RULE OF LIFE: only life can produce life. Something can't come from nothing. The concept of a supreme ever existent deity is beyond your comprehension. Don't have the audacity to assume your limited intellect can fathom such things.

[AngerIsInMyBlood]

Lol. Another pretentious pseudo-intellectual attempting to appear as if he has transcended the "simpleton" mentality of us "religious folk". Grow a brain and realize that your attempts at discerning the origins of the universe are futile. Especially when our greatest minds have yet to determine what resides at the bottom of our oceans...let alone the outer reaches of our solar system. Understanding the components of a robot does not answer the question of who made it and why.

[ZOLTRAN1]

As far as if you can know all your thoughts and remember all the last five minutes just remember the ones that hurt your soul 7 years ago and never mind the last 5 minutes.

As i said i will pray for you to come back to where you left.

[ZOLTRAN1]

@skotnevins

Well if he said so you might have been.But even so you did not have the appropriate level of humiliation to accept it and pray for him.Or ask yourself before christ if you really are or Know that you are not the very best you think you are.Instead you are far too selfish in love with yourself and ready to ''kill'' everyone who is not good with you.

But you are not good to God.So why are you complaining?

[ZOLTRAN1]

@skotnevins

Firstly i do not believe you or anything you say for them.Even so if they were to be as you describe them why did you leave? If you were i monk and suffer for Christ you should stay there and devote yourselfe into changing them. Instead though you came back to this world were everyone is like what you describe. So you left a place with 3 people that were sinners to come to a place with 500000000 sinners.

I do not understand what exactly you want from yourself.

[mishakol129]

@skotnevins What?! That's funny yet at the same time very wrong, I cannot believe you. Which Fr. Paisios are you talking about?

Who are you? How can I know you are telling the truth?