u/GeckoKisser

I know that there are two more days for something to pop up. And it is only during the Xbox showcase where it is even remotely likely to be shown, but . . . :( They were so many moments where for a second I thought the dude was about to announce TES but it turns out to be heckin RUNESCAPE out of everything RUNESCAAPEEEE!!!!!

Hello all,

To begin, I am not yet in the Church ( :( ) - - or in any church, for that matter - - though I hope to become a catechumen one day. Today, I have a question about something that has caused me some confusion: reports of large-scale miracles outside the Orthodox Church, with Lourdes as my main example.

Personally, I am inclined to believe that God probably did act there, and perhaps still does, given the specifically Christian context, the widespread and repeated testimony, and the healings that seem medically inexplicable even to experts.

Specifically, my view is that God may truly (have) be at work in the case of Loudres, but that this does not necessarily prove that a particular denomination, set of beliefs, or religious practice is therefore correct - - as in neither Catholicism, Protestantism, or Orthrodoxy. Rather, I think it simply points to the truth of Christ alone, this is given the lack of anything explicitly pointing toward one denomination or another, especially given the existence of other healing events outside of a Catholic context.

Would this view be considered acceptable from an Orthodox perspective?

My curiosity here is because I am 90% certain Eastern Orthodoxy is theologically the most accurate. I even have the OSB, The Orthodox Way, and other readings. But there are some particulars that still make me hesitate, question, or be otherwise curious as to whether or not either:

• A: I am on the right path.

• B: That this is the right path.

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> *To preempt a certain line of questioning: I am not looking to base my faith on miracles. I have other reasons for belief in Christ, with things like this being only one of them.

> I am also not stating that this was 100% god, note the emphasis on likely and the explanation in the second paragraph.

Hey all, I've heard of Gentoo some, and immediately I am interested in perhaps playing with it some as it seems very granular with what looks to be the potential to optimize/configure your system almost 1:1 with your hardware kinda like a Mac from what I hear - - though honestly I doubt I'd use something this complicated looking either way (not to bash, but this seems very very time-consuming to manage.)

At first, I thought it was a meme how long it takes to compile/recompile a Gentoo system, but looking at the posts here . . . Two fucking days?! What? Are they doing something really complicated and that's why it takes that long, and typical usage is only some few hours or less tops?

My specs are as follows (assuming they affect compile times):

4080-S

R9 5900x 12c

32GB ram.

3 SSDs with two M.2 NVMEs.