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Oriental Orthodox

The only true form of Orthodoxy
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Oriental Orthodox

The actual, true Orthodox church, established by our Lord Jesus Christ through the holy Apostles, which has carried the true, uncorrupted apostolic faith through the ages.
The Oriental Orthodox Church is the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Orthodox Church.
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Ethan Ortiz

The most beautiful, sweet, intelligent boy ever :)
He's passionate about everything he does, and does whatever he can for his loved ones even if they're not deserving. He's forever the most beautiful person anyone could ever meet.
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Scientific Orthodoxy

The established, institutionalized set of beliefs, methods, theories, and practices that define "normal science" within a given field or across the scientific enterprise as a whole. Scientific orthodoxy represents the consensus view—what most scientists accept as true, what textbooks teach, what funding agencies support, what journals publish, and what counts as legitimate scientific work. Like all orthodoxies, it serves necessary functions: providing shared frameworks, enabling cumulative progress, and maintaining standards. But like all orthodoxies, it also resists challenge, marginalizes dissent, and can persist long after evidence has shifted. Scientific orthodoxy is maintained not just by evidence but by social structures: peer review, grant funding, professional advancement, and the natural human tendency to defend what we've built our careers on. Understanding scientific orthodoxy is essential for understanding how science actually works—not just as an ideal of open inquiry but as a human institution with all the conservatism, politics, and power dynamics that entails.
Example: "His theory contradicted scientific orthodoxy, so he couldn't get funding, couldn't publish, couldn't get a job. Twenty years later, the orthodoxy shifted, and suddenly he was a visionary. That's how orthodoxy works: it protects consensus first, and evaluates evidence second."
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Atheistic Orthodoxy

The established, institutionalized set of beliefs, arguments, and practices that define mainstream atheism—what counts as "proper" atheism within secular and skeptical communities. Atheistic orthodoxy includes core commitments: the belief that God does not exist, the conviction that religious belief is irrational, the preference for scientific and naturalistic explanations, and specific arguments (problem of evil, contradiction of scriptures, lack of evidence) that are treated as definitive. Like all orthodoxies, it serves necessary functions: providing community, shared language, and intellectual resources for those who reject religion. But like all orthodoxies, it also resists challenge, marginalizes dissent, and can become dogmatic. Atheistic orthodoxy determines what questions are worth asking, what arguments count as good, and who counts as a "real" atheist versus a heretic or compromiser. It's maintained not just by evidence but by social structures: atheist organizations, publications, conferences, and online communities that police boundaries and enforce orthodoxy.
Example: "He questioned whether the standard arguments against religion were as definitive as everyone claimed—and was immediately accused of being a 'religious apologist' by the atheist community. Atheistic orthodoxy doesn't tolerate doubt about its own foundations."
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