Brother Nathanael Thread
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Any easy way around this? Incognito doesn't work. Wild that this is blocked like this. Never seen it done this way. Of course there's still access to droves of porn sites! What a joke.
I actually called my net provider asking if there was any way they could block porn on their side. They were of no help.
Are you getting that error on your home network? From a cursory search, Clean browsing appears to be an admin tool to block certain domains which I could see being used at a job site or campus but very odd if your ISP is blocking the site.
This is called opportunistically switching horses in midstream. The j's always know where to place their bets.
He looks like one of those characters from Lord of the Rings.
He looks like one of those characters from Lord of the Rings.
But Trump’s 20 moves ahead, and definitely going to make us great again right? The guys that support him no matter what don’t have a leg to stand on.
I actually think people need to be really careful with Brother Nathanael. Sure, he says some "based" stuff. But there are numerous reasons to be wary.
Firstly what sort of monastic is so perpetually online whilst being so perpetually focused (and empassioned, I might add) about political issues? I have yet to encounter any other monastic online who has a similar demeanor. Which monastery is he at?
There is also something off about his vestments. Is he a priest? If not why does he wear a pectoral cross? If he is why isn't he Father Nathanael? I don't think I've seen him wear a riyassa or the kind of kamilavka you usually see on monastics (with the long fabric attached)
I think, particularly for someone with his self proclaimed background, we need to look beyond his words. I don't necessarily think for sure that he has nefarious intentions, but I do think his status as a monastic is dubious and his demeanor isn't indicative of someone who has renounced in favour of a life of prayer. Maybe I am wrong, but all I can say is compare and contrast, who else out there is continually making ADL headlines and bringing the Russian Orthodox church into it specifically?
It would not surprise me at all, when they really start to come after the church, that he will be there fanning the flames
Firstly what sort of monastic is so perpetually online whilst being so perpetually focused (and empassioned, I might add) about political issues? I have yet to encounter any other monastic online who has a similar demeanor. Which monastery is he at?
There is also something off about his vestments. Is he a priest? If not why does he wear a pectoral cross? If he is why isn't he Father Nathanael? I don't think I've seen him wear a riyassa or the kind of kamilavka you usually see on monastics (with the long fabric attached)
I think, particularly for someone with his self proclaimed background, we need to look beyond his words. I don't necessarily think for sure that he has nefarious intentions, but I do think his status as a monastic is dubious and his demeanor isn't indicative of someone who has renounced in favour of a life of prayer. Maybe I am wrong, but all I can say is compare and contrast, who else out there is continually making ADL headlines and bringing the Russian Orthodox church into it specifically?
It would not surprise me at all, when they really start to come after the church, that he will be there fanning the flames
This pretty much confirms it for me.
AFAIK Orthodox monastics are forbidden from being involved in politics. I am almost certain this guy is either a lunatic or an out and out fraud.
Was he trolling or being serious? He isnt the normal priest I will admit that and doesnt have the regular manerism, but there are different personalities in the church, evil is all the same but in the church its not all the same, we have father Moses who is a power lifter he once had a video of himself taking a shot of vodka before lifting weights with some heavy metal music playing in the background for his workout on his Instagram, then you get guys like my priest who feels like you speaking to a saint when conversing with him and never speaks ill of his enemies and actually praises them.
Regarding politics saint Gabriel of Georgia once burnt a huge image of Lenin in public, at someone rally if Im not mistaken.
I dont know Brother Nathaneal well enough to comment on him but the few videos I watched of him I did enjoy the topics, time will tell lets keep an eye out and see what happens with him.
The guy is a sort of high functioning neurotic zealout. You have to take the good and bad with him, because his background makes him precisely what he is, and in every which way: he just happens to realize or understand that Christ is the Messiah.
If you just look at things that way, you'll understand the man completely. The "fool for Christ" persona is also a bizarre one in orthodoxy, hard to make sense of to be honest. It's almost like the person is somehow some weird social misfit who is holy in one way or another. What can I say, the world is mysterious.
If you just look at things that way, you'll understand the man completely. The "fool for Christ" persona is also a bizarre one in orthodoxy, hard to make sense of to be honest. It's almost like the person is somehow some weird social misfit who is holy in one way or another. What can I say, the world is mysterious.
I'd say that running for president or even perpetually commentating on politics is very different from burning a portrait of Lenin.
Saint Gabriel was destroying an idol. It seems like Brother Nathanael is somewhat making an idol of himself.
Looking at his Twitter feed, again it is nothing like that of a monastic. Go and compare his output to, lets say Abbott Tryphon.
He's basically Jewing all over Orthodoxy and numbskulls are idolizing him because he says everything that will make Orthodoxy a target for the ADL. I would say rather than legitimately wanting to lead whites to supremacy and kicking out the Jew, his aim is explicitly to make Orthodoxy a target for the ADL. We should kick him out.
Edit: that last part is probably uncharitable of me, but he definitely needs to repent
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I dont disagree with what you saying, I havent asked my priest about brother Nathaneal maybe some day I should, my priest is very kind though, anyway next time I hear something with brother Nathaneal I will be extra cautious, havent heard him for a long time though
Got a notification (I'm subscribed to his YT channel) that Young Penitent is doing some kind of "Brother Nathanael Exposed" video (but it's limited to paying members of his channel, which I am not and have no interest in being). I wonder what he's up to, though. As I recall he was a member on RVF but I don't think he's on CIK so far. @Samseau did an interview with him not long ago. Sam, are you still in touch with him?
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Yes he did.
I could reach out to him, but what for?
Just curious what he's up to these days and what the Brother Nathanael thing is about. I kinda wish he would sign up on CIK and interact with us.