Mister P-Mosh
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Originally posted by Steve!:You try to "pause" regular television.
I actually do this regularly.
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Originally posted by Zixar:That ball is going... going... GONE! Grand slam for P-Mosh!
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Well, al Qaeda can be loosely translated as "The Way" in Arabic. I just figured people traumatized by either organization will take a while to get over it, if ever.
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Originally posted by Erick Konkel:I for one, when leaving the Way told God how I didn't want to carry around evil in my heart. God was able to help me heal and get over my disappoinments. And it didn't take 6 years after being out to get over it either. If God will help me heal, then why hasn't He seemed to help others here at GS who claim to be so devastated?
Judging by the anger you seem to have here, you aren't healed. You are taking stuff that other people say about another person like they are talking bad about you. Sometimes life has unpleasant things, and this site is used to talk about them.
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Originally posted by Erick Konkel:Well of course we know He would if people would come to Him. But they aren't coming to Him. They don't come to Him because they don't want to be healed.
No, people don't go to "him" because there is absolutely no proof of his existance. It's pretty tough to play hide and seek with the boogyman.
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Originally posted by Erick Konkel:People talk about Buck, myself, and others as justifying error. That's very hypocritical of them because they do the very thing they accuse us of. They justify their bitterness, rage, and unforgiving hearts by putting emphasis on what they have experienced and not what the Word says to do.
The "word" is precisely what was used to hold people in bondage to begin with. I've done better without it than I have with it, mainly because it's just a book of fairy tales, a few good morals, and some history thrown in together. The "word" I learned in TWI didn't really answer life's questions or provide guidance that wasn't obvious.
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Originally posted by Erick Konkel:This scripture comes to mind when I think of people at GS who carry such big axes to grind. Any logic and truth from the Word that is presented to them is immediately dismissed and sarcastic comments and personal criticisms and insults fly from their mouths.
You've not even given a reason to believe that the "word" you hold so highly is any better than a Dr. Seuss book. I've not seen any "logic and truth" from it. Others may find some comfort in it, but that doesn't mean everyone does. Now for the sarcastic comment: I have a Microsoft ADO book beside me, if I quote a passage from it, will you go forth and connect to databases?
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Originally posted by Erick Konkel:They don't want to listen to the light of God's Word concerning this type of situation because if they listened, they would know that God's Word would tell them to let it go, start fresh, and move on with your life. But that's just it, they don't _want_ to hear that. They are all too content having fury grow like so many weeds and vines that suffocate and choke the life out of the beautiful garden of their hearts for God and for people. Instead of sprinting ahead in life with their new found liberty in Christ, they instead wish to remain spiritually oppressed and enslaved by bitterness.
You've not given any proof of God, therefore there is no proof that the "word" is more than a book written by many different people, and no proof that we should follow what it says, even if you can quote a verse or two.
As far as the other part of your comment goes, in some cases you are right. In others, you are wrong. It all depends on the individual. Some here, especially if they were Corps that were kicked out after the woman was raped by LCM, will never heal completely. If someone was a part of TWI for 6 months, then they don't see what the big deal is. Either way, I think most people simply come to this site to learn what the truth of the matter is. Why do you think people are obsessed with digitally restoring JFK's murder videos? He's already dead, but they want to know the truth. Wanting to know the truth doesn't sound like a bad thing to me.
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Originally posted by Erick Konkel:This is also very hypocritical to say because in fact it is many here at GS who claim to despise VPW, who indeed are the ones who worhsip him. They are consumed with him. The man has been dead for almost 20 years and yet people who have been out of the Way, some people for decades, are still obsessed with what is happening with the Way International. People basically eat, sleep, and drink here at GS.
People do the same thing for Everquest and the stock market. Perhaps it's sort of a hobby for some people, perhaps it's what they do to be social with people they knew in TWI, perhaps it's research for some. Outside of the "About the way" area, I don't think the organization is talked about that much. In the Open area, people talk about anything and everything that they want, usually not about TWI. In the politics section, I haven't seen the organization mentioned once that I can recall.
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Originally posted by Erick Konkel:People are consumed with what VPW wrote, what VPW said and what VPW did. And people will spend all their free time checking up on what's going on with the Way or checking to see what someone has to say about the Way.
Gossip is popular on just about any subject.
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Originally posted by Erick Konkel:I would love to see how many people come home from work, throw their keys on the table and the first thing that they do is walk over and fire up that computer because they gotta see what's happening in discussions about the Way. It's out of control. It's an obsession for many people here.
Perhaps, or even worse, people like me that look at it a few minutes every once in a while during the day. The horror!
Actually, this is one of many sites I surf, especially at work while I'm waiting on 30 minute database queries to run, or watching an automated process that I programmed run to make sure it is functioning normally. I don't GSurf much from home though, unless I'm bored and the wife is watching something I don't like on TV.
Boredom is a far better motivation for me to stay active on the internet than obsession. Of course, every person has a different story and reason for being here.
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Originally posted by Erick Konkel:No wonder you never get over the hurt. How can you ever move on and repair your heart when you bathe yourself in bitterness? You can't.
Yeah, just like those stupid people who keep obsessing over September 11th too. Let's just forgive Usama bin Laden, it's been a whole year and a half now since his people attacked. Let's just forget it happened and stop criticizing al Qaeda, because it only breeds bitterness.
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Originally posted by Erick Konkel:And as a matter of fact, if that kind of thinking goes on long enough (which for many here, it has), spirits _will_ come in and take up residence in your heart to try to insure that you _never_ get over it. Yes, that's right folks, I am still one who believes that there are devil spirits and that they enter people's lives through weak, ungodly thoughts and habits of life.
Well, add devil spirits to the list of things you have to prove to the rest of us. I for one don't think they exist.
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Originally posted by Erick Konkel:There are many weak and ungodly thoughts posted by people here at GS. And saying we should forgive one another is not one of them.
I wouldn't say that I have a lot of weak thoughts posted here, I'm pretty stubborn. I also can't judge something as being ungodly, because there is no proof of any gods existing to base ourselves off of.
Anyway, you should calm down, and just let people post what they want here. If you feel they are in error, confront them in their post, then move on. There's no need to try and create a you vs. gscafe situation to validate your delusions of being picked on. If you like VPW and what he said, that's your choice. Feel free to discuss it, and others will feel free to discuss their thoughts too.
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Originally posted by WaywardWayfer:I've already used the headache and sick kid excuses. Anyone got some others I can use?
Don't make excuses, don't lie to them. Just tell them you can't go, or that you don't want to go, or that you have other things to do.
If they bother you about it, ask them why they want you to set aside a certain day to witness when you thought that you were supposed to be a witness by the example you live and to talk to people you meet in everyday life.
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Originally posted by troubledwine:Well you are up against a lot. REv. R*pp just ended his last STS teaching with "And by our works we prove that we are Christ's."
Wait a minute...didn't they always harp on how you are saved by grace rather than works, and that God is no respector of persons?
What's next, conditional salvation? If you don't go to a home fellowship twice a week you'll not get a crown of achievement at the bema?
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I know what you mean. I did have some friends in, but they weren't really great friends that I care a whole lot to get in touch with again.
On the other hand, my close friends who were innies are pretty much out now, even though their parents may not know that.
One thing that bothers me here is that I have information on a few names I've seen posted, but I don't really want to reply because I feel like it's not respecting the person's privacy. Also, a lot of them are innies, one in particular is a branch coordinator and I'd hate to get him in trouble with TWI leadership because someone posted his name here.
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Originally posted by LooKout:Posh,
In Yukon Oklahoma. Open 7 days.
Here's their site with photos and/or information on dogs.
Hope this helps.
LooKout
Thanks for that link. We actually are trying to get in touch with someone who has a dog on that site now.
Hopefully the dog is still available.
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Originally posted by troubledwine:Hi P-Mosh,
It is interesting isn't it -- this lack of dyanmic. It's interesting you bring this up because I started a thread called what constitutes a denomination -- thinking of these very things.
I saw that. I'll cross post what I mentioned here there, and hopefully more people will discuss it, because I think it's a very good observation.
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Originally posted by troubledwine:Hmmm, why I am still in now? That is a good question. I do not want to make a decision based on anger (although spiritual anger is not wrong) or on being hasty (although we should run to keep his commandments).
There are quite a few people that leave on their own as well. I left on my own, although for different reasons than you would.
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Originally posted by troubledwine:I have seen many people (like you have seen) that just get mad or reproved and that is why they leave. That route isn't for me. The route that I aspire to take is the route that proves all things and holds fast the good. I too am questioning how much good can come by staying.
I think it's better to leave on your own of your own mind than to be kicked out too. I'm not really sure why, other than the fact that I like to be in control of such things in my life.
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Originally posted by troubledwine:The very sad reality I am faced with, is - is this ministry willing to go against what Dr Weirwille taught if he was wrong? If the answer to that question is no - then all that is left is propping up a denomination (if in fact he was wrong on certain issues.) It seems unimaginable that a ministry FOUNDED on a man who stopped going to his church to seek the truth could fall into that situation. But if so - so be it, it wouldn't be the first time or the last.
The thing is that TWI has already become a denomination. Even ignoring the doctrinal issues that press your mind, consider the priorities in the organization. There is so much tradition, legalism, and preaching rather than teaching. The way meetings have to be held has become a tradition now, with no room for improvisation or change to fit how things need to be. The "new dynamic church" is all but a memory now. The things you have to go through to remain part of TWI are rediculous. You have to give notice to your HFC and another HFC elsewhere if you want to attend fellowship with one of your friends one day. How much actual learning do you have? While verses are read from the bible, the things you are told to focus on for teachings and individual study are collaterals, Way magazine articles, and SNS tapes. When was the last time you were able to teach from the bible on a topic without being told to base it off of whatever headquarters wanted you to focus on?
The whole idea of doing things, "decent and in order" has superceded the "new dynamic church." Things are no longer customizable to meet the needs of the individual, the individual is forced to conform to the desires of those in New Knoxville.
The Way International is a denomination, a small, weak, weird denomination, but there is definitely not the spark of life that used to be in it.
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Originally posted by Abigail:Zix,
You bring up another valid point that may tie in with the blood type concept. One theory which I have read says we should eat the traditional foods of the culture we come from....ie Japanese, Italian, German, Irish.
Perhaps our bodies have a genetic predisposition to utlizing the foods from the lands of our heritage?
To every man his own truth and his own God within.
To every man his own diet and his own metabolism within.
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Originally posted by Sudo:Mr. P-Mosh, I like the way you think. If we see a population of thin people, then it makes sense to see what their diets are like. I wonder what those Japanese do to make sumo wrestlers? They're about the only fat Asians one sees isn't it?
Sumo wrestlers traditionally eat this type of stew that is very filling. I've never tried it, but it's got a lot of stuff in there to help make you fat. A friend who seems to know more about them than I says they eat this meal once per day, but I don't know if that's true or not.
Also, if you look at asians, they are not fat there, but there are many fat asian people in the U.S., so that helped me deduce that it was not genetic.
Also, I can't eat bread usually because it always gives me hiccups. I have a hard time enjoying a hamburger most of the time anymore. However, I can eat stuff like rice all day, so it made sense to me to try and modify my diet to include rice rather than bread. The whole thing just fell together from there.
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Originally posted by Abigail:I also use nutrasweet instead of sugar in my coffee.
If you're ok with that, it's good, but nutrasweet is a chemical combination that has adverse reactions in some people, such as myself.
If someone takes nutrasweet and gets migraines or dizziness, you should stop taking it immediately.
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Eat like you're Japanese.
How many fat Japanese people do you see? They eat carbs, lots of rice, etc. and still are not usually fat.
My wife and I have been eating steamed rice a lot with other food. Carbs are not a bad thing, and I think that Atkins guy is still a quack, even if you get results from his diet (I don't think it's healthy, even though you lose weight.) Anyway, here's a typical day of food in the Pmosh household.
Breakfast: Toast, with juice, sometimes yogurt (for the wife, I hate the stuff), and sometimes fruit.
Lunch: Steamed rice with either chicken, shrimp, or just vegetables alone. Sometimes sushi instead if we go out to eat. The other alternative for lunches will be something like a hot sandwich with turkey or turkey-ham.
Supper: We go out to eat a few nights a week, generally to nice places or Souper Salad. Other nights we stay at home and have something similar to what was listed as lunch meals.
The main key is to avoid fried foods, lots of red meat, and that's about it. We take vitamins to make sure we have all of that we need, but we eat healthy fruits, vegetables, juices, etc. just to make sure. We mostly eat seafood and chicken when we do have meat.
A huge key in losing weight is exercise. My wife and I will be starting exercising again soon, so I will have to start upping my complex carbohydrates quite a bit as well as the protein. I used to lift weights before, so I do know enough about the diet to gain muscle and lose weight. My wife just wants to lose weight so she won't be eating exactly the same as me.
Anyway, there are lots of factors to go into dieting that can't be addressed here. Your age, sex, weight, willingness to exercise, etc. all factor in. If you can work out and raise your metabolism, you won't have to eat some weirdo starvation diet like the Atkins one.
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Sort of off topic, but have you ever thought of trying to make money off of spam? There have been some successful lawsuits against spammers recently.
Also just barely on topic, there's this one jerkoff that I forgot the name of, but he's been getting rich off of sending spam for companies. An article was written about him on Wired or ZDnet, which was read by some people on Slashdot. Eventually, the people discovered his home address, phone number, etc. and started ordering crap sent to his house. He was getting lots of junkmail and telemarketer calls. Unfortunately, the guy didn't understand that he is guilty of doing the same thing, and complained about all these "stalkers" who are sending him that crap. He claims to be just an honest businessman trying to make a living.
Spammers are scumbags, ugh.
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Imagine, if you will, a world where Netscape was not bought by AOL. Imagine if Mozilla developers had tried to listen to users and build something faster, and more functional than Internet Explorer.
I found this browser, and it's called Phoenix.
Basically, it is Mozilla, but it's a trimmed down version that is just the browser, and loads just as fast as IE. I've not run into any problems with it so far with Java, dhtml, Javascript, etc. There are some Mozilla specific things that don't seem to work, as it's version 0.5, but these are not that important (themes, etc.) It does have tabbed browsing, and it can block popups (including an exclude list so popups on gscafe can work) and a few other nice features so I'm probably going to drop IE to use Phoenix for now on.
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Originally posted by Dot Matrix:P-Mosh if you like check out those sites I listed they can help you. Are you seeking a small dog? Peke rescue has some CUTE ones!!!
Thanks, I will check them out later tonight with my wife, who is the one that wants a dog to begin with. She is looking for a small dog, because once we decide to settle somewhere and get a house, I'll be getting another wolf (or more, if I can have enough land for them to be comfortable.)
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Originally posted by Dot Matrix:Sorry, I thought you meant they sold them -- it was just so different here. Glad we cleared that one up!
No problem, sometimes I'm not always clear. The only state I've seen dogs sold in pet stores is Arizona, but there may be others that do it too.
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Originally posted by Dot Matrix:PMosh -- What kind of doggie you looking for? I always have a weakness for a shaggy dog.
My requirements for a dog is that it is small, can be housebroken, doesn't make too much noise, doesn't shed too much, and is fairly calm. To me, cuteness is secondary but to her it's first priority.
Anyway, thanks again for the info Dot. If and when we get a puppy, I'll post about it here.
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Originally posted by Dot Matrix:PMosh! Wow Petsmart sells dogs in your state? Here Petco and Petsmart only has rescues come in every Saturday and Sunday and set up adoptions.
Actually it was just the adoptions. However, the Petsmart near me only has some company that only does dalmation adoptions. I'm going to check out a few more, but that's pretty lame in my opinion.
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I've started looking for a dog as well. It seems to be almost impossible to get a dog in Oklahoma.
For starters, Petsmart has a pretty crappy selection. No offense to the dogs, but the one near me ONLY does dalmations. I don't hate them, but they're not a very good breed of dogs, especially for apartment living.
The adoption places are only open from 9 to 5 on weekdays. I can't take time off of work to go get a dog, if they want me to adopt one they need to get off their lazy butts and be open during hours that real people can go there. I work from 8am to 6pm normally, so I'd think if they want to place dogs into good homes they need to accomodate their hours for those who are not unemployed.
Puppy farms may be cruel sometimes, but at least those people wanted to make an effort to help you get a dog. The shelters and such don't seem to put forth much effort at all. They do a good job of caring for dogs, but a horrible job of helping you get one.
Of course, this is probably just how things are here. When I lived elsewhere, the people running the shelters cared about the dogs AND about helping people find pets that are right for them. The two don't need to be mutually exclusive, but I guess that's the way things work here. After all, you can't expect much from a state that produced LCM.
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Originally posted by ChattyKathy:He is on med's but should be able to live a normal life and keep this condition in check. He will be watched, but this is so wonderful.
Wow, sorry I didn't read any of this but I have never looked in this section of the site. I was wondering why you weren't posting much.
I'm glad your husband is doing better, and I hope he continues to improve. I'm not one that is too keen on prayer, but my thoughts are with both of you.
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Originally posted by GarthP2000:I love my Windows XP now. Heck it even beats Windows 2000, and that was a tough act to follow.
Funny, I would have pegged you as a Macintosh lover.
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Originally posted by Wonton Soup:What is a port and why is it important to keep it closed?
Well, I'll use an analogy. Let's say that the internet is a neighborhood. Within each neighborhood, you have houses which are the personal computers. In your house, there are many doors, which would be like ports. You may keep the front and back doors locked, but a bad guy might find his way in the garage door.
On the internet, bad guys often test ports to see if there is a computer they can get into. It's just like a burglar that goes door to door and jiggles the handle to see if it is unlocked. He may try an entire neighborhood until he finds an unlocked door. These bad guys on the internet have programs that test a whole "neighborhood" of computers to find one with a port he can connect to.
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Originally posted by Wonton Soup:What does a firewall do?
Depending on what type of firewall you get, it blocks something from getting in. A software firewall on your PC will block the ports on your computer, and not let anything out onto the internet without your permission. Think of it as locking a door both from the inside and outside, and you give permission to who goes in and out.
A hardware firewall is more like a gated fence. It puts up a barrier outside of your house that has to be unlocked. This is usually best if you have a few computers on a network inside your home.
The best solution, in my opinion, is to run both a firewall on the network and one on each computer. It's like having a locked gate on a fence around your house, but you keep all the doors on your house locked too.
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Originally posted by krysilis:I've run quite a few of the offending IP addresses and they are mostly communication companies.
I wonder if it could be part of a "pre spam" test run!
Actually, the Windows Messenger SPAM has been going on too. Here is an article about it. I recieved one once, even though I had my NAT/firewall box on, and ZoneAlarm running on that desktop (turned out I had the PC in the DMZ of the firewall and forgot about it) but was suprised that someone could send it over the internet.
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Originally posted by igotout:The new XP one is faster booting than other older machines I have. Why can't this be like a TV - instant on? For God's sake they can put a man on the moon. Maybe someday.
Actually, if you tell your machine to...I forget what it's called, but it's one step up from hybernating, it will be instant on in a way.
Theoretically, you could have an instant on machine, providing you don't have to load things from a hard drive.
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Damnit...
My laptop has been ....ing me off quite a bit lately and is taking forever to turn off. It's a 1Ghz Athlon with 256MB of RAM running Windows XP. I knew it was slow, but I didn't realize how slow until the other day when I used my 850mhz PIII with 128MB of RAM which booted very quickly into XP.
I've gone through the registry, fixed problems with ZoneAlarm, and tried a few other things but the stupid laptop still takes forever to start up or shut down.
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I took my wife to see this over the weekend. Personally, I can't help but think of the urban legend about Richard "Gerbil Man" Gere, nor the fact that he looks like a non-bald Captain Picard, but that is just one distraction.
I'm no fan of musicals, and didn't realize that this was a musical. My wife enjoyed the movie, I was just hoping it would end. I tried to put it into the perspecive of the main character being delusional and always fantasizing about music, but that didn't work too well either.
The bottom line: Women will love this movie, and guys should do what I used to do and sneak a bottle of rum into the theatre to mix with the $5 bucket of Coke.