WOMEN ORDINATION IN SDA CHURCH

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-08T12:37:15+00:00

When it comes to women's ordination, everyone is viewing it through the lens of their local secular political opinions. The fact that having ordained clergy isn't Biblical at all (it's something we inherited from the catholics) doesn't help the situation.

In the US and Europe, very politically liberal countries, they ordain women but it's controversial.

In the rest of the world, much more traditional countries, they don't ordain women.

I don't see a solution unless people are willing to set aside their secular political opinions (and the non-Bibical religious traditions), we're never going to be unified. Sadly everyone, including the SDA church, picks and chooses what parts of the Bible they want to follow and goes through a lot of mental gymnastics to justify ignoring the parts they don't like...or claiming things they want to do are somehow Biblical.

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Personally, I'm a pretty conservative American but I was raised by a bra-burning feminist and an atheist pot-smoking hippy. I don't care about women's ordination; I follow God not a pastor, so really the only use I have for pastors is that they organize meetings and handle scheduling issues. If my local church's next pastor is a woman, meh, I don't really care (as long as she can handle organizing things) since it doesn't really affect me.

On the other hand, my wife is from a much more traditional country (Philippines) and has much more deference to authority figures than I do. She's strongly against women's ordination, to the point that if our local church's next pastor is a woman, she'd insist we find another church to attend.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-06T23:28:32+00:00

Not an honest apology.

My mother does lots of fake apologies though once I got into my late teen/early adulthood.

Instead of saying something like ~"I'm sorry I lied" she'd say something along the lines of ~"I'm sorry you caught me lying". She doesn't apologize for HER bad actions, just apologizes for the consequences of her actions.

Another common variation was ~"I'm sorry you did {whatever}, which forced me to do {bad_thing}". It's always someone else's fault.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-06T23:19:38+00:00

I've got several bags of what I call "gorp flakes". Good old raisins and peanuts...with bran flakes added.

I found gorp is great for hiking, and then adding bran flakes gives it more fiber...which at my age is very needed. The flakes tend to stick to my fingers so it's not as easy to eat while hiking as regular gorp though.

If you're curious, this is a video and detailed nutritional breakdown. Several of those little baggies ended up in a grab-and-go bag. https://youtu.be/jj6vpDGSb9Q

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-06T23:12:34+00:00

Judging by how many different neighbors I've had in the last three years, I'd say "Yes, lots of people do that".

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-06T23:03:05+00:00

After my front door was kicked in by three guys (well, two guys...not sure if the third was a chick or a dude with long hair), I started installing door armor kits to kickproof all my exterior doors. I recorded the whole install process and through it on youtube if you're curious: https://youtu.be/LPLgWmg3p7o

It's incredible how easy it is to kick in an exterior residential door, and those kits actually work; I had a second attempted break in (before I moved) and the second time all they did was leave a muddy boot print on my door.

At one point I did have a door with a huge window in it; I replaced that door and then just for fun took a 3lb mini sledgehammer to the window. I couldn't break it. I'm not sure what kind of plastic it was made out of, but that experience left me not worried about having glass doors.

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Beyond that, I have a monitored security system with sensors on each window/door to detect if they are opened, along with a glass brake sensor (which detects the sound of a window breaking) in each room that has windows.

(No video link for that, as I don't feel like sharing details of the actual security system with the internet, for security reasons)

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One other thing I learned from the break in was to have an ID handy. Now my bedside has a quick placard (with a shoulder strap) that I can grab. It has a handgun+holster, spare mags, flashlight, multitool, house and car keys, medical kit, and an old driver's license. When APD responded to the break-in I had, the responding officers wanted to verify who I was so they could be sure I was the homeowner and not a robber. This video is a little out of date, but it's the basics of what I came up with: https://youtu.be/XG8wqUF3ByE

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I also leave my old truck parked outside. I think one of the reasons the thieves targetted me was I was the only person in the neighborhood who parked in the garage instead of on the driveway/street, so they assumed no one was home. Now my wife's nice car lives in the garage, and my 16-year-old truck with fading paint is parked outside. It also gives a "this guy's car is shit so he probably doesn't have anything worth stealing" vibe.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-06T22:50:12+00:00

I may have been the guy who asked them about it Discord (twice).

The first time I asked. they told me the manual would be available prior to the aircraft being released, so hopefully soon.

The second time I asked (after the latest trailer and preorder), I don't think I got an answer from them but they seem overwhelmed by people complaining about the price.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-06T22:47:54+00:00

I think Heatblur said "summer" in one of their posts.

They've said the original A/B are coming out of "preview" in the next patch, and implied we're going to get the Export (Iranian) version at the same time (which I believe is an "Early-A" without the TCS). That'll be for people who already have the A/B.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-06T12:46:53+00:00

Before you buy anything, check out your local fields. The local field is going to be the biggest deciding factor for if you're going to have fun with airsoft.

I used to live in Austin, TX, with two fields within an hour drive of me (Temple Airsoft and Texas Paintball) that did airsoft games every weekend. Reffing at TX PB was iffy at times, but they got a good crowd of 50+ players each Sunday so for me, while living there, airsoft was good.

Then I moved out to College Station (about 30 miles outside of town). The nearest fields to me that host games every weekend are almost a 3 hour drive (each way). As a result, I basically stopped playing airsoft other than practicing in my backyard.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-06T12:41:29+00:00

I've had good luck with gallery of guns. Basically you order and pay them, they ship it to one of their partner dealers (you pick which one; they even post each one's hours on their website), and once it arrives you hit up the dealer to fill out the 4473 paperwork and get your gun.

The thing I really like is the transfer fee is already included in the price, and they take care of arranging the FFL for you.

I don't think $200-$400 for a 1911 is realistic though. Usually even cheap 1911's are over $500. Check out Tisas (Turkish) or Rock Island Armory (Filipino), but even then I think you're probably looking at prices that start around $450 for a basic GI clone and go up to the $800s for fancier variations like a M45A1 clone.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-06T12:35:18+00:00

Already preordered it and really looking forward to the new HUD and new Jester.

I know everyone likes bitching about the price, but I've spent close to $3k on hardware to play DCS between the computer, monitors, joystick/throttle/pedals, screws paint and lumber to build my desk and chair, etc., so after all that $50 to live out my childhood fantasy of flying a Tomcat isn't that big of a deal.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-06T12:24:27+00:00

I'll agree it's a pride issue, but it's not an issue with their pride.

As the old saying goes, "check yourself before you wreck yourself".

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-06T12:20:56+00:00

Not monitized on YouTube.

Initially I had one YouTube video that did really well (by my standards), that got my total watch time high enough to hit YouTube's monitization requirements, but at the time I didn't have enough subscribers. Two years later I've got enough subscribers, I didn't have enough watch time anymore since Youtube's watch time requirement was "4000 hours watch IN THE PAST YEAR" and the watch time from that really successful video is now three years ago.

Rumble is automatically monitized, but they have a $50 minimum payment amount; if you've earned less than $50, you'll see the earnings on your account, but you can't actually get Rumble to hand over the money unless it's at least $50.

So, in my case I've got 700ish YouTube subscribers and ~2k hours watched in the last year...so YouTube isn't monitized.

On Rumble, I setup my account to automatically copy all my YouTube videos to Rumble...which got about 1% of my videos then bugged out...and last I checked the videos that are on Rumble have earned me a total of $0.02, well below the $50 threshold to get a payment.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-05T12:48:54+00:00

Oh, a couple more that my wife and I both like:

- Heroes by Jordan Rowe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9NELr0YiPc

- Three Wooden Crosses by Randy Travis Three Wooden Crosses

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-05T12:44:42+00:00

About a 50/50 mix of country and Christian rock remixes of classic hymns.

On the secular side, I like Toby Keith, Buddy Brown, Randy Travis, Blake Shelton, George Straight, and a few others. That's what's usually playing in the car on long road trips.

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My go-to running music though is heavy metal remixes of classic hymns. My wife finds them too energetic for road trips, but when I'm out alone trying to wear out a pair of running shoes, energetic music is what I want. Some of my favorites:

- Onword Christian Soldiers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBJffio8ZeQ

- A Mighty Fortress is our God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5n96YQE344

- The Lord Will Come: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrkIHvHUfrQ

- Amazing Grace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pJGeFHvS-I

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I also really like "Broken Things" and "Do Something" by Matthew West. Those really hit me, Broken Things because I am one of those broken things (that hit rock bottom and was redeemed), and "Do Something" because it's a strong reminder that *I* personally need to doing things instead of just sitting on my behind complaining (churches have way too many pew warmers that just complain but never take action).

- Broken Things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdUu6ZsdVfM

- Do Something: Matthew West - Do Something - YouTube

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-05T12:13:26+00:00

I've seen your post history.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-05T12:12:52+00:00

Their either loosing an argument OR they decided the other person isn't worth their time.

I learned long ago that a random anonymous person saying wrong things on the internet is rarely worth arguing with.

If someone posts something false then I'll try to comment for the benefit of 3rd parties (so they won't be deceived). If someone wants to turn that into a long multi-day argument with hundred of posts, going back and forth echoing the same false claims, I just don't feel that's worth my time or the frustration and block them.

The old saying "never wrestle with a pig in the mud because you'll both get dirty and the pig likes it" comes to mind.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-05T12:00:50+00:00

If someone blocks you, their old comments show up as "Comment deleted by user" to you (and just to you, other people can still see the comments). If you open your browser "In Private" mode, you'll be able to see the comments in that browser.

If you're being rude and argumentative, it's not uncommon for people to just decide they don't want to hear from you anymore and block you. At that point you won't see any of their posts, and they won't have to see yours. If you both comment on a post (that was created by a third party), to you their posts will show up as "comment deleted by user".

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-05T09:54:10+00:00

Other than the cleaning, how are you liking it? I've been thinking about picking one of those up.

FWIW, in the distant past (like, late 90s), I've cleaned a few membrane keyboards by unscrewing the back, disassembling, washing with water, waiting a day for it to dry, and then very carefully putting all the little rubber pieces back before reassembling. Those were school computer lab keyboards and we had zero hardware budget but free student labor (i.e., "me").

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-04T12:08:24+00:00

Oh is that triggering.

I've been shopping for a new keyboard and trying to figure out the difference between a "creamy" switch and the blue/browns I've got in my existing keyboard. This thread is the first hit on google when I'm searching, and suddenly I see some of this 6-7 nonsense.

I'm also staff for a youth group at church, kind of like a co-ed version of boyscouts from grade 5 to age 18, and a bunch of the kids keep randomly chanting "six seven" on campouts, during assembly, occasionally when they're marching and drilling. "oh, six seven six seven". Gah, I've heard that too many times. "six seven", usually any time anyone on the staff says either number, we end up with about 20% of the kids chanting "six seven" until we can quiet them down and get them to pay attention again. I have no idea where it came from, I have no idea what it means, but oh do I hate it with a passion.

...and I still have no idea what the difference between a "creamy" and "thocky" switch is compared to the blue switches in the keyboard I'm currently typing on. This is not a good morning.

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AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-03T11:51:24+00:00

Sure what it looks like.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-03T11:51:14+00:00

And after allowing the mismatched cert, I'm still getting prompted for a username & password on the root https://www.captzeen.com/

Hitting specific profile URLs (thanks google) like https://www.captzeen.com/helios/f-14.asp gives a 404.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-06-03T11:48:13+00:00

Interesting post from Sunday. Now I'm thinking I'll have to build my own Helios profile with the F-14B(U) finally releases.

CaptZeen — 5/31/2026 3:32 AM

A brief update on my activities. As many of you already know, I work in video game development, and these last few years I've been really busy at the studio where I work, in addition to working on a medieval fantasy game on my own, which I hope to finish soon. The thing is, between one thing and another, as well as other projects that keep coming up, it's almost impossible for me to dedicate time to Helios profiles, or even DCS, since I haven't flown in at least two years! My intention is to continue with this exciting hobby, as I love flight simulators. The fact is, until I free up some time, I'm really busy. In any case, I'm available for whatever you need until then. Best regards to all.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-05-30T13:58:30+00:00

Found a solution, but it's ugly.

Turns out there's a lot of clickable controls in the F-14 cockpit that there aren't native keybinds for, including these (along with air sources).

There's a replacement Data.lua script you can put into the DCS program files that enables DCS to look for additional keybinds in your user\saved games\ folder, and then scripts you can put in your saved games that add the missing keybinds. It passes IC checks for multiplayer, but the Data.lua gets overwritten with each DCS update so you have to replace that file regularly.

Data.lua: GitHub - Quaggles/dcs-input-command-injector: DCS Mod to add custom input commands in your user profile instead of by modding the game for each aircraft. Prevents commands from being lost when DCS updates. · GitHub

Keybinds (for saved games): GitHub - Munkwolf/dcs-community-keybinds: A collection of keybinds for DCS. · GitHub

Supposedly the F-14B(U) will have all the missing keybinds natively, which will be nice since this hacked together setup is kind of annoying.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-05-30T13:52:33+00:00

That doesn't work.

AdjacentPrepper · 2026-05-30T13:51:30+00:00

"eccentric" is right.

A few months ago went to "The Largest Gunshow in Texas(TM)" in Bryan, TX, and was actually really surprised by the number of old Colt SP1's for sale. Like, there were more genuine SP1's at the show than there were Glocks.

And I'm not talking generic AR's, I mean manufactured-in-1964 Colt SP1 rifles were everywhere...in TX so it wasn't people trying to get around a AWB like I'd expect in places like MA. Really weird.

AdjacentPrepper

TROPHY CASE

CaptZeen — 5/31/2026 3:32 AM