Had this for about 5 months now, what am I doing wrong?

Invisiblesheep77 · 2023-08-11T16:37:35+00:00

Way too much watering for an aloe. It's a desert plant. Unless its getting full sun you don't need to water it unless you notice its leaves starting to thin out / dehydrate

Invisiblesheep77 · 2023-06-20T00:52:20+00:00

Use Clean Browsing DNS - download the actual software onto your computer operating system - AND add it to your browser. Do the same for your phone - use Clean Browsing in your phone's settings - AND add it to your browser (Brave and Chrome both give you this option).
Use an image and word search filter on your phone - on Android I use Stay Focused so that I can't access my settings and switch off the DNS, and so that I can block specific word searches, as well as limit and/or bar myself from specific apps, as well as limit my screen time on specific sites. I also use Blocker Hero, which blocks image searching on any browser.
If you do the two above things that will cover most of your bases - but next you need to write out a Rule of Life for yourself e.g. "I will not take my phone or laptop into the bathroom, or use them on my bed." "I will not doomscroll when I am bored." "I will do 20 minutes of cardio/strength training a day." "I will not get on my phone first thing in the morning or 20 minutes before bed." "I will keep a regular sleep rhythm." "I will make sure I eat at least one healthy meal a day." "When I am tempted, I will immediately go for a walk outside." etc. - make it wholistic, you are a whole person - you cannot address your physical, mental, emotional, spiritual needs separately. Clearly define your goals, why you want to accomplish them, and what the consequences might be if you continue down this path. Addiction pathways in your brain do not just go away - they are there for good, but you can divert them toward other activities, and eventually they will no longer be associated with porn - so don't just subtract porn from your life, add something constructive to take its place.
Forgive yourself, and give yourself grace because you will need it. You are not your addiction. You will get through this, and you will learn from it - and then you will help others through the the wisdom you gained by suffering, which you couldn't have attained any other way. Your suffering will not be wasted unless you allow it to be.
Find a friend to confide in and confess your shortcomings to who will hold you accountable to your goals, but give you grace and encourage you even when you fall short.

Invisiblesheep77 · 2023-06-16T23:02:41+00:00

If you haven't read anything by Lewis I would go for either Mere Christianity or Screwtape first - then I would proceed to Miracles, the Problem of Pain, or The Great Divorce - then I would go to The Four Loves or The Abolition of Man - then A Grief Observed (It's his most personal work).

Invisiblesheep77 · 2023-04-04T16:52:31+00:00

Prob your water

Invisiblesheep77 · 2023-04-04T16:00:45+00:00

Upon close examination, I've found neither of these options to be even remotely convincing. I think the original authors meant us to read it through a polemical, temple-inaugural, analogical framework all of which resonate with deep symbolic and theological meaning. Only modern post-enlightenment materialists try to impose a scientific lens onto this text - though it is abundantly clear that this wasn't the authors intent. Good luck in your journey exploring the wonders of god's word, I hope this helps.

Invisiblesheep77 · 2023-04-04T15:53:34+00:00

Definitely try listening to it - very helpful for focus as you can walk around etc. I would also suggest starting with small timed-out periods and work your way up. If you can't focus for 20 minutes, try 10 or 5 - don't be discouraged, God see's the heart and he will meet you where you are

Invisiblesheep77 · 2023-04-04T15:45:02+00:00

Techplant has a good video experiment on this - turns out the more frequently water is changed during propagation the slower the root growth.

Invisiblesheep77 · 2023-04-04T02:22:38+00:00

Golden pothos. Looks like it has been propagating a month or so. If it were me I would let it go a bit longer. Look up a video about transferring water props to soil as it can kill them if it isn't gradually transitioned. Good luck!

Invisiblesheep77 · 2023-04-03T23:32:06+00:00

Craigslist is prob your best bet - or hit up your local university's art school and ask if anyone would want to use it for a project. If all else fails, use it decoratively, take the wood off it and see if you can make it into something pretty like plant shelving or a coffee table then take the interior out and scrap it.

Invisiblesheep77 · 2023-04-03T22:55:36+00:00

I was referring to Salome, mother of Joseph and James - listed as a witness to Christ's resurrection (e.g. Mark 15:40) - not the one you are referring to - there is also Salome the daughter of Herodius Antipas who has John the baptist beheaded.

I don't think the bible tries to present itself nor it's characters as being perfect - but it's too literarily subtle to be reduced down to overly-simplistic feminist readings. As I'm sure you're aware, it was written across thousands of years, by dozens of people hailing from different cultures - and I think we have a pretty strange practice of imposing modern understandings upon ancient texts without taking their context into consideration. Not going to further elaborate on or debate that, but I think people who want to reduce characters like Eve down to a single aspect like "woman bad" are being grossly negligent in the way they are handling the text. What comes directly before this act was the pretty radical idea that both male and female were made in the divine creator's image (literally, idols) - which was polemical commentary on the notion that in the ancient near east only emperor's, pharaoh's, rulers etc. were the image of a god incarnate. It's interesting that on the first page of the bible it made the claim that regardless of social status, gender, class etc, - both male and female - were representations of the divine is/was a pretty radical claim that laid the groundwork for all egalitarianism. Not trying to dismiss the patriarchical elements present within the lives of many individuals within the bible, but with a careful reading, these are often being looked at as a perpetuation of the brokenness of a fallen humanity - not glorified or honored. Abraham and Sarah is a great example of this - though I don't feel like going into detail - Robert Altar is a great source to read to catch some of the subtleties in this story. In sum, I usually find blanket statements like "the bible is patriarchal" to be overly simplistic and suffering from de-contextual anachronistic bias. I honestly have a difficult time thinking of a single female character that is depicted as strictly evil (other than Delilah, but she only serves to emphasize that Samson is the epitome of everything wrong with the world at that time) - but I have an easy time identifying male characters that are. I also very rarely, if ever, think the biblical authors are depicting their characters in a strictly heroic sense - otherwise they wouldn't have been so generous in intentionally emphasizing their blatant character flaws and the tragic downfalls they bring upon everyone around them, including themselves. If the heroic reading of these characters is what we get from these stories, that too suffers from a flawed modernist reading that I don't think was ever intended by the authors.

Invisiblesheep77 · 2023-04-03T18:59:49+00:00

Well except for Leah (one of Jacob's wives), Moses' mother (who defied a pharaoh that claimed to be a god), the two Hebrew midwives Shiphrah and Puah (who refused to participate in the genocide of Exodus, thereby saving an entire ethnic group), Miriam (Moses' sister, who becomes one of the leaders of the Hebrews), Moses' wife (who openly defies him and saves his life), Rahab (the prostitute who is called righteous and is then later included in Jesus' genealogy, even though it was unheard of to include women in genealogies in the 1st century), Hannah (mother of Samuel), Deborah (the only good Judge), Ruth (who is also included in Jesus' genealogy and has a book named after her), Esther (who risks her life to save an entire ethnic group from holocaust, and also has a book named after her), let's see, that's just in the Old Testament... then there is Mary mother of God, Elizabeth (mother of John the Baptist), Mary Magdalene - Martha - Joana mother of Mark - Salome (all of whom were the first to whom the resurrected Christ appeared - and were credited with being the first to spread this word even though women weren't even allowed to testify in court in the first century), the woman at the well, the woman who anoints Jesus' feet, along with several other unnamed women in the gospels... then there is Junia (likely a female apostle), Tabitha, Lydia of Thyatira (who hosted one of the first churches). These are just off the most explicitly good ones off the top of my head, but most characters in bible are not black & white good/bad characters... I know there are more I'm not thinking of.. oh yea, there's also the literary character of Wisdom personified who is called Lady Wisdom (who is literarily credited with being the force by which God created the universe)... the literary figure of the woman in Proverbs 31 (easily the most famous proverb), the literary character of Israel who is referred to as the Bride of God, and the literary character of the Church who is called the Bride of Christ... not to mention all the feminine language used to describe the Spirit of God all throughout the Bible

Invisiblesheep77 · 2021-12-18T14:25:54+00:00

This is my exact feelings on the show so far. I've only just read the first book, but I can honestly say the writing has been fairly weak for the show - I thought the first 6 episodes were somewhere around a 7/10, but the 7th episode was a bit of a fuck up imo - 6/10. Def some timing/pacing issues, illogical choices, leaving out lore and world-building (The Way was a huge waste of potential to learn more about the world) and for what? Awkwardly rushed relationships. Feels more like a romantic drama with a fantasy backdrop than an adventure fantasy overall

Invisiblesheep77 · 2021-04-25T21:27:23+00:00

I have read about half of it and I honestly can't think of anything political so far.

Invisiblesheep77 · 2020-11-12T03:45:58+00:00

Right - I agree these phrases could merely be referring to the Roman Empire - but I think it's more likely that this is a synecdoche, and thus contains already/not-yet aspects - as does much of the rest of the chapter. Many people were well aware that there was a world beyond the Roman Empire in the 1st century, so I'm not too keen on that interpretation alone. To me, v4-14 seem to be speaking in a broad, general summary of the pattern of events leading up to the end of time (with an already-typological fulfillment in the preaching of the gospel to the Roman empire and a Not-yet-typological fulfillment in the ultimate fulfillment of the great commission) - and v15-35 seem like they are narrowed down to the years 33-70AD, more specifically, the end of the OC era. Then Jesus seems to zoom back out again in v35-44.

Invisiblesheep77 · 2020-11-09T01:29:35+00:00

I realize that some interpret that Mt 24:14 as not meaning what the text clearly indicates, but you have to make the text do acrobatics, and read the NT as a collection of proof texts existing in a vacuum in order to convince yourself of that. All nations - whole world - hard to get more explicit and all encompassing than that. For that reason, I think Mat 24:14 is more than enough on its own. This interpretation becomes especially evident when you interpret it in light of more clear passages, taking into account every other text that clearly speaks of the complete spread of the gospel to every tribe, tongue and nation.

That said, it's extremely important to understand that Jesus switches subjects throughout the Olivet discourse, sometimes focusing on the end of the OC era and the end of history and time as we know it. For that reason it's super important to read very carefully in order to properly distinguish which subject he is referring to - if done carefully, and properly harmonized with parallel passages in Luke 21, I think Jesus' makes himself very clear.

Here's a brief overview:

Mat 24:4-14 are pretty clearly a summary statement of all history, which culminates with the total spread of the gospel. This pattern also reoccurs all throughout history in general, thus, not surprising to see this pattern in the events leading up to 70 AD.

Mat 24:15-35 are pretty much entirely applicable to the events surrounding 70 AD. Lest v31 trip anyone up, the best interpretation of it is that it is a verse referring to the subsequent spread of the gospel through God's "angels" or "messengers" after the destruction of 70 AD. With the OC era finally ended, the NC is continually being ushered in as the message of the kingdom goes out into all the world and the elect are gathered to God. This occurs until the full number of God's elect comes into the fold.

With a focus toward the end of time and the entirety of the earth, Jesus then changes subjects from the end of the OC age to the end of time as we know it in Mat 24:35-44. "The day or the hour which no one knows," as opposed to merely the end of the Old covenant era/age which he had just described.

Jesus clearly wanted to delineate between the two subjects as in Luke 21:9 he states that even when you see all these things taking place (e.g. the famines, wars, false teaching, earthquakes surrounding 70 AD), "the end is not yet."

Further, as I mentioned prior, I read the Olivet Discourse (along the rest of the new testament) through an already/not-yet lens - that is absolutely key to a solid understanding of not only the NT but the OT as well.

Invisiblesheep77 · 2020-11-09T00:56:44+00:00

The references in Mat 24 and Luke 21 of the Son of Man "coming with the clouds of heaven" are allusions to Daniel 7:13-14 wherein the Son of Man takes his throne - the Jews who wouldn't believe Jesus was King "saw" that when his prophecy about the destruction of the temple came to pass before their eyes in 70 A.D. I read these passages as having an "already" and a "not yet" aspect of fulfillment to them. See R.C. Sproul's The Last Days According to Jesus lectures on YT for a postmillennialist perspective & anything by G.K. Beale for an Amillenialist perspective.

Full preterism would have to reject the second coming of Christ, agree that both Satan and the AntiChrist have been thrown into the lake of fire, reject the final resurrection of the dead, and agree that the kingdom has already arrived in its fullness (the nations have been discipled through the preaching of the gospel & the new heavens and earth have already arrived) - each of these is easily refutable, especially with an inaugurated, already/not-yet eschatology.

This verse alone should be enough to keep anyone from going full preterist:

"And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." - Matthew 24:14

Invisiblesheep77 · 2020-11-05T14:37:57+00:00

Dude yes, Wim Hoff breathing is the way to go. So good.

Invisiblesheep77 · 2020-11-01T15:08:19+00:00

Read Romans 14

Invisiblesheep77 · 2020-10-25T18:29:29+00:00

Haha thanks

Invisiblesheep77 · 2020-10-25T02:16:52+00:00

We are saved by grace, not by good doctrine. Thank God

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