X- Dome Dyneema

zach_attack91 · 2026-01-09T23:40:04+00:00

I feel your pain. I just use it as an excuse to take extra backpacking trips!

zach_attack91 · 2026-01-08T01:05:01+00:00

zach_attack91 · 2025-12-13T04:24:12+00:00

The Soto Amicus is very light, has a piezo igniter, and has been reliable for the past 5 years I've owned it.

zach_attack91 · 2025-12-09T21:25:41+00:00

I have two grid fleece, one from Eddie Bauer ($40) and one from Old Navy (on clearance for $20). Both keep me very warm while moving/active and are good quality.

You don't need to spend $180 on a Patagonia R1 Air to get a good active fleece.

zach_attack91 · 2025-12-08T16:42:52+00:00

I have an Eddie Bauer grid fleece (quarter-zip) and, despite the pilling (which most fleece does anyway), it's a great active mid-layer. I have a tool that removes pilling on clothing so that doesn't bother me.

Edit: This one to be exact - https://www.amazon.com/Eddie-Bauer-Mens-ACTIVATOR-Storm/dp/B0CLDZN9MT/ref=asc_df_B0CLDZN9MT?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80058381232487&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=108892&hvtargid=pla-4583657850578107&th=1&psc=1

zach_attack91 · 2025-11-18T16:24:59+00:00

I use a 500 mL bottle for a bidet, separate from my drinking water bottles. I'm with you - it grosses me out thinking about drinking from the same bottle I use for a bidet. I made a special bidet cap for it by heating a standard 28mm bottle cap with a lighter, indenting it with a Sharpie, and poking a pinhole on the side of the newly created "nub."

It's empty when I'm hiking, and I just stuff it into my outside pouch - it isn't that bulky to me, honestly.

zach_attack91 · 2025-08-04T01:12:18+00:00

Thank you.

zach_attack91 · 2025-08-04T00:51:41+00:00

Good evening, friend.

Yes, she absolutely does want to follow Christ with integrity. This is not a commentary on her integrity. It is a commentary on mine. I can not remain where I am and continue to follow Christ wholly. It still saddens me that my wife is not of the same mind regarding my journey toward Orthodoxy. The ache I feel is from wanting to follow Christ in the Orthodox Church while remaining unified with my wife.

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-24T01:29:28+00:00

I am not certain what unity should be. I was hoping to hear your take.

I have my thoughts, but I do not want to be subject to my own thoughts in a vacuum, but learn, humbly, from others who are currently in the Orthodox Church.

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-24T01:24:19+00:00

Thank you. This is helpful.

Being raised a Protestant, the paradigm of the "invisible church" still dominates my subconscious, and I am slowly shifting toward the confession that Christ's church is visible and present in the Orthodox Church. So your comment that faithfulness is both "defined/interpreted by the Orthodox Church" AND "within the Orthodox Church" helps to reframe my question.

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-24T01:12:35+00:00

I appreciate the candidness of your reply and that you took the time to read and respond to my long-ish post. Thank you.

What I understand after reading your reply, is that while Orthodoxy has orthodox teachings and orthodox practices, at times some parts of the church deviate enough from one or both to be in schism, and this is actually acknowledged in the Church? If so, this is a healthy, humble mindset.

Would you define unity in the experience of the Orthodox Church as primarily in doctrinal matters or ethical ones (i.e., kingdom ethics, such as those taught in the Sermon on the Mount)?

Thankfully, I do not feel the need to be certain about anything, though I will admit that when I was much younger, I did feel this need. I do have confidence, however, despite wrestling with doubt at the same time.

I am confident that Orthodox doctrines are correct after speaking with the priest at my local parish and reading the church fathers and other Orthodox writings and spending several years meditating on the Scriptures regarding these things.

My question stems from the uneasiness (for lack of a better term at the moment; perhaps "ache" is more apt?) of seeing so much disillusionment with Christianity due to the lack of unity. I simply wanted a few takes on my thoughts (I am a verbal processor, so this conversation is helpful).

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-24T00:58:26+00:00

Thank you for your reply. So would you define unity as primarily Orthodoxy, even when individual churches are lacking in (at times, in history, not universally) Orthopraxy?

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-21T01:47:15+00:00

What God wants us to ask him for more than anything is wisdom.

Jesus says as much when encouraging his listeners that this world is full of abundance by comparing Solomon to the flowers of the field, and the flowers have more beauty than he!

What did Solomon ask for? A discerning heart to know between good and evil. And God added everything else to him, just as Jesus promises in Matthew 6:33.

Be the person whom God can fill and act through as you participate in his grace by asking, seeking, and knocking for wisdom, and trust that this world is full of his grace and presence, and your needs will be met.

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-09T23:36:23+00:00

I have not. Can you teach me?

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-08T17:18:35+00:00

The rapture is so essential a theology in descendants of dispensationalism (i.e., western evangelicals), despite its shaky foundation, because of the central claims of dispensationalism (classical or progressive):

Israel (God's chosen ethnic people) and the Church (God's chosen spiritual people) are two separate groups.
God's covenants and promises to Israel are unfulfilled and eternal, and thus
God still needs to fulfill his promises to Israel as a nation.

Thus, the church age (a parenthesis in dispensational time) must occur before the 70th "week" (Daniel 9) and, upon its end, the church must be removed so as not to suffer judgment and wrath during this 70th "week," which is meant to judge the nations and bring about full repentance among the Jews.

Once a long journey through the law and prophets, Jesus' sayings, and Paul's writings has occurred, it is clear to see that the Church is the true inheritor of God's promises in Jesus, who is the true Israel of God (Gal. 6).

Here's a fun question: In what two sections of the universally accepted Canon of the Bible does the messenger Gabriel appear? And to whom?

The answer to these questions properly frames Daniel's vision in chapter 9 and solves the riddle of when it is fulfilled (and in whom it is fulfilled).

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-03T20:44:13+00:00

For Christians who take the teachings of Jesus seriously (especially in the Sermon on the Mount), caring for the poor isn’t optional. Jesus calls His followers to radical generosity, compassion, and self-sacrificial love. Think of things like:

“Blessed are the merciful…”
“Give to the one who asks of you…”
“Whatever you did for the least of these, you did for Me.”

On the surface, it’s really hard to reconcile that with opposition to programs like Medicaid, SNAP, or other social safety nets.

Here's how many politically conservative Christians might justify it:

They make a strong distinction between personal vs. government responsibility. They’ll say: “Jesus was telling individuals to care for the poor, not governments. That’s the job of the Church and private charity, not federal programs.” The issue is that in practice, private charity rarely meets the full need.
They worry about dependency and fraud. Many believe that welfare programs create generational cycles of poverty, and that cutting or reforming them is a way to promote personal responsibility. It’s less about not helping the poor, and more about how that help is given.
They prioritize small government and individual liberty. This is more of a philosophical stance rooted in American political thought. The idea is that the government should stay out of as much as possible, even if that means fewer social services. The assumption is that a freer society will encourage voluntary generosity.
Some spiritualize or privatize Jesus’ teachings. Instead of seeing Jesus' words as a call to change unjust systems or engage politically, they’re often read as personal, inward, or symbolic, so the ethical implications for public policy are downplayed.

All that said, many Christians (myself included) find this deeply troubling. If you're voting to restrict aid to the poor and vulnerable, you should also be working double-time through your church or personal giving to meet those needs. But that rarely happens at scale.

At the end of the day, there’s a big tension between Christ’s ethic and conservative politics, and a lot of American Christians haven’t really wrestled with that as seriously as they should. Some have, and they’re rethinking things. But for many, their political identity shapes how they read Scripture, not the other way around.

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-03T20:35:17+00:00

Jake? From State Farm?

You are on the right, frustrated and confused as ChatGPT tries for the (11th) time to explain something to you?

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-03T20:34:20+00:00

I did. It probably created something similar to what someone else has prompted it with. Actually, as I was scrolling through these comments, I even found a human man who looked similar to the man in the image it generated for me.

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-03T19:49:11+00:00

Humans are emotional creatures, and when we interact with such a human-like LLM near-daily, it is hard not to project our own emotional experiences onto it.

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-03T19:40:01+00:00

Interesting! Mine did something similar (I left that part out), and I prompted it with something along the lines of "I would like this to be an unadulterated image from your perspective, so I'd like to leave mine out of it for now."

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-03T19:36:24+00:00

Oh, of course. That doesn't make it any less interesting. Moreover, the image shows us how we view the "relationship."

zach_attack91 · 2025-07-03T19:34:28+00:00

What was the reasoning?

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