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M
I see all this as a "God helps those who help themselves" kind of thing. I don't think it's spiritually productive to become obsessed with prepping, just like it's not good to become obsessed with anything. But I also don't think it's right to neglect our survival, either, in the event of a disaster or emergency...I don't think there's anything wrong with using our God-given brains to think a bit about the future and stock up on a few things.
T
There's always the possibility that the doomsday-prepper will die of illness or misadventure before the doomsday event comes to pass, in which case the individual's remaining time on Earth will have been wasted hiding in a panic room or bugout shelter. Did anyone see that episode of The Simpsons where Homer becomes a survivalist?
I really do know how to fly. 
Someone my boss knew owned a Cessna Skylane and he let me take the controls for the entire flight. He knew that I had spent years flying a flight simulator program with realistic controls at home so he let me give it a try and he said he couldn't believe that I'd never flown a plane before. The only thing I didn't do was make radio calls and land because we were at a major airport where there were airliners lined up behind us. I flew the plane for an hour with no autopilot. Its trickier than most people think because you have to know how to balance aileron, rudder, thrust and pitch. Not balancing stuff makes can make the plane lose or gain speed or altitude or put it in a stall.
Someone my boss knew owned a Cessna Skylane and he let me take the controls for the entire flight. He knew that I had spent years flying a flight simulator program with realistic controls at home so he let me give it a try and he said he couldn't believe that I'd never flown a plane before. The only thing I didn't do was make radio calls and land because we were at a major airport where there were airliners lined up behind us. I flew the plane for an hour with no autopilot. Its trickier than most people think because you have to know how to balance aileron, rudder, thrust and pitch. Not balancing stuff makes can make the plane lose or gain speed or altitude or put it in a stall.
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I really do know how to fly. Someone my boss knew owned a Cessna Skylane and he let me take the controls for the entire flight. He knew that I had spent years flying a flight simulator program with realistic controls at home so he let me give it a try and he said he couldn't believe that I'd never flown a plane before. The only thing I didn't do was make radio calls and land because we were at a major airport where there were airliners lined up behind us. I flew the plane for an hour with no autopilot.
Someone my boss knew owned a Cessna Skylane and he let me take the controls for the entire flight. He knew that I had spent years flying a flight simulator program with realistic controls at home so he let me give it a try and he said he couldn't believe that I'd never flown a plane before. The only thing I didn't do was make radio calls and land because we were at a major airport where there were airliners lined up behind us. I flew the plane for an hour with no autopilot.
That's great, but you need to learn how to take off and land before I'd get on a plane with you behind the wheel.
O
I do know how to do those things and navigate too with or without GPS. The simulator I use is very accurate. That's why I was able to fly the plane without any help. He just wouldn't let me land because it was a busy airport and I've never flown before
Without God, there is no preparation for things to come. Noah would not have known what was coming nor known what to do. It is only by His Spirit that are able to know.
Daniel 2
[SUP]22 [/SUP]He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
Daniel 2
[SUP]22 [/SUP]He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
J
Grrr at the server edit time limit thingie
What I wanted to add is that, even knowing hard times were coming and things were going to get ugly, Joseph didn't freak out and barricade himself in a bunker with a stockpile of weaponry. He went about things in an orderly fashion and steadily set aside a reasonable amount of food (one-fifth from each bountiful year).
What I wanted to add is that, even knowing hard times were coming and things were going to get ugly, Joseph didn't freak out and barricade himself in a bunker with a stockpile of weaponry. He went about things in an orderly fashion and steadily set aside a reasonable amount of food (one-fifth from each bountiful year).
Grrr at the server edit time limit thingie
What I wanted to add is that, even knowing hard times were coming and things were going to get ugly, Joseph didn't freak out and barricade himself in a bunker with a stockpile of weaponry. He went about things in an orderly fashion and steadily set aside a reasonable amount of food (one-fifth from each bountiful year).
What I wanted to add is that, even knowing hard times were coming and things were going to get ugly, Joseph didn't freak out and barricade himself in a bunker with a stockpile of weaponry. He went about things in an orderly fashion and steadily set aside a reasonable amount of food (one-fifth from each bountiful year).
There certainly is a difference between a survival nut and a servant of God.
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