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07-03-08, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by AmberRae

going to dive on stage and start rapping the book of psalms.

Sign me up when you find somewhere that does this!

07-03-08, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by AmberRae

....wondering if your going to dive on stage and start rapping the book of psalms.

ba boom boom ch... ba boom boom ch...

Yea, though I wallk thru the valley...

ba boom boom ch... ba boom boom ch...

Of the shadow of death...

ba boom boom ch... ba boom boom ch...

I shall fear no evil...

ba boom boom ch... ba boom boom ch...

For thou Homies are wi' may...

ba boom boom ch... ba boom boom ch...

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07-03-08, 09:00 PM

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Socially liberal, fiscally conservative, legally nationalistic, Green supporting as much as possible, meditating, mystically inclined, philosophizing, Vedic loving, English descended Asatruar who has absolutely fallen for biking. I have altars throughout my home, a shrine in my heart, and the cosmos the very body of Divinity and our souls reflective sparks of the All. Ride Free for Freedom's ride for ride we must for man and Gods!

Hail the Ancestors!
Hail the Gods!

07-03-08, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ax0n

Well, you'd be surprised how many people assume that since I'm Christian, I must be a Republican, and since I must be a Republican, I must not care about the environment the way Democrats do, and that riding a bicycle seems awfully odd since the only reason people ride bicycles are because they're Green Freaks (who could not possibly be Republican) or Homeless.

No, really.

I get that too. And also the "if you are a Christian, you MUST be a fundamentalist." I've tried to explain the difference between divinely written and divinely inspired, but they still assume I must be ultra right wing and want to ban evolution from science classrooms.

Back on topic. I've ridden to church, and I've been accepted there as "the cyclist." Except now I'm not the only one. Another person rides in from time to time. He's in his 70's. So I'm making progress.

07-03-08, 11:13 PM

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Amen.

07-03-08, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by TexasEdit

I am a Democrat Yankee former Catholic Southern Baptist Sunday School teacher living in East Texas.

I am a liberal newspaper editor working in a Republican rural town with one stop light where the annual Cornbread Festival is front page news and the mayor is the chamber of commerce secretary.

And I am a bicycle commuter in a community where a Ford F150 is considered a small vehicle and I have to yell at the buzzards to get out of the road so I can get past.

So how do I stack up?

Mannn....I can't win anything. lol

07-07-08, 11:18 AM

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Inspiring... maybe i SHOULD jump on stage and rap...

07-07-08, 11:52 AM

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Inspiring... maybe i SHOULD jump on stage and rap...

At this church in Oakland, CA called Shiloh ....they have like free worship. Kind of like a couple songs are prepared, but than they allow God to conduct the rest of the service and will honestly just wait and praise w/ words of adoration until God gives someone a song or words to sing. Sometimes this one guy comes from the audiene w/ a rap. And he teaches us like the chorus or the hook and we are all rapping. It is sooo TIGHT!

I usually do like a HIP HOP R&B thing over his rap. While the rest of the people are rapping. You are HOly God, You Are Awe Some God, We pick up our Cross to serve you...I sing it..like some r&b artist. It's tight.

07-08-08, 12:56 PM

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i might travel out there... oakland gosh thats far... but that DOES sound like an AMAZING service to attend.

07-08-08, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by HeIncreasesMe

Sounds like they are taking a page out of the Quakers' book. https://www.qis.net/~daruma/hw-intro.html

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07-08-08, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Artkansas

Sounds like they are taking a page out of the Quakers' book. https://www.qis.net/~daruma/hw-intro.html

I don't know where they got it from..it is very biblical though. Definitely can be seen in the scriptures. This church it isn't silent though...a soft rumble..sometimes folks being a bit loud here in there with words of heart felt praise and adoration towards God. Sometimes folks cry out loud..sometimes people get excited w/ joy...it's interesting.

07-08-08, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Treespeed

Probably some of them are laughing, and I bet a few others are thinking, "thats a good idea."

Wow, i wish they'd standardized on decent bikes like that when I did my service!

Best two years of my life, and that's not just because i got to bike around in the rain wearing a shirt and tie.