CIK Member Appreciation Thread

Shout out to @chance vought for helping out a CIK brother and his family in the real world.

Details here: https://christisking.cc/threads/i-h...he-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.1204/#post-94420

This is probably the best story of brotherly love and charity I've heard about in the history of CIK.

He has also dropped a lot of knowledge on bitcoin and related topics, and has donated to this site to help guarantee its continued operations.

Chance Vought,

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chance vought said:
All I can say is God has a plan and he brought us together for a reason. My wife was a bit nervous about me helping a stranger sight unseen, but love overcomes fear, with a little help from Him. I am very blessed to meet a man like @GoodShepherd and his beautiful family.
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Your wife was just being cautious thats all, it was a great honor meeting you guys in the flesh and yes I feel the same that our meeting up together felt like it was God sent🙏🏻
 
It has been a year since TrainedLogosmotion was last with us. In fact, it has been so long that I can no longer tag his profile properly using the @ command.

Whenever I hear the name TrainedLogosmotion, this is the image that comes to mind.

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In my mind, TrainedLogosmotion is a young man who loves the Lord Jesus Christ above all else. He remains steadfast in his obedience to the Lord for all eternity, living according to the teachings of Jesus Christ. He was once an ordinary person, but his acceptance of Jesus transformed his life. Now, he stands at the forefront of the battle against the evils of porn/fap, lust, and other addictions.

Although he is no longer with us, his posts remain on this forum. In the future, his insights on battling sins and vices will continue to help those in need. Just like Pook, who once posted on SoSuave, and Madcow, who contributed to various weightlifting forums—though they have long stopped posting, their words still guide others and future generations. In this same way, TrainedLogosmotion will always be a beacon of hope for those struggling with addictions to immorality.

In case anyone thinks I’m merely joking or mad ranting, here are some enlightened posts by TrainedLogosmotion:

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Post in thread 'The NoPorn / NoFap Thread - For Those Who're Serious'

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This is embarrassing for me even on an anonymous forum like this.

During my teenage and young adult years, I watched porn and other graphic images mainly as PMO materials.

Now that I'm older several different effects happened. I don't know why, but watching porn (especially women enjoying themselves) now gives me ASMR feeling, a sense of calmness and peace.

What is wrong with me, it looks that I am in a late stage terminal disease. Maybe my mind and soul is in a late stage deterioration. I know that I am wrong for watching pornographic materials, but I cannot stop chasing that...
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TrainedLogosmotion

Thread 'Monk Mode Celibacy'

This is a tough battle, in some ways harder than marriage or being an actual monk.

Many of us want chaste, trad wives. I don't think God will reward us with one without any concrete, properly directed efforts on our part to become 'clean'.

Not saying that's the only reason to do this of course, but I'm just highlighting one of the more common yearnings.

Some things that have helped me commit to monk mode celibacy, which I would like to share with you, and I think are helpful:

- Attend liturgy every single Sunday. No excuses. Also go to other events held at the church outside of...
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TrainedLogosmotion

Post in thread 'Monk Mode Celibacy'

KINGS CAULDRON

I'd like to present a 90-day + Orthodox NOFAP spiritual real-life RPG game for anyone that would like to challenge themselves in a battle against the demon of lust.

Items you will need: an incense censer + incense, a pen/pencil, a paper calendar, lots of icons (print them out if you have to) + tape, & a permanent marker. Optional: Holy Water and Holy Oil to be used as needed and as you see fit.

(DISCLAIMER: This is for entertainment purposes only, and was merely a private creative writing exercise and plan I developed for myself but I've altered it to share it with you...
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I'm deeply saddened by his departure from this forum. Here are some of my own posts from last year, so this isn't just a joke.

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Post in thread 'WHY WUZ TEH BANT (Contest my ban lounge)'

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Why did TrainedLogosmotion's profile picture changed to that and his tag to "Agnostic"? If it was his own decision then I respect that.

But if the moderators changed it themselves due to TrainedLogosmotion's last few posts, then I want to appeal against the decision. (I know this similar thing happened in the past, It_Is_My_Time once got his tag changed to "Pagan" before later reverted back to "Protestant")

TrainedLogosmotion helped me several times during my NoFap/NoPorn journey. He knows the severity of being a Fap/Porn addict and offered me support and advice...
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Post in thread 'WHY WUZ TEH BANT (Contest my ban lounge)'

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Something I predicted not too long (in one of the threads debating Patriot Front if I recall correctly) was that in near future that we were going to see some of the "internet Orthobros" who came to Orthodoxy in the last few years because they thought it was "based" and "red-pilled" would start falling away and I predicted specifically that these people would end up replacing Christianity with something that was going to a mix of Nordic paganism/Nietzschean/atheism. I think we just saw the first example of that on this very forum. In this specific case, I think there was also a bunch...
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Out of my deep respect for TrainedLogosmotion, I will never call him an apostate—he is a true Christian in my eyes. A more suitable term might be "the dormition of TrainedLogosmotion", though despite its pleasant rhyme, the language feels too flowery. Instead, I will refer to him as being in a state of sleep or repose.
 
Respect to the CiK super contributor, @budoslavic

He is #2 on the forum for both quant numbers of contributions (4000+ posts) and for member engagement (almost 21,000 reactions). This represents a huge effort that deserves recognition.

Between RVF 2.0 and CiK we lost a few members who could be counted on for keeping up the forum activity on a consistent basis. With this in mind, it's good to see the RVF 2.0 posting machine maintain his steady, reliable sharing and creation of content here.

Despite the sheer volume of his postings about various political, social, economic, and other topical issues, he seems to fly under the radar in terms of forum drama. I believe this requires a decent amount of calmness and humility.

I appreciate this approach to reporting information, data, and theories in a fairly objective and detached manner. This can allow forum debate to be more civil, more dynamic, and less biased towards a particular viewpoint.

He seems to quietly punch in and out without fuss, and with few if any demands of others, to consistently deliver a tailored and varied newsfeed at CiK.

To budoslavic - keep up the solid efforts Sir

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Steady Hands said:
Respect to the CiK super contributor, @budoslavic

He is #2 on the forum for both quant numbers of contributions (4000+ posts) and for member engagement (almost 21,000 reactions). This represents a huge effort that deserves recognition.

Between RVF 2.0 and CiK we lost a few members who could be counted on for keeping up the forum activity on a consistent basis. With this in mind, it's good to see the RVF 2.0 posting machine maintain his steady, reliable sharing and creation of content here.

Despite the sheer volume of his postings about various political, social, economic, and other topical issues, he seems to fly under the radar in terms of forum drama. I believe this requires a decent amount of calmness and humility.

I appreciate this approach to reporting information, data, and theories in a fairly objective and detached manner. This can allow forum debate to be more civil, more dynamic, and less biased towards a particular viewpoint.

He seems to quietly punch in and out without fuss, and with few if any demands of others, to consistently deliver a tailored and varied newsfeed at CiK.

To budoslavic - keep up the solid efforts Sir

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Who's number one?
 
tikkasakko said:
Who's number one?
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In terms of quantitative contributions, that would be the heavy roller of CiK @TruckDriver9, who got a shout-out earlier: https://christisking.cc/threads/cik-member-appreciation-thread.1178/#post-92271.

Taken together, @TruckDriver9 and @budoslavic have pumped out almost 9000 messages and have received over 52,000 reactions since the inception of this forum in late 2023. That represents MASSIVE effort and engagement.

Numbers available here: https://christisking.cc/members/

Salute to the dynamic duo powering the engine room of CiK.

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Shout out to my friend @Gazza - one of the very few members I connected with offline since the birth of RVF 2.0.

I'd met many members through RVF 1.0 in the twenty-teens (and have remained friends with some of these legends to this day). Yet the conflake-19 scamdemic hugely reduced any opportunities to connect with members in person via RVF 2.0. Further, with the tightening of forum content came a reduced emphasis on a culture of meetups.

Here's an earlier reflection of my initial experiences with the man:

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What I first thought @Gazza may look like after reading some early posts during the lockdown days



What I thought Gazza could look like after chatting in conversation over distance

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What Gazza actually looks like

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What I wrote on his profile in 2023 remains true to this day:
Gazza lives out Christian principles of faith, humility, charity, encouragement and more offline. He is a tyranny-resistant Aussie legend and I am grateful to have him as a friend in the real world.
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Since then he has also:
Cheers mate, and may God bless you and your fam.

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Steady Hands said:
Shout out to my friend @Gazza - one of the very few members I connected with offline since the birth of RVF 2.0.

I'd met many members through RVF 1.0 in the twenty-teens (and have remained friends with some of these legends to this day). Yet the conflake-19 scamdemic hugely reduced any opportunities to connect with members in person via RVF 2.0. Further, with the tightening of forum content came a reduced emphasis on a culture of meetups.

Here's an earlier reflection of my initial experiences with the man:


What I wrote on his profile in 2023 remains true to this day:


Since then he has also:
Cheers mate, and may God bless you and your fam.

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Thanks so much mate, you’re a real “good fella” and great friend.
 
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