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Faith has no logic? that is very interesting to me my freind especially coming from a skydiver!!! So when you jump out your not hoping that everything will work out for you? Thats all faith is my friend, you see the joy of your jump, jump, then you hope with possible death right at your door, and your hope is filled with that joy when you land. Is it not logical to believe that you will land when you jump out? I hope so, otherwise I would be sort of concerned! It is funny the things we can accomplish when we believe, but somehow the method of science isnt what brought me to the exit door is it? So it seems to me that belief and faith have all the power in the universe. It is after all mans mind that will destroy it. Something that goes against logic actually, why would we destroy our own habitat? Let me guess, thats Gods fault right? I would suggest before any of you jump again to at least read the Gospel, you have the choice to ignore it. But, I wouldnt want to lead you to the truth or anything! First, it is our minds that give us the power right? I mean thats what science is all about. Those with faith choose to give that power back in exchange for true power, Logic may describe this as humbleness. Those who are humble and who submit to themselves not being the grandest thing on the earth are in a position to recieve the wisdom of the beginning, which if we understand correctly, is actually the wisdom of the end as well, as wisdom has revealled itself more and more. But if we know already that the wisdom of the beginning is the wisdom of the end, then why not just find the wisdom of the beginning? Its like that song simple man, and it is the very wisdom that Jesus came with. The wisdom that gives all live and all power to the beginning and the end. Those who choose faith feel it is logical to seek the power of the beginning which coincedentally is love. Had we stayed with that, the world would be grander, as it is, we had something working against this simple but powerful force all along. Call it the ego, call it evil. All man does is seek to prove everything and that is where our power is lost. Why do we spend all of our time and energy seeking to prove something anyway? Isnt life way way too short for that? Another thing, this girl who loves to dis believe in God talks about finding Joy. Just a question for thinkers, but doesnt joy and hope combine? If she doesnt believe in God, how does she have hope for life after this life? Another thing, why do people think that desiring a righteous life and living it is so boring or un-rewarding? I lived full on in sin and it got me nothing but heartache in the end. A life that is driven by love is adaptable to anything and much more able to deal with disasters ect... This girl also said that she loves her family, but hasnt life shown us that in an instant we can lose that? Then where are we? Shouldnt we try to connect with loves source, be it in your brain (as it is with some of you) or in your heart, where it is for most of us? Jesus' message is I love you and I want you, and wouldnt it be wise to at least listen to the wisdom of those who adopt the wisdom of the ancients? We need to understand that nothing we do is new, where the excitement in life is for me at least is in knowing there truly is a God (Jesus says God is spirit) and knowing that the God of all things made feels it important enough to make sure I know that I am loved by him. When you see a beautiful sunset, sunrise, or majestic scenery, you see beauty right? (The fluids are flowing in your brain for all you science people),. but nonetheless, you feel beauty, a powerful almost indescribable connection. That is God showing you how beautiful you are to him, that connection is very powerful and if you let it, can show you the greater things in this life. "We didn't start the fire"

Sorry, I didnt get to see the video, but I also have a thought for you all. God is invisible, this is true, but what there are other things which are invisible as well but seem to completey run our lives. Desire, Inspiration, Hope, Love, just to name a few. Do I need evidence that those things are real or is it possible that I can just "feel it"? For those who follow Jesus this goes beyond just posiblity because we have felt the love ourselves and therefore cannot deny it. Just consider for a moment that there is such a thing as truth. That there is truth in life and in between what is true and what is false is a line called love. Love seeks to be filled within us, the capacity of which belongs not to ourselves but to love, as love was here before you or I right? So here is this powerful force which drives our desire and fuels on inspiration of its own being, but anything that gets in its way is an enemy and therefore they will either be swallowed up by its power or freed. I think we can at least all agree that love can be painful, very painful, but can also be the source of pure Joy and even ecstasy. Loves desire, at is very nature is to be received, shared, and to prosper in both the giver and the reciever, but it has another desire that Jesus brought to us, one that we really didnt see before and is still in the world, it wants to save and heal, it doesnt desire to break down or destroy, that is what it works against. This healing cannot have power in our lives without us being broken, afraid, hurt ect...Oh I could write forever...but... What I see is so many people claiming that I am this or I am that in regards to what they believe or dont beleive about God, but the problem with it all is there is a truth somewhere, and so I propose with all of our talks about who is right and who is wrong, that those who are on the side of truth speak up a little and try to understand it. Lets not forget the very message of Jesus is to save those who are slaves to sin, so its the worst sinners who prosper the most love in grace. In truth, sin is like an addiction, we are enslaved to it, we love it, we are afraid to leave it for FEAR that life will not be as good. In essence, we lock ourselves into a prison, once the door is unlocked and we are set free, we dont want to go, we want to stay. I am talking to skydivers right? The fearless, the Life livers, the Free? Well I believe as does Jesus that fear the thing you (I would say we, but I dont consider myself a skydiver)all claim to control is the very thing that is running your lives. Again, this is just what Jesus says. Let me tell you from personal experience, since now I am probably considered a fool amongst alot of you, that I never found love in someone or something, I although we think that love is found somewhere else, but the truth is that is found and released from inside our very own hearts, and the objects be it skydiving, or a person is just a key. For me the key to my very own heart was in the hands of Jesus, and since I have felt this love, as many other Christians have as well, I cannot deny it, becasue I have felt it. Its like you with skydiving, and someone coming up to and saying that you dont like it. How can that be, if you really do like it and some of you absolutely love it. Just a thought "We didn't start the fire"

Thanks yall. Much appreciated!! Thanks for the time and honest responses. More are always welcome... "We didn't start the fire"

Are there certain canopys that are more prone to a collapse?? People keep saying in the "collapse" threads that there are "bad canopy designs" that could be the cause, but they never specify the canopys that they are talking about, nor do the mention some of their specific factors that were involved, i.e buildings or trees or turbulent or high wind conditions. I evaluate the winds before going, but I notice that sometimes I do not, prime set up for a collapse if I was flying a light loaded wing with a "bad design" apparently. Personally if I was a rep and was selling a canopy that was prone to collapse.....well I simply would not do that. In fact, I would do everything I could to make sure everyone knew that it was. My personal belief is that I think the manufacturers of todays canopys are extremely busy in terms of design and safety that for someone to say one was more prone to a collapse than the other would be more of a personal issue...but, if I am wrong and there are canopys out there in the 1:1 category that are more prone to collapse, now would be a good time to hear about it (before I purchase my first canopy, thinking about the pilot) Sorry about the length of the thread, but if you help me, chances are I will help someone else. Also, they mention light wing loadings. How light are they talking about??? You would think that a 1:1 would not be considered a dangerously light wingloading as most people I talked to did alot of very safe skydives on that load preparing for the ever sought after "downsize" Just trying to get some knowledge....Ryan "We didn't start the fire"

Ok, I know that there aint much we can do if there aint much we can do about it, but... I have been noticing on the sabre2 especially that it is actually possible for me to hold the risers apart and sort of turn with the canopy to prevent line twists. I am sure that you know what I am talking about. However, I didnt start to think that there was anything wrong with that until recently when I started to think about it. There are some people who suggest that you should just let the canopy open the way it is going to open. If it is opening the way I want it to I dont really do much but look at it with my hands on the risers. But it only seems logical to me to "help" it if I see something going wrong on opening. Am I wrong in doing this??? So far it has worked quite well and given me a new found confidence on deployment. I would really like to hear that it is ok to do, but, with this sport as unforgiving as it can be, I need to have all of the facts even if I dont like them! Also, arent all ZP canopys considered to be Ram Air canopys??? I really dont know??? Thanks yall, Ryan.....Oh, I am loaded at any given time from about 1.13-1.1 "We didn't start the fire"

Again, thank you all for your responses!! There is a skyfest next week and I belive aerodyne might be there. I will try to demo there and if not, A rep has already gotten in touch with me about the demo situation. Thats pretty cool if you ask me, that they even give a damn about a new jumper with such a low jump number and experience level...this is one of the things that I really love about this sport...comradarie. Again, thanks, Ryan "We didn't start the fire"

didnt want to leave you all in the dark, but I had to go do some things...Just wanted to say that it is nice to hear from you all first hand on questions that I have. I will try to contact aerodyne soon and see if they will let me demo...The problem is that I do not have a rig yet and I believe putting a demo canopy into a rented rig is probably prohibited at my dz but I will find out for sure. I just wanted to thank you all for your time and your honest responses...Love to live, Live to Fly, Ryan "We didn't start the fire"

thanks for the reply. You didnt notice a problem in flare upon landing then?? I have flown the S2 and love its flying characteristics but I am not too impressed with the openings. Although, I guess if it opens at all we're in good shape. Have you gotten to fly some of the icarus canopys?? Safire?? I flew the Triathalon and all I could think was "wow, amazing openings, but a little hot coming in with a full flare" did anyone notice that at all? "We didn't start the fire"

I have read alot of threads in the past few weeks and up until I talked to one of my instructors was pretty sold on the pilot for a first canopy. He basically told me that it was crap and had little fwd speed. I didnt buy into the crap part because I was able to do my own research thanks to these forums, however, I trust his opinion very much so it is very important that I get true, reliable opinions from you all specifically about the forward speed. I will definitely try one out but there is no way for me to do that at my dz as everyone there seems sold on the PD or Icarus canopys. Also would be nice to hear some info on the smart reserve?? I am loaded at almost exactly 1:1 and I have 40 jumps. Thanks for reading, any reply will do. "We didn't start the fire"