4 Mar 2023

joosep posted a comment on TheMoviegoer's activity

joosep 2023-03-04 00:07

Moviegoer, you wrote:
"this post really only points out how little (we understand our) own process, how the site actually tabulates progress by percentage, how the first two work together" and "I can't explain why they dropped lower than the normal progression rates".

I've been at this site since 2015 (not continually ... I've just returned after a one year absence). I've gone through about three processes where many verses became fully learnt, and then I did a reset of some kind; I've gone through that three times since 2015. My point being, I too can't offer a clear and concise explanation for how it all works.

I mention this to invite ONFIRE247 to join this conversation. Are you reading it? Or if you are, please join in and *offer your analysis*. (I say this because in his past posts he clearly demonstrated that he had put a lot of thought into these questions, as to how this site works.)

Also I invite him to join this conversation because he used to be a very very active participant here, and now he is not. I'm writing this on the off-chance that he is or will be logged in and reading this at some point.

My words to him about a year ago were not appropriate -- too harsh, too direct -- and I apologized for that when I came back about a week ago, and I apologize again. I felt "convicted" as we used to say back in the 1970s when I first "got saved" (vocabulary Christians in the 1970s used, and some still use those terms today) For anyone who might not know, to "feel convicted" meant that we believed the Holy Spirit was speaking to us, that we had done something wrong, and now needed to make it right. I came back here, "feeling convicted" that I had done something wrong through my words. And so there are two purposes for my invitation to ONFIRE247, one to offer my apology to him, and two, because he would indeed have something valuable to add to this conversation!

3 Mar 2023

joosep posted a comment on Lifeishard's activity

joosep 2023-03-03 03:02

well done!

joosep posted a comment on TheMoviegoer's activity

joosep 2023-03-03 02:59

...and I totally agree with your remark about gambling / betting

joosep posted a comment on TheMoviegoer's activity

joosep 2023-03-03 02:58

very entertaining reading!
One question, when you review those 95-99% verses, do you review only the isolated verses, or entire passages?

2 Mar 2023

joosep posted a comment on TheMoviegoer's activity

joosep 2023-03-02 13:47

You're welcome. I'm hoping that PeterP's prediction will be accurate :)

joosep posted a comment on TheMoviegoer's activity

joosep 2023-03-02 00:43

To Moviegoer, watching this with interest, and cheering you on from a distance!

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joosep 2023-03-02 00:36

Thank you Moviegoer :)

1 Mar 2023

joosep posted a comment on their activity

joosep 2023-03-01 17:12

Thank you also Symota :) Set Your Mind On Things Above :)

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joosep 2023-03-01 12:49

Do you mean cancelling learning? When the learning is cancelled, the progress percentage does not change. So I didn't benefit from it. It's just that at the time, about a year ago, I wanted to shorten my review queue. But it wasn't the best idea for me personally with respect to those particular verses, because by not reviewing them for a year, now some I don't remember very well. I hope it's understandable.

But if you mean it's a great idea to shorten your review queue by cancelling learning on some verses, yes that might be a good idea for you, if you think so :)

joosep posted a comment on Samuel16's activity

joosep 2023-03-01 06:58

I agree.

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joosep 2023-03-01 03:45

yes, nice work!

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joosep 2023-03-01 03:16

It's because at some point, about a year ago, I had "cancelled learning" on many of my verses (but I didn't reset the scores back to zero) Now I'm in the process of re-adding those verses and as I review them, many stay at 100%, some move from 96 or 97 to 100, and others fall from 100% to some lower level if I can't remember them well enough :)

28 Feb 2023

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joosep reached 900 verses finished

janet23 2023-02-28 22:50

they are adding up quickly :)

joosep 2023-03-01 03:16

It's because at some point, about a year ago, I had "cancelled learning" on many of my verses (but I didn't reset the scores back to zero) Now I'm in the process of re-adding those verses and as I review them, many stay at 100%, some move from 96 or 97 to 100, and others fall from 100% to some lower level if I can't remember them well enough :)

uvance 2023-03-01 12:44

I need to do this. What a great idea

joosep 2023-03-01 12:49

Do you mean cancelling learning? When the learning is cancelled, the progress percentage does not change. So I didn't benefit from it. It's just that at the time, about a year ago, I wanted to shorten my review queue. But it wasn't the best idea for me personally with respect to those particular verses, because by not reviewing them for a year, now some I don't remember very well. I hope it's understandable.

But if you mean it's a great idea to shorten your review queue by cancelling learning on some verses, yes that might be a good idea for you, if you think so :)

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joosep 2023-02-28 16:11

very nice! 10 verses fully learnt.

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joosep 2023-02-28 12:14

well done!

27 Feb 2023

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joosep 2023-02-27 23:21

thank you, that's very humbling

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joosep 2023-02-27 14:46

thank you, mrsmoo! :)

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joosep 2023-02-27 10:40

welcome!

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joosep 2023-02-27 07:28

thank you very much, rvfc2 and PeterP!
I spent some time at Memverse, but ultimately it was just the right thing to do to come back here, and also, this site is certainly the best available for scripture memorisation online. (I'm not including the various phone apps since I know very little about them)

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joosep 2023-02-27 03:48

thank you very much for the welcome, Saintman.

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joosep reached 300 verses finished

26 Feb 2023

joosep posted a comment on their activity

joosep 2023-02-26 16:03

thank you :)

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joosep reached 90,000,000 points

janet23 2023-02-26 16:01

wow great! Praise God!

joosep 2023-02-26 16:03

thank you :)

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joosep 2023-02-26 09:07

thank you.

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joosep 2023-02-26 08:54

I'm very grateful for your encouragement.

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joosep 2023-02-26 08:50

thank you very much Janet :)

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joosep 2023-02-26 08:29

I've decided to log back in. I want to offer my sincerest apologies for the harshness of my words here from almost a year ago. I pray that Jesus will restore and heal anyone whom I have hurt.

I probably won't be commenting very much.

23 Apr 2022

joosep posted a comment on Bible Translations.'s wall

joosep 2022-04-23 06:32

Let's imagine that we are firefighters.

Let's have a nice, vigorous discussion regarding the best fire engine to use.

One fireman says that only one kind is the right one to use.

Others say that there are other options available.

In the meantime, a house burns down while we are having our discussion, and several people die.

But we did have a good discussion.

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Those are my true feelings regarding the nature of this discussion.

joosep posted a comment on A Daily Verse's wall

joosep 2022-04-23 05:34

Onfire247 wrote: "That is an unnecessary overreaction, joosep". No. Not an unnecessary overreaction. It's my own personal decision regarding the proper way to manage my own spiritual life before the Lord.

If this were the type of group where it were possible to moderate comments by deleting those which are off-topic, then I would stay with it. But instead, the ON-TOPIC posts can *easily* be drowned out by long, long oceans of text.

Jappel, don't worry, I'm sure you are only doing what your own conscience says is the right thing to do. I don't hold anything against you, and I hope you feel the same towards me.

I'll be doing my memorizing on another good Christian website. Perhaps I'll return if Luke is willing to enable an option wherein the newsfeed is disabled, for those users who want it disabled. I'd also like to opt out of the entire awards system here.

Until then, I'll be elsewhere.

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joosep 2022-04-23 05:24

Thank you for the kind words. I don't plan on being here anymore, but I'm still memorizing the Word every day. I'll be over at Memverse instead. Blessings to you all.

20 Apr 2022

joosep posted a comment on A Daily Verse's wall

joosep 2022-04-20 16:55

I apologize, if I spoke too harshly in the comments below. I see now that it's not really possible to establish a purpose for a group and then to actually maintain it. I'm leaving this group now. If anyone wants to continue to maintain it, feel free.

I feel very strongly that our focus must be on what is God speaking to us, through His Word? Instead of arguing endlessly about the merits of one version or another. I'm not going to participate in it.

joosep posted a comment on A Daily Verse's wall

joosep 2022-04-20 16:34

Additionally, any version which is available for memorization on this site, is a valid version which one may quote -- why? As users of this site, we are all memorizing various versions which Luke Plant has made available. By making them available, he's, I'd say, given his implicit endorsement, that they are worth quoting. Therefore, it is my intention that the KJV, the ESV, the NET, the CSB, the NASB, and the Turkish version (if there are Turks actually reading this) may all be quoted here.

joosep posted a comment on A Daily Verse's wall

joosep 2022-04-20 16:32

I'd like to call everyone's attention to the description which I provided when I made this group.

I would like very much, if in the future people restrict their comments to those which are in harmony with the stated original purpose of this group.

joosep posted a comment on A Daily Verse's wall

joosep 2022-04-20 14:35

Yes, onfire, I do understand what you are saying, and I fully agree with you. In my own case, maybe it sounds a bit lame, but I'm staying out of it because I simply don't have the time to invest in it ... my work is very demanding at the moment, and it's also important to me to keep up the memorization /repetition. I guess each person has to count the cost.

But I still find all the posts to be interesting and informative.

I wish you the best!

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