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by Bill Rushby
Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:36 am
Forum: History
Topic: Napalm Girl
Replies: 4
Views: 595

Re: Napalm Girl

If Putin wins this one, he will be emboldened to intimidate and conquer more countries. Take heed, Mr. Chamberlain!
by Bill Rushby
Sat May 21, 2022 2:10 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Photos of Old Colony in Mexico
Replies: 3
Views: 363

Photos of Old Colony in Mexico

This photo series doesn't do justice to change in the Old Colony in Mexico. It does, however, capture the tradition. Ftrom Ruethers |News Service.

https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/in ... USRTS7YSGZ
by Bill Rushby
Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:02 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Three types of Anabaptists - which one are you? [POLL]
Replies: 80
Views: 4234

Re: Three types of Anabaptists - which one are you? [POLL]

One of the problems with capital punishment is that newer, more sophsiticated techniques for investigating crimes have proven that a substantial percentage of people convicted of capital offences are in fact innocent.
by Bill Rushby
Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:18 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Kindness doesn't cost you anything
Replies: 11
Views: 1140

Re: Kindness doesn't cost you anything

Sometimes kindness costs quite a bit, but it is a mandate from the Lord.
by Bill Rushby
Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:10 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Haiti Kidnapping
Replies: 454
Views: 41930

Kidnapped Missionaries

I read on "Yahoo News" that the radical group which kidnapped the missionaries from CAM that they will be killed if the ranson of one million per person is not paid. What do you know about the missionaries' status?
by Bill Rushby
Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:03 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Making room for the Kingdom of God
Replies: 27
Views: 2243

Re: Making room for the Kingdom of God

Josh wrote: [/quote] Yet mysteriously covid got worse! [/quote]

We don't know what the stats would have been for COVID if no protective measures had been taken. The claim that COVID got worse is unsubstantiated!
by Bill Rushby
Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:52 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Making room for the Kingdom of God
Replies: 27
Views: 2243

Re: Making room for the Kingdom of God

Josh wrote: ...people die of the flu every year (except last year, when flu deaths mysteriously disappeared). Actually, there is no mystery about why flu was less prevalent last year. The same "social distancing" mandates designed to slow Covid infections last year also caused a sharp decl...
by Bill Rushby
Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:41 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Making room for the Kingdom of God
Replies: 27
Views: 2243

Re: Making room for the Kingdom of God

I have no TV and do not spend lots of time reviewing what the political big wheels say, be they mainline or "alternative". I do read *The Budget* more than I should; it is the only newspaper we get. I also read that scandalous *Christianity Today* which caused Trump supporters so much grie...
by Bill Rushby
Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:30 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Psychology in the Anabaptist community
Replies: 36
Views: 1740

Re: Psychology in the Anabaptist community

I taught for several years at a Mennonite college. I got to know a couple (not Anabaptist) who appeared to be super-people; they seemed to get everything right and turn everything they touched into gold. My wife and I struggled over many things and never enjoyed the perfect marriage. I wondered how ...