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by Soloist
Wed May 08, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: Written Word
Topic: Paul Graham - How to Disagree
Replies: 44
Views: 1050

Re: Paul Graham - How to Disagree

https://twitter.com/paulg/status/673624958015168512 https://medium.com/@paulgraham_69742/where-and-when-to-advocate-the-lgbtqai-agenda-in-leadership-6503274eb364 I think Boot, relying on pre-programmed bots to argue with Josh will result in you not actually finding simple data that is fairly easy t...
by Soloist
Wed May 08, 2024 2:35 pm
Forum: Written Word
Topic: Paul Graham - How to Disagree
Replies: 44
Views: 1050

Re: Paul Graham - How to Disagree

Should we trust this kind of accusation without facts? Is making this kind of claim without evidence a way to pursue truth? Beyond that, if so much of of our energy goes into name calling, ad hominem attacks, responding to tone, and taking offense, where is the energy for actually discussing and un...
by Soloist
Wed May 08, 2024 2:10 pm
Forum: Written Word
Topic: Paul Graham - How to Disagree
Replies: 44
Views: 1050

Re: Paul Graham - How to Disagree

Isn't this precisely what this thread is about? You can derail any thread by making personal accusations, and they do not need to be true. Just use lots of strongly emotional language, and don't provide any evidence. Meanwhile, keep turning the focus of the thread back to those accusations, and ins...
by Soloist
Tue May 07, 2024 11:10 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Failed: Pastor Shooting Attempt - Western PA
Replies: 10
Views: 349

Re: Failed: Pastor Shooting Attempt - Western PA

Wife: I remember a story a few years back about a pastor who was killed with his own gun after finding someone hiding in his church. he pulled it out, and the guy ended up wrestling it away from him.
by Soloist
Tue May 07, 2024 9:07 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Conscientious Objectors in Ukraine
Replies: 7
Views: 340

Re: Conscientious Objectors in Ukraine

Wife: Keep us updated how things are going.
by Soloist
Tue May 07, 2024 5:50 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Auto Accident Fatalities and Injuries
Replies: 142
Views: 3105

Re: Poll: Auto Accident Fatalities and Injuries

.... None of us have the capability to drill our own oil and refine it into gasoline in our backyards and farms. .... Actually, when I was a child, a farmer in our congregation DID refine his own oil, and sold it as well (but maybe not gasoline - I just remember the oil). (His main business was a d...
by Soloist
Tue May 07, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: War in Gaza
Replies: 454
Views: 79998

Re: War in Gaza

I don't think that is accurate. In my experience, the Anabaptist focus is not on defining war. But rather, on defining what is meant by by Biblical teachings on nonresistance. And most Anabaptists equally object to participating in every form of armed conflict against others, whether it is conventi...
by Soloist
Tue May 07, 2024 3:31 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: War in Gaza
Replies: 454
Views: 79998

Re: War in Gaza

What is war? Is militarizing our southern borders against the drug cartels war? It looks a lot like war. Watch the movie Sicario. What about the predictions of violence we hear about if Trump doesn't win the election? We have even heard people talk about such predictions here. Is that war? Is prote...
by Soloist
Tue May 07, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Distinguishing Mountains from Molehills
Replies: 98
Views: 3171

Re: Distinguishing Mountains from Molehills

How ridiculous is it that Christians on two sides can come together and exchange presents on Christmas… and then go right back to shooting each other. That Christians from the same family can shoot each other in a Civil War… The answer is obvious. And the obvious answer is ? Christians most certain...
by Soloist
Tue May 07, 2024 9:05 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Distinguishing Mountains from Molehills
Replies: 98
Views: 3171

Re: Distinguishing Mountains from Molehills

How ridiculous is it that Christians on two sides can come together and exchange presents on Christmas… and then go right back to shooting each other.
That Christians from the same family can shoot each other in a Civil War…
The answer is obvious.