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by mike
Sat May 04, 2024 5:45 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Proselytization
Replies: 0
Views: 26

Proselytization

Jesus states in Matthew 23:15, Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. I would like to discuss this curious tendency of the Pharisees that ...
by mike
Wed May 01, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Clarence Yoder, the Buffalo Challenger...
Replies: 15
Views: 593

Re: Clarence Yoder, the Buffalo Challenger...

Szdfan wrote: Wed May 01, 2024 3:15 pm
mike wrote: Wed May 01, 2024 12:34 pm (AP) IN OTHER NEWS, YODER'S YOUNGER BROTHER, JEREMY, RAISES EYEBROWS BY POKING THE DINOSAURS ON A POPULAR MENNONITE WEB FORUM.
At least his excuse was that he was drunk. His younger brother Jeremy is stone cold sober when he pokes the dinosaurs here.
thanks for rescuing my joke
by mike
Wed May 01, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Clarence Yoder, the Buffalo Challenger...
Replies: 15
Views: 593

Re: Clarence Yoder, the Buffalo Challenger...

barnhart wrote: Wed May 01, 2024 1:19 pm
mike wrote: Wed May 01, 2024 12:34 pm (AP) IN OTHER NEWS, YODER'S YOUNGER BROTHER, JEREMY, RAISES EYEBROWS BY POKING THE DINOSAURS ON A POPULAR MENNONITE WEB FORUM.
Huh?
You have to know one of our members' real name in order for this to be funny... even then it's kinda lame
by mike
Wed May 01, 2024 12:34 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Clarence Yoder, the Buffalo Challenger...
Replies: 15
Views: 593

Re: Clarence Yoder, the Buffalo Challenger...

(AP) IN OTHER NEWS, YODER'S YOUNGER BROTHER, JEREMY, RAISES EYEBROWS BY POKING THE DINOSAURS ON A POPULAR MENNONITE WEB FORUM.
by mike
Wed May 01, 2024 9:52 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists
Replies: 82
Views: 2004

Re: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists

I don't think anybody has commented yet on to what extent CAs would be OK with being an internet service provider. Could this be considered similar to any other IT job - selling and servicing computers and networking? Wow. That would be a tough one for me personally. If I started such a business, I...
by mike
Wed May 01, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists
Replies: 82
Views: 2004

Re: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists

I don't think anybody has commented yet on to what extent CAs would be OK with being an internet service provider. Could this be considered similar to any other IT job - selling and servicing computers and networking?
by mike
Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:05 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists
Replies: 82
Views: 2004

Re: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists

I have bought a few fire company raffle tickets in the past, but it's honestly just so pointless. If you want to give money to the fire company, give a donation. If you want the thing that is being raffled off, buy it somewhere. Yet, the model works, and our local companies have a constant flow of r...
by mike
Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:17 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists
Replies: 82
Views: 2004

Re: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists

Fire Dept - depending on the area, some fire departments rely on raffles, bingo, tractor pulls, etc for fund raising. Also some require life insurance for their members which most conservative Mennos find objectionable. This is where I must disagree. I have no problem buying gun/raffle tickets full...
by mike
Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:01 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists
Replies: 82
Views: 2004

Re: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists

Josh wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:45 pm Yes, in retrospect, I would have much rather have taken the "free" money (at the time, it was being described as a loan), and distributed a bonus to hard workers.
Right. That's what I'm saying.
by mike
Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists
Replies: 82
Views: 2004

Re: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists

Did conservative Anabaptist businesses take advantage of the Federal COVID PPP loan and loan forgiveness program? I don't know the answer to that question but your mentioning of COVID made me curious. And if so, were there religious objections to doing so? I know of some that did but I believe that...