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by RZehr
Mon May 20, 2024 12:00 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: "Give to whomever asks you": voluntary speeding fines
Replies: 12
Views: 312

Re: "Give to whomever asks you": voluntary speeding fines

Collect the letters, mail them back with an explanation? I would be annoyed enough by the daily junk mail.
by RZehr
Sun May 19, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: "Give to whomever asks you": voluntary speeding fines
Replies: 12
Views: 312

Re: "Give to whomever asks you": voluntary speeding fines

I think it’s a good idea to pay these. Especially if the amount they are asking for isn’t egregiously out of sync with the crime. For example, if they asked for ten thousand dollars, and you don’t have it, it is in no way whatsoever bad to just ignore the request. It piqued my interest, particularl...
by RZehr
Sun May 19, 2024 7:18 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: "Give to whomever asks you": voluntary speeding fines
Replies: 12
Views: 312

Re: "Give to whomever asks you": voluntary speeding fines

I think it’s a good idea to pay these. Especially if the amount they are asking for isn’t egregiously out of sync with the crime. For example, if they asked for ten thousand dollars, and you don’t have it, it is in no way whatsoever bad to just ignore the request.
by RZehr
Sun May 19, 2024 2:47 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Should negligent parents be punished by the law?
Replies: 76
Views: 1765

Re: Should negligent parents be punished by the law?

Extremely high demand for foster parents in Oregon. Chronic shortage. And yet the Oregon DHS is hostile to traditional Christian families.
by RZehr
Sun May 19, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Poll: Daniel Perry - Should he have been pardoned?
Replies: 52
Views: 1122

Re: Poll: Daniel Perry - Should he have been pardoned?

Klamath County which is on the eastern, less populated part of the state, is actually smaller in sq miles, and larger in population at 10 people/sq mile, that its neighbor Lake County, which is even larger in area, and averages 1 person/sq mile. And Lake County is in turn, smaller in area, and large...
by RZehr
Sun May 19, 2024 1:09 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Should negligent parents be punished by the law?
Replies: 76
Views: 1765

Re: Should negligent parents be punished by the law?

One thing that hasn't proven effective? Trying to ban premarital sex. Seems to work really well in our circles. We ban it. And we aren’t dependent on abortion, or birth control to get lower teen pregnancy rates either. The obvious answer is for people to live as their Creator tells us to. If that i...
by RZehr
Sat May 18, 2024 11:17 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Should negligent parents be punished by the law?
Replies: 76
Views: 1765

Re: Should negligent parents be punished by the law?

Ken wrote: Sat May 18, 2024 10:42 pm
One thing that hasn't proven effective? Trying to ban premarital sex.
Seems to work really well in our circles. We ban it. And we aren’t dependent on abortion, or birth control to get lower teen pregnancy rates either.
The obvious answer is for people to live as their Creator tells us to.
by RZehr
Sat May 18, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Should negligent parents be punished by the law?
Replies: 76
Views: 1765

Re: Should negligent parents be punished by the law?

Society is best served, when females only choose males who have proven themselves to be responsible and of good moral character. These qualities are strong indicators of the likelihood of the man being able to support a family. This in turn, creates an environment that men are rewarded by their good...
by RZehr
Sat May 18, 2024 7:27 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Thinking about shaving my head... sort of...
Replies: 22
Views: 558

Re: Thinking about shaving my head... sort of...

I vote for the comb over.