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by RZehr
Tue May 21, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: War in Gaza
Replies: 552
Views: 87409

Re: War in Gaza

Here is an interesting quote made by Origen in 248. " Christians could not slay their enemies. Nor could they condemn those who had broken the Law to be burned or stoned, as Moses commands.....However, in the case of the ancient Jews, who had a land and a form of government of their own, to ta...
by RZehr
Tue May 21, 2024 12:31 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: War in Gaza
Replies: 552
Views: 87409

Re: War in Gaza

Clement of Alexandra, (150-215) a teacher in the early Church wrote a few things about Christian dress- quite strict ,& plain did he teach! Regarding shoes, he said "Women should for the most part wear shoes. For it is not suitable for the foot to be shown naked. Besides, woman is a tender...
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: 358

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: 358

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: 358

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: 1894

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: 66
Views: 1410

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: 1894

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: 1894

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.