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- Wed May 01, 2024 4:45 pm
- Forum: Written Word
- Topic: Paul Graham - How to Disagree
- Replies: 3
- Views: 36
Paul Graham - How to Disagree
Here's a useful discussion of ways people disagree: How to Disagree (Paul Graham) If we're all going to be disagreeing more, we should be careful to do it well. What does it mean to disagree well? Most readers can tell the difference between mere name-calling and a carefully reasoned refutation, but...
- Wed May 01, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Political office
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1317
Re: Political office
Christians believe they are responsible not for themselves only but are also called to love their neighbour. I don't think it's right to sell people alcohol or cigarettes. I don't think it's right to sell guns and ammunition to people who will use it to go commit acts of violence. So if I understan...
- Wed May 01, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: God Bless the USA" Bibles
- Replies: 121
- Views: 5993
Re: God Bless the USA" Bibles
Sorry, but I don't buy into your "Christian nationalism" conspiracy theory ... Are you saying you don't believe that these Bibles represent Christian nationalism? Or you don't see a problem with slipping the Pledge of Allegiance into a Bible and making it part of a political campaign? Of ...
- Wed May 01, 2024 1:04 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Is Trump legally qualified to be a presidential candidate?
- Replies: 553
- Views: 36884
Re: Is Trump legally qualified to be a presidential candidate?
Most of the past two pages have nothing to do with the topic. Good discussion, but please find the right place to have it. FWIW, the current trials in New York also have nothing to do with this topic. Falsifying business records, even to influence an election, would not disqualify a presidential ca...
- Wed May 01, 2024 11:28 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: God Bless the USA" Bibles
- Replies: 121
- Views: 5993
Re: God Bless the USA" Bibles
your position seems to be that the Christian thing to do is... support un-Christian candidates who explictly set anti-biblical policy. Not at all. I don't think I say anything even remotely like that. I have never said Christians need to support any candidate. In fact, this thread is specifically a...
- Wed May 01, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: God Bless the USA" Bibles
- Replies: 121
- Views: 5993
Re: God Bless the USA" Bibles
Correct me if I'm wrong. You're wrong. And really, to understand what I believe, you have to engage with what I am saying. That's where I tell you what I believe. When you throw out claims about me and ask me to defend myself against them instead ... that's no way for Christians to have a conversat...
- Wed May 01, 2024 9:06 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: God Bless the USA" Bibles
- Replies: 121
- Views: 5993
Re: God Bless the USA" Bibles
To many, many Americans this is now what Evangelical means. It is deeply at odds with what the Bible says, no matter how much they love the Bible as a symbol. I think that's the kind of thing that Christians really should discuss. Well, some of us aren't evangelical, but also try to temper our word...
- Wed May 01, 2024 7:44 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Political office
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1317
Re: Political office
I think GPT softened Sattler on this. And Hubmaier's statements were apparently selectively sourced as well. Hmmmmppphhhh. I'd really like to have a good article that compares these people accurately on this topic. Do you know of a good one? If not, it might be worth putting some effort into ...
- Wed May 01, 2024 7:42 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: God Bless the USA" Bibles
- Replies: 121
- Views: 5993
Re: God Bless the USA" Bibles
In my church, we even talk about why we don't fly American flags or say the Pledge of Allegiance. This Bible seems like another example of where I don't think Christians should go. I'm surprised you put so much energy into defending this by deflection. Would you do that if we were discussing church...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:46 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Political office
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1317
Re: Political office
I'm not really sure how far apart Sattler and Marpeck really were... All the Anabaptists I know take the stated position of Marpeck. And if Sattler and Marpeck were on a panel, I'm not sure if they wouldn't consider themselves on the same page, but just framing the issues a bit different. Oh how I ...