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by Bootstrap
Wed May 01, 2024 9:35 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: God Bless the USA" Bibles
Replies: 115
Views: 5853

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...
by Bootstrap
Wed May 01, 2024 9:06 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: God Bless the USA" Bibles
Replies: 115
Views: 5853

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...
by Bootstrap
Wed May 01, 2024 7:44 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Political office
Replies: 73
Views: 1249

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 ...
by Bootstrap
Wed May 01, 2024 7:42 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: God Bless the USA" Bibles
Replies: 115
Views: 5853

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...
by Bootstrap
Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:46 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Political office
Replies: 73
Views: 1249

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 ...
by Bootstrap
Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:41 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: God Bless the USA" Bibles
Replies: 115
Views: 5853

Re: God Bless the USA" Bibles

Perhaps, as Christians, some of you should be focusing a lot less on Trump, who seems to be a universal bogeyman for some of y'all. It's almost as if there is no other evil and nobody else in the world you're concerned with. It really is quite disturbing, and I also wonder what the media has done t...
by Bootstrap
Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:06 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Political office
Replies: 73
Views: 1249

Re: Political office

But we should. The right thing to do would be to not deliver pornography to people's mailboxes. I am very disturbed by this point of view that it's OK to do immoral things as long as an employer is telling you to do it. So I assume you could not work as a postal carrier. And presumably not as a UPS...
by Bootstrap
Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: God Bless the USA" Bibles
Replies: 115
Views: 5853

Re: God Bless the USA" Bibles

I wonder how upset some of the posters on MennoNet who display such righteous indigniation about this would be if Biden were promoting/selling Bibles. Quick, divert attention away from the Kingdom of God and reframe it in terms of polarized political enmities! Quick, invite speculation about things...
by Bootstrap
Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Political office
Replies: 73
Views: 1249

Re: Political office

I think there are conservative Anabaptists who work for the public school system? How do they reconcile this with a mostly Sattler perspective? I assume they do not lead anyone in saying the Pledge of Allegiance. My refusal to do so really upset my supervising teacher back in the day ... I'm mostly ...
by Bootstrap
Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Political office
Replies: 73
Views: 1249

Re: Political office

I think GPT softened Sattler on this. Here's a quote that gives more of a feel for how strong and black-and-white he was on this: https://courses.washington.edu/hist112/SCHLEITHEIM%20CONFESSION%20OF%20FAITH.htm Fourth. On separation of the saved : A separation shall be made from the evil and from th...