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by Josh
Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Pennsylvania Leads the Way in Promoting Agriculture.
Replies: 67
Views: 1085

Re: Pennsylvania Leads the Way in Promoting Agriculture.

I have said no such thing. What I have said is that if small towns (and Belleville is just one of thousands) want to thrive and provide opportunities for their young. First of all, you make an assumption that a place like Belleville is somehow not "thriving". From my perspective, it is in...
by Josh
Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Lying to Mennonites
Replies: 45
Views: 955

Re: Lying to Mennonites

In most states, sex offenders are required to report to the authorities, register, and avoid areas with children like schools and churches. Failure to do that is, in fact, illegal. You may disagree with such laws, but they are the law. Sex offenders are required to ... avoid churches? Since when?
by Josh
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Spring 2024: Tell us about your church!
Replies: 8
Views: 260

Re: Spring 2024: Tell us about your church!

The nursery is somewhat staffed: you are about guaranteed to always find at least one mom in there...
by Josh
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Lying to Mennonites
Replies: 45
Views: 955

Re: Lying to Mennonites

Josh you have some very odd stances in regard to sex offenders. The government should put them to death And Don’t report sex offenders. Report them for what ? As far as I know, sex offenders are allowed to try to go and find a job. No one is advocating that we don’t help the stranger or that we tur...
by Josh
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: War in Gaza
Replies: 300
Views: 63608

Re: War in Gaza

I think there is truth to this. What I don’t understand is the accompanying callousness that seems to come with it — what to me feels like a shrug about the suffering of the victims of war. To me this feels deeply cynical. The people who say this aren't cynical or callous, but they do get their new...
by Josh
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:49 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Lying to Mennonites
Replies: 45
Views: 955

Re: Lying to Mennonites

Presumably the odd jobs aren’t around children… Child predators make sure they are or find ways to get around them. Compassionate, trusting families are easy prey targets. Children are too valuable to presume. Regardless of whether someone has a criminal record or not, I wouldn't park some random n...
by Josh
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Pennsylvania Leads the Way in Promoting Agriculture.
Replies: 67
Views: 1085

Re: Pennsylvania Leads the Way in Promoting Agriculture.

As I pointed out earlier, the guy who is from Haiti who moved to Belleville opened a tyre shop. Ken, are you going to keep banging on your drum about the only way forward is to flood towns with immigrants who somehow mysteriously can open businesses and create jobs?
by Josh
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:46 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Church good at evangelization
Replies: 102
Views: 2199

Re: Church good at evangelization

It depends entirely on the job in question. I can understand how it wouldn’t work for a public school teacher to keep his job if he were to be sharing the kingdom of God with his students. But then again, neither are we called to put our job before Christ, rather we are called to forsake all! Not j...
by Josh
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Pennsylvania Leads the Way in Promoting Agriculture.
Replies: 67
Views: 1085

Re: Pennsylvania Leads the Way in Promoting Agriculture.

“The factory jobs are gone.”

Are you telling me that tractors are obsolete and not made anymore?

I don’t think being a servant for rich people drinking wine is a good economic base.
by Josh
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Lying to Mennonites
Replies: 45
Views: 955

Re: Lying to Mennonites

Presumably the odd jobs aren’t around children…