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- Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:25 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Charlotte Shootout
- Replies: 17
- Views: 485
Re: Charlotte Shootout
A question though... Is there really no way for law enforcement officers to avoid this sort of thing? It sounds like they eventually drove an armored vehicle right into the house. For example, Could they not use such vehicles to serve the warrant initially, so they would have some protection? Sheri...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:20 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1203
Re: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists
I personally think the program was wasteful but I can also see the forest for the trees and don't have any issues with businesses who took advantage of it legally. The US economy recovered faster than any other developed economy and that enormous injection of dollars was one of the contributing fac...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Poll: Auto Accident Fatalities and Injuries
- Replies: 99
- Views: 2076
Re: Poll: Auto Accident Fatalities and Injuries
Vancouver isn't a particularly wealthy area. But the transit system is better managed and enforced than many in other cities. And the US is richer than most European countries so it more a question of priorities than wealth. Mostly it sounds like you just don't like being around poor people. Which ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:15 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Poll: Auto Accident Fatalities and Injuries
- Replies: 99
- Views: 2076
Re: Poll: Auto Accident Fatalities and Injuries
You drive on the public roads with people who are high on fentanyl, weed, and alcohol You drive on the public roads with people who are crazy and prone to road rage, many of whom are armed They aren’t in the car with me. So I don’t have to deal with them. A 2,000 lb box is a good fortress that seem...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:50 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Photography Sinful ?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 513
Re: Photography Sinful ?
My understanding of a “graven image” is a representation of a god which is worshipped. That's nice that that's your understanding. A lot of plain Anabaptists prefer to stick to simple readings of the text. I believe there are many 'convictions' throughout church history that were not Holy Spirit di...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Poll: Auto Accident Fatalities and Injuries
- Replies: 99
- Views: 2076
Re: Poll: Auto Accident Fatalities and Injuries
I'd like to be able to use public transportation, but without these "features": - Somebody openly smoking crack, fentanyl, weed, or whatever it is people are into these days - People screaming and yelling at each other - People making threatening moves and grunting "What you looking a...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:45 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1203
Re: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists
Yes, in retrospect, I would have much rather have taken the "free" money (at the time, it was being described as a loan), and distributed a bonus to hard workers. I was also working for an employer at the time and the CEO told me that somehow we'd bagged $1.3 million in government aid. Thi...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Photography Sinful ?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 513
Re: Photography Sinful ?
We just interpret the text simply when it says “make no graven images”. Exceptions abound for “business use”, which I personally find questionable. I am more concerned about the graven images of Washington, Jackson, Franklin, et al , which many people worship for both business and personal use. It'...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1203
Re: Occupations that are uniquely objectionable to Conservative Anabaptists
I didn’t sign up for PPP because of that exact language. In retrospect, I left a lot of money on the table… and I agree with ks here, anyone who took PPP funds had better not ever complain about much cheaper forms of welfare for poor people. PPP handouts were often in the millions, paid directly to ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Political office
- Replies: 79
- Views: 1421
Re: Political office
I don’t see a problem at all with refusing to deliver pornography to people’s houses. I am also baffled why delivering prescriptions to people in very remote rural areas requires also delivering pornography to people’s houses. The two don’t seem connected at all. And yes, the post office can and doe...