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by ohio jones
Fri Sep 15, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Character traits in people that are an instant turn-off?
Replies: 36
Views: 1325

Re: Character traits in people that are an instant turn-off?

i read more coverage may be coming for hearing aids. now i’m kinda waiting to hear more about that. $$ OTC hearing aids are a relatively new category that sound promising (and relatively economical). Hopefully by the time I'm ready for them they'll have a "foe" feature for instant turn-of...
by ohio jones
Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Vivek Ramaswamy and persecuted Christians
Replies: 167
Views: 20909

Re: Vivek Ramaswamy and persecuted Christians

Has Biden even pretended to be interested in religious liberty?
by ohio jones
Thu Sep 14, 2023 3:21 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Cultural Separation from Parents
Replies: 248
Views: 15566

Re: Cultural Separation from Parents

Ken wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 3:06 am I would suggest that the number of transgender youth who have received medical interventions without their parents consent or knowledge is infinitesimally small.
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Nobody in this thread has mentioned medical interventions. The thread is about culture.
by ohio jones
Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:51 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Cultural Separation from Parents
Replies: 248
Views: 15566

Re: Cultural Separation from Parents

But if the student is truly trans then the school may change the listed gender on the school record and even on the birth certificate. If schools are actually changing birth certificates, that's going way too far. I didn't mean to say that schools are changing birth certificates. They aren't. I mea...
by ohio jones
Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:25 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Cultural Separation from Parents
Replies: 248
Views: 15566

Re: Cultural Separation from Parents

Ken wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 2:57 pm But if the student is truly trans then the school may change the listed gender on the school record and even on the birth certificate.
If schools are actually changing birth certificates, that's going way too far.
by ohio jones
Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:39 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Cultural Separation from Parents
Replies: 248
Views: 15566

Re: Cultural Separation from Parents

Matthew being called Matt is just not pertinent to this conversation. And even the more extreme cases would be easily solved if the records would have a "goes by" field. As to using the wrong restroom, yes absolutely the parents should be involved. That's kinda the whole point of the thre...
by ohio jones
Tue Sep 12, 2023 5:21 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Cultural Separation from Parents
Replies: 248
Views: 15566

Re: Cultural Separation from Parents

Ken wrote: Tue Sep 12, 2023 5:04 pm
HondurasKeiser wrote: Tue Sep 12, 2023 3:45 pm Nevertheless, would YOU want teachers helping YOUR daughter transition to a different gender behind YOUR back?
(snip) Not that they are going to get transitioned against their will in school.
A comprehensive answer to a completely different question. :-|
by ohio jones
Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:27 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Poll: Should Poems Be Broadcasted on Aircraft Carriers?
Replies: 63
Views: 1754

Re: Poll: Should Poems Be Broadcasted on Aircraft Carriers?

Maybe the Navy should broadcast Psalms to Irans Revolutionary Guard in the Strait of Hormuz. It would probably be familiar to them. Psalms is the holy book of Zabur in Islam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabur Well, there we go! Common ground! Common ground? In a thread on aircraft carriers?
by ohio jones
Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:15 am
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Anabaptist views on supernatural Spiritual Gifts
Replies: 9
Views: 348

Re: Anabaptist views on supernatural Spiritual Gifts

Most of us are not theoretical cessationists. But sometimes we are functional cessationists.
by ohio jones
Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:35 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Poll: Should Poems Be Broadcasted on Aircraft Carriers?
Replies: 63
Views: 1754

Re: Poll: Should Poems Be Broadcasted on Aircraft Carriers?

Good Morning Warship!
Rhymes on carriers are just fine...
But not abortions.