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Back in the 50s, the stories I hear from conservative Mennonite/A-M churches is this is how it was. A young man might go and get ice cream cones with half a dozen girls. Sometimes just once, maybe twice. No expectation of commitment or ongoing interest. Emotional entanglements were kept low. Emotio...

So 1-5 minutes of watching a video is somehow more acceptable than watching 30 minutes? Olfactory organs of humped quadrupeds penetrating perimeters of portable dwellings comes to mind. Is this an indication of transitioning to not being plain at all? I find it hard to believe that the next generat...

GaryK wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2026 2:10 pm So 1-5 minutes of watching a video is somehow more acceptable than watching 30 minutes?

Olfactory organs of humped quadrupeds penetrating perimeters of portable dwellings comes to mind.

Sometimes people feel the system is do broken they loose hope of justice and just act pragmatically to reduce their sentences as much as possible within their power. I don't think it's just feeling the system is broken. It's a human system and subject to failure. Sometimes a plea bargain is the bet...

Did anyone read the data I mentioned in a previous post? [See below these new comments.] I was shocked to see that 25% of people who were falsely accused and later exonerated due to DNA test results had confessed, and 10% had pleaded guilty. (Please read below, in case my wording here might be givi...

Bolding mine John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 September 1774 Phyladelphia Septr. 16. 1774 Having a Leisure Moment, while the Congress is assembling, I gladly embrace it to write you a Line. When the Congress first met, Mr. Cushing made a Motion, that it should be opened with Prayer. It was opposed by...

I'm trying to think of how scripture should inform these relationships. There are a few situations that might apply, like Timothy and Titus, instructed by Paul to sort of supercede local leaders. The Jerusalem council made a declaration that was broadly authoritave. Do these examples teach us somet...

I have disbelieved the MaxL character since I started reading here. I'm impressed by the willingness of some to believe, it reminds me of a dear brother from my growing up years. His motto was "Love believes all things." He was willing to believe until someone gave him a clear reason not t...

We're all kin, you just have to go back to the three brothers who came over with their parents on the big boat.

It's kinda like the actual bot that is a member here. A little funny, pretty much harmless, all that. I browsed the forum rules real quick last night and we don't have a rule about members not being allowed to present a false personality. You can present as a Van-Dwelling Reformed Catholic Amish Pr...