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by PeterG
Mon Nov 28, 2016 2:46 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Cheaper wifi
Replies: 30
Views: 3171

Re: Cheaper wifi

Joy, do you know approximately how much data you use every month?
by PeterG
Wed Nov 23, 2016 2:38 pm
Forum: MennoLight
Topic: I think it is funny
Replies: 4271
Views: 977553

Re: I think it is funny

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The really great/depressing thing is that this appeared without any sense of irony that I could detect.
by PeterG
Tue Nov 22, 2016 3:15 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: POLL: Relating to Power: The Christian and Politics
Replies: 137
Views: 14328

Re: POLL: Relating to Power: The Christian and Politics

I agree Josh...and as one who lived through both the "moral majority" years as well as "sojourner" movement, I think your concern is valid - however, with examples of political excess on both the left and right. The danger, in my mind, is when Christians and/or the Church attemp...
by PeterG
Tue Nov 22, 2016 3:12 pm
Forum: MennoLight
Topic: Cake or pie?
Replies: 23
Views: 4147

Re: Cake or pie?

ohio jones wrote:In regards to the poll, however, if we can get 29 votes, I am rooting for pie over cake by a ratio of 22 to 7.
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by PeterG
Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:48 pm
Forum: MennoLight
Topic: Cake or pie?
Replies: 23
Views: 4147

Cake or pie?

I choose pie.
by PeterG
Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:44 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: POLL: Relating to Power: The Christian and Politics
Replies: 137
Views: 14328

Re: POLL: Relating to Power: The Christian and Politics

One more thing before I retire from my prattling for the night.

As I see it, "recognizing that worldly power & coercion are inherently at odds with the goals & methods of the Kingdom of God" is itself an act of "speak[ing] prophetically to power." How can it be otherwise?
by PeterG
Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:39 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: POLL: Relating to Power: The Christian and Politics
Replies: 137
Views: 14328

Re: POLL: Relating to Power: The Christian and Politics

...teach the value of sexual morality...give what you have to those in need...become resolute in your commitment to do no violence...teach your children to turn the other cheek and to love their enemies That list of things to do looks suspiciously like the same talking points I hear from the left w...
by PeterG
Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:19 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: POLL: Relating to Power: The Christian and Politics
Replies: 137
Views: 14328

Re: POLL: Relating to Power: The Christian and Politics

I honestly appreciate what you fellows are saying...I've been a contentious abstainer from voting my entire life, and this is where I have tried to live personally and practically throughout the years. If you want to fight racism and cultural misunderstanding - befriend people of different ethnicit...
by PeterG
Sat Nov 19, 2016 1:16 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Credible News Sources
Replies: 695
Views: 606943

Re: Credible News Sources

The Economist . Comprehensive global news coverage, little to no fluff. Generally careful reporting with occasional lapses into simplistic summarization. Pro-market, pro-globalization, anti-authoritarian, and socially liberal/libertarian. Respectful treatment of religion, positive coverage of Chris...
by PeterG
Sat Nov 19, 2016 1:00 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Source bashing soap box
Replies: 32
Views: 2974

Re: Source bashing soap box

This thread is an excellent idea. :clap: