Amish & Mennonites Speak as One Rally 11/1/20 in Washington DC

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ohio jones

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barnhart wrote:Why does seven mountains theology need a stage in Washington?
Washington represents the mountain of government; never mind that DC is mostly flat. "Seven Floodplains" theology just isn't catchy enough, I guess, but the stage could be useful in case of a sudden downpour that overwhelms the drainage infrastructure.
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barnhart
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Re: Amish & Mennonites Speak as One Rally 11/1/20 in Washington DC

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ohio jones wrote:
barnhart wrote:Why does seven mountains theology need a stage in Washington?
Washington represents the mountain of government; never mind that DC is mostly flat. "Seven Floodplains" theology just isn't catchy enough, I guess, but the stage could be useful in case of a sudden downpour that overwhelms the drainage infrastructure.
Hmmm, yes I see... That makes as much sense as Anabaptists joining partisan political campaigns.
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JimFoxvog

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ohio jones wrote: Washington represents the mountain of government; never mind that DC is mostly flat. "Seven Floodplains" theology just isn't catchy enough, I guess, but the stage could be useful in case of a sudden downpour that overwhelms the drainage infrastructure.
I used to live in the Maryland suburbs of DC and bike downtown for my summer job at the Labor Department. I assure you DC is not mostly flat. There is the higher section which is crossed by valleys and the lower section. There is over a 300-foot elevation difference between where Connecticut Avenue enters DC and the Mall.
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Anabaptists are once again getting swept up in God and Country theology and really need to go back to their basic tenet of separation of church and state.
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ohio jones

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JimFoxvog wrote:
ohio jones wrote:Washington represents the mountain of government; never mind that DC is mostly flat. "Seven Floodplains" theology just isn't catchy enough, I guess, but the stage could be useful in case of a sudden downpour that overwhelms the drainage infrastructure.
I used to live in the Maryland suburbs of DC and bike downtown for my summer job at the Labor Department. I assure you DC is not mostly flat. There is the higher section which is crossed by valleys and the lower section. There is over a 300-foot elevation difference between where Connecticut Avenue enters DC and the Mall.
There's some variation in topography, of course; I was using a bit of poetic license to point out irony in the 7MM label. The National Geographic suggests a mountain should be at least 1000 feet above the surroundings, with steeply sloping sides. There are certainly Hills in the District, but I remain skeptical that any deserve to be called mountains; other than, perhaps, the mountain of red tape.
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steve-in-kville

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ohio jones wrote: There's some variation in topography, of course; I was using a bit of poetic license to point out irony in the 7MM label. The National Geographic suggests a mountain should be at least 1000 feet above the surroundings, with steeply sloping sides. There are certainly Hills in the District, but I remain skeptical that any deserve to be called mountains; other than, perhaps, the mountain of red tape.
Without looking it up, does anyone know the difference between a lake and a pond?
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Joy

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steve-in-kville wrote:
ohio jones wrote: There's some variation in topography, of course; I was using a bit of poetic license to point out irony in the 7MM label. The National Geographic suggests a mountain should be at least 1000 feet above the surroundings, with steeply sloping sides. There are certainly Hills in the District, but I remain skeptical that any deserve to be called mountains; other than, perhaps, the mountain of red tape.
Without looking it up, does anyone know the difference between a lake and a pond?
One's bigger. :D
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steve-in-kville

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Joy wrote:
One's bigger. :D
Acreage has nothing to do with it, amazingly :mrgreen:
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steve-in-kville

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Joy wrote:Volume? :o
To be classified as a lake, there must be an area on the bottom that does not get sunlight. So, in a sense, its depth.

(waiting for our resident science teacher to come along and tell me how I'm only half right.... ;) )
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