Unprofitable Servant wrote:
Do the investigation instead of the criticism
"Young applies the same rules to guests that she would any family member: Only married couples may share a room with one bed, unmarried couples must sleep in different rooms. "
https://tinyurl.com/y5lk2bvn

penned wrote:
still hearing crickets around here, this article already 3 years old. no response. just continue on as always...

My Own 2 cents wrote:
Now that this thread is 164 comments long, what EXACTLY did any of us accomplish??? Seems to me that we all have stuck with our own opinions/convictions, and no one's minds were changed. In my own mind, it looks like a giant waste of time...but that' s just my own 2 cent$.
If anybody could explain, that'd be gr8.

Just a guy wrote:
I see your reasoning. And completely understand it as well. The point I am attempting to make is that social media is not usually used for private communication with relatives. It is usually for the purpose of showing certain things in a person's life and not showing other things. Not a very deep relationship to me.
Concerning John Yurich's situation, I will make the claim of "the vital missing facts". In other words, I don't know his situation other than the paragraph below. But I do know if he is following anyone on Facebook, their real life looks​ very, very different than what he sees. It's​ just naturally so...

Just a Guy wrote:
One Wonders says...
People share on social media, for the most part, things they would share in "same form". i.e. what they would say in person, in a letter, on the phone.
Are you sure about that? You think that someone is not going to put on their best show in a group communication? I'm not sure about that statement....

Just a guy wrote:
One wonders wrote:
If communication is okay by email, letter or phone call what would make it wrong simply because social media is used for the same communication?
The key statement in your question is "the same communication". Is it really the same form? Sure if you are privately communicating with someone on social media, then it IS same as text or emails. But why not just text and email? The reason is, is because most people are not just communicating privately on social media. They are communicating "socially" which is why they are using social media!�
Seems pretty basic to me. I could use a Lamborghini to travel to Texas. But why not just use a Prius​? They can do the same thing, but most people use them for different things. And it's the same with social media.....

One wonders wrote:
If communication is okay by email, letter or phone call what would make it wrong simply because social media is used for the same communication?

John Yurich USA wrote:
because I am Baptist and not Catholic.

B. McCausland wrote:
Speaking behind other's backs is not a commended Christian practice.

TMC wrote:
@ One Wonders

1. John 8:32 was talking about Trump, so I made my position clear, just like he did.

2. 1Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

3. I will throw that out to other posters, do they have several candidates for which they vote that love and fear God?

When the righteous rule the people rejoice, righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to peoples, laws are supposed to a terror to evil, sentences are to be executed speedily, etc. There is a lot of guiding principles to help shape how we vote. I go by which candidate most supports righteous thinking and righteous choices. I look for one who supports limited government and believes in the Constitution. Would to God that they and all people would love and fear Him but I live in a world where few there be that walk on the narrow road to life. Also, it makes a difference as to which candidate has the ability to keep the wrong guy out of office.

John 8:32 wrote:
@One wonders,
Exodus 18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
God has made it very clear that we are to choose people who love and fear him. Trump clearly does not love or fear God because he has violated His laws, never asked forgiveness, and does not show any fruits of the spirit. He and many of his followers are motivated by anger or fear, neither of which are good things. 2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Often, when we are overtaken by fear, we lose our power, we become angry with eachother rather than loving eachother, and we become so desperate we don't have a sound mind. Decisions made out fear or anger rarely ever turn out well.

2. You are putting verses about a theocracy and applying it to a represenative republic. We don't have a person who talks face to face with God to sort out the hard things.

Geff wrote:
One wonders writes:
It would be nice if our leaders were God-fearing, Bible believing and following Christians, but that is an unrealistic goal in a fallen world.
We have plenty of good Christian candidates we can vote for. And, aren't you supposed to stand for what's right regardless of how likely you are to win?

Geff wrote:
"One wonders" how you could be so ignorant. Dude, just a simple look at most of the people above would show you they were not truly saved. Just because you claim to be saved, doesn't mean you are!