• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
  • We hope the site problems here are now solved, however, if you still have any issues, please start a ticket in Contact Us

Recent content by 5stringJeff

  1. 5stringJeff

    Ye Olde Libertarian Pub

    I voted for Barr in '08, mostly because I was newly liberated from the GOP and wanted to vote for the LP candidate as a protest vote. Barr is looking to run for Congress again, presumably as a Republican, so I think we can see how shallow his LP roots were. I also voted for Gary Johnson, and...
  2. 5stringJeff

    Fiscal and social views?

    Using the typical American definitions of conservative and liberal, I'd say I'm fiscally conservative, socially moderate. Fiscally, I think the Rand Paul budget, which eliminates four federal departments, is a good first step. I'd like to see entitlement programs ended, subsidies eliminated...
  3. 5stringJeff

    Ye Olde Libertarian Pub

    Know them both well. I've been an "Austrian" for years!
  4. 5stringJeff

    Ye Olde Libertarian Pub

    Hey everyone! I'm not the most active poster on here, but I am a libertarian and wanted to say hi! I'm a recovering Republican, but I've always had a libertarian streak. I finally made the jump in '08 to the LP, cancelled my subscription to National Review and picked up Reason instead.
  5. 5stringJeff

    How do you renew your mind?

    I heard a sermon on this when I was in college. There were three points (as any good Southern Baptist preacher would have): 1. Read the word. 2. Meditate on the word. 3. Be mindful of the music you listen to.
  6. 5stringJeff

    Do you sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic?

    I've never liked that song (thanks to my Southern roots) but now I certainly won't sing it.
  7. 5stringJeff

    Calling all worship bass players

    I'm a former bass player. I played in two churches, one in Seattle and one here in GA. When we started attending my current church, they already had two bass players, so I'm teaching Sunday School instead. I play a Schecter Custom-5. I've got an Ashdown 4x10, which I love, although at my last...
  8. 5stringJeff

    Using a Cross or Crucifix?

    Do you mean having one or the other on display in church? I suppose an empty cross, if for no other reason than I'm used to seeing them.
  9. 5stringJeff

    Does your church allow men working in the nursery to change diapers?

    Ludicrous. I'd be pretty upset if I found out this was the policy at our church.
  10. 5stringJeff

    Where are the Nazarenes on this forum?

    I attend a Naz church as well.
  11. 5stringJeff

    a test

    You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which...
  12. 5stringJeff

    Warning

    Great... yet another reason for every company on Earth to guilt me into buying something for my wife based on the calendar instead of our present situation in life... :(
  13. 5stringJeff

    Pacifiers

    No pacifiers for our kids, thanks.
  14. 5stringJeff

    How long after birth? [open]

    We had a C-section so it was a little over a month.