Archive | February, 2006

“Quakers from the Viewpoint of a Naturalist,” with notes

Posted by on February 22, 2006 in Republished

(published in Friends Journal, March 2006, pp. 18-20) The text of the Friends Journal article follows, and then notes expanding on several cryptic statements in the article. At the end is a brief reading list. I grew up loving nature and feeling part of it – dirt, bugs, people, and everything. It was, and still [...]

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Carl Sagan’s Great Demotions and his religion for the future

Posted by on February 20, 2006 in Blogroll

Carl Sagan saw that humans of undergone a series of demotions during the last five centuries and are still struggling with them. He also called our attention to a religion for the future. Quaker nontheists have a place in this process.

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