Comments on: Roots and Flowers of Quaker Nontheism http://www.nontheistfriends.org/article/roots-and-flowers-of-quaker-nontheism/ For Quakers and others interested in nontheism among Friends (Quakers) Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:02:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Francis Drake http://www.nontheistfriends.org/article/roots-and-flowers-of-quaker-nontheism/#comment-7420 Francis Drake Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:24:50 +0000 http://www.nontheistfriends.org/article/roots-and-flowers-of-quaker-nontheism/#comment-7420 Thank you for the time and trouble you invested in composing this essay. While not strictly a nontheist myself, in the short time I've been a Friend I have, when I learned of them, often found myself identifying with the mavericks in the Society so often in the sights of the "theology police" and in this article you have introduced to (to me) a new assortment of them. The substance of my comment has to do with what appears to be a bit of missing text (which I tentatively completed as *Meeting?*. Or am I missing the sense of the paragraph? In the Light... "Susan B. Anthony ... was an active supporter of rights for women, abolition of slavery, and temperance. Raised a Quaker, she considered herself one even when she joined with the Unitarians after her (Meeting?) failed to support abolition. ..." Thank you for the time and trouble you invested in composing this essay. While not strictly a nontheist myself, in the short time I’ve been a Friend I have, when I learned of them, often found myself identifying with the mavericks in the Society so often in the sights of the “theology police” and in this article you have introduced to (to me) a new assortment of them.

The substance of my comment has to do with what appears to be a bit of missing text (which I tentatively completed as *Meeting?*. Or am I missing the sense of the paragraph?

In the Light…

“Susan B. Anthony … was an active supporter of rights for women, abolition of slavery, and temperance. Raised a Quaker, she considered herself one even when she joined with the Unitarians after her (Meeting?) failed to support abolition. …”

]]> By: Marion Taylor http://www.nontheistfriends.org/article/roots-and-flowers-of-quaker-nontheism/#comment-4147 Marion Taylor Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:54:00 +0000 http://www.nontheistfriends.org/article/roots-and-flowers-of-quaker-nontheism/#comment-4147 I am an Old Testament Scholar working on a dictionary of biblical interpreters. I was wondering if you could suggest names of Quaker women who wrote /interpreted the Bible who should be included in this dictionary. Thanks I am an Old Testament Scholar working on a dictionary of biblical interpreters. I was wondering if you could suggest names of Quaker women who wrote /interpreted the Bible who should be included in this dictionary.
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