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On Quaker Unity
Posted by Os Cresson on Jun 27 2009 | Tagged as: Blog Posts, Definitions, Republished
Unity during meeting for worship for attention to business is familiar to Quakers. It is a commitment to move forward together and, significantly, it does not mean we have to hold the same views. This method of doing business has long been characteristic of Quakers.
Nontheism among Friends at Powell House – report
Posted by Zach Alexander on Jan 09 2009 | Tagged as: Blog Posts, Definitions, Reports, Republished
“If you think Richard Dawkins is too easy on religion, go down to that end of the room,” I said, indicating the steps up to the bookstore. “And if you…”
“Careful…” someone said.
And I was. There were several believers-in-God present – the exact number depending on your definition – and I didn’t want to make a joke that might be taken the wrong way.
“If you’re, uh… very theistic, go down to the other end,” I finished, indicating the fireplace. “And if you’re somewhere in between, go somewhere in between.”
Two cheers for Quaker history
Posted by James Riemermann on Jul 27 2008 | Tagged as: Blog Posts, Definitions, History, On Other Sites
A Friend on the nontheist Friends e-mail discussion list at some point challenged us to seriously study early Quaker history, and not just dip into it, “to develop our knowledge of and insights into the origins and development of the tradition or movement we have committed to.” Good advice, no question. And yet I felt [...]
What some folks at Wikipedia think a nontheist Friend is
Posted by Nontheist Friends on Feb 02 2008 | Tagged as: Definitions
What is a Nontheist?
Posted by James Riemermann on Sep 20 2006 | Tagged as: Blog Posts, Definitions
Both within and outside the informal association of Friends who call themselves nontheists, there is little common understanding of what the word nontheist means. There is also little common understanding of related words such as atheist, agnostic, humanist, and materialist, but believers and unbelievers alike have at least a sense of what they mean by [...]
One God at Most, or Two Gods at Least?
Posted by James Riemermann on Jul 15 2006 | Tagged as: Blog Posts, Definitions
If I am to speak of God at all, even metaphorically, I find I must speak of two gods. This may be the reason I tend not to speak of God. Both gods speak to me as metaphors, but I have difficulty calling them by the same name.
It is not the world that my theology [...]
What is “God” anyway…
Posted by Lorcan Otway on Apr 17 2006 | Tagged as: Blog Posts, Definitions
I was reading a post here, a lovely and painful description of convincement and felt called to write a few lines.
It seems to be it all comes down to the Quaker practice of openness. God is only a word. We live in a universe that is following some sort of order, balance, cooperative motion, a [...]