I do think Quakers are pretty badass. It would be great to marry on the beach and when anyone queried it to show that it was legal under special legislation.
In practice I wonder how many Quaker weddings there are. Not many I'm guessing.
I am attracted to stillness in prayer and find the Quakers attractive. But I am not a pacifist, and I understand that is a cornerstone for them.
Many of them, but we are non-creedal - it’s not an article of faith. A man in military uniform used to attend my local meeting for years - but that is most unusual.
I do think Quakers are pretty badass. It would be great to marry on the beach and when anyone queried it to show that it was legal under special legislation.
In practice I wonder how many Quaker weddings there are. Not many I'm guessing.
I am attracted to stillness in prayer and find the Quakers attractive. But I am not a pacifist, and I understand that is a cornerstone for them.
Many of them, but we are non-creedal - it’s not an article of faith. A man in military uniform used to attend my local meeting for years - but that is most unusual.
Well this is a thing I find hard to understand. My local Quakers are clearly very much into a range of issues (judging by the posters on the wall of the Quaker House), the primary one being the Peace Testimony.
Of course I know nothing, but it seems unlikely that a Friend would be welcome who vocally disagrees with these positions.
I suggest reading advices and queries. The point about it is, it is largely about finding *your* answers and responses to those ideas and questions.
I note particularly these two:
Do you respect that of God in everyone though it may be expressed in unfamiliar ways or be difficult to discern? Each of us has a particular experience of God and each must find the way to be true to it. When words are strange or disturbing to you, try to sense where they come from and what has nourished the lives of others. Listen patiently and seek the truth which other people’s opinions may contain for you. Avoid hurtful criticism and provocative language. Do not allow the strength of your convictions to betray you into making statements or allegations that are unfair or untrue. Think it possible that you may be mistaken.
We are called to live ‘in the virtue of that life and power that takes away the occasion of all wars’. Do you faithfully maintain our testimony that war and the preparation for war are inconsistent with the spirit of Christ? Search out whatever in your own way of life may contain the seeds of war. Stand firm in our testimony, even when others commit or prepare to commit acts of violence, yet always remember that they too are children of God.
I thinking fermenting war is probably inconsistent, selling weapons on the open market, but there being more than one principled way to respond to a war of aggression is a much more complicated ethical question.
Postscript: it'a a bit late in the day, but after several letters of complaint it seems the local Archdeacon has summoned the officiating priest and a letter of apology to the bride and groom is promised.
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Many of them, but we are non-creedal - it’s not an article of faith. A man in military uniform used to attend my local meeting for years - but that is most unusual.
Well this is a thing I find hard to understand. My local Quakers are clearly very much into a range of issues (judging by the posters on the wall of the Quaker House), the primary one being the Peace Testimony.
Of course I know nothing, but it seems unlikely that a Friend would be welcome who vocally disagrees with these positions.
I note particularly these two:
I thinking fermenting war is probably inconsistent, selling weapons on the open market, but there being more than one principled way to respond to a war of aggression is a much more complicated ethical question.