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The Qu'ran itself says: Repel evil with what is better. Then will he, between whom and thee was hatred, become as it were thy friend and intimate.
Chapter 41, verse 34
Of course, to love one's enemies requires…"
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Kenneth Lawrence Schroeder replied to Don Shabkie's discussion 'Peace Testimony and the Taliban' in the group Peace and Witness
anne stansell replied to Don Shabkie's discussion 'Peace Testimony and the Taliban' in the group Peace & Witness"Rosemary,
I guess that is the case, I really don't know what the outcome of the committee meeting was. When the committee person told me that the people she contacted, declined to write a letter, I just said thats fine. I wrote one for myself…"
Rosemary Gould replied to Don Shabkie's discussion 'Peace Testimony and the Taliban' in the group Peace & Witness"Very disappointing when you feel strongly about something and your meeting just seems to give a collective shrug. But I sometimes find it's a longer process than that. We had a simple issue with part of the building falling down(!) It took a…"
anne stansell replied to Don Shabkie's discussion 'Peace Testimony and the Taliban' in the group Peace & Witness"Rosemary,
Thanks for the link I will check it out. There was some question raised about writing our Senators and such but the people that were contacted in the meeting declined. I wrote my letters and sent them.Anyway I will definitely check the…"
Rosemary Gould replied to Don Shabkie's discussion 'Peace Testimony and the Taliban' in the group Peace & Witness"Anne,
I think there are many people out there trying to do something. I just googled "quaker afghanistan women" and came up with this website: http://afghanistan.quaker.org/AidOrgs.htm Perhaps your meeting's peace committee would be…"
Jeffery Agnew replied to Don Shabkie's discussion 'Peace Testimony and the Taliban' in the group Peace & Witness"The question of how best to deal with the evil -especially, great evil; was really struggled with by that generation which came of age in the age of progress, then lived through the war to end all wars only to be faced by the great depression and…"
anne stansell replied to Don Shabkie's discussion 'Peace Testimony and the Taliban' in the group Peace & Witness"Forrest and Jeff,
First off I did not call anyone evil. I was referring to the acts themselves. Yes, we all can commit evil acts. There are a lot of Quakers who feel we, as part of our country are implicit in the evil of war. So, with that cleared…"
Jeffery Agnew replied to Don Shabkie's discussion 'Peace Testimony and the Taliban' in the group Peace & Witness"It seems to me a first step is not to demonize an enemy, to recognize that of God in everyone isn't looking for some grain, however tiny it might be, that is 'salvageable'. It is to recognize in each other we are fundamentally made in…"
"We have scored a lot of points by providing actual food to people who were hungry. In doing so, we were right in not making conversion to our ways a requirement for our help.
Where we went wrong, in hindsight, was that this at least looked more…"
anne stansell replied to Don Shabkie's discussion 'Peace Testimony and the Taliban' in the group Peace & Witness"Forest, It is true to say we can't stop all violence. I am not sure what you mean by "trying to do good practical means" What good does it do to tell people who are starving, brutalized and murdered to be "warmed and…"
"How do we remain non-violent when an evil such as the US government is running rampant? We simply recognize that no violence we could imagine would improve the situation.
To reduce the temptation that turns people to supporting violence... we would…"
"Maybe we simply don't have the power to eliminate violence from the world? Quakers have known for a long time that no one has the power to eliminate violence by doing violence. So we try to think of better ways-- and this is infinitely better…"
anne stansell replied to Don Shabkie's discussion 'Peace Testimony and the Taliban' in the group Peace & Witness"I have personally been pondering this question lately. I am so appalled by the violence directed at women by Sharia law (probably not spelled right). Someone sent a video to a local friends discussion, of a woman being stoned to death. I did not…"
Aaron Crosman replied to Don Shabkie's discussion 'Peace Testimony and the Taliban' in the group Peace & Witness"I don't think there are easy answers when dealing with forces like the Taliban, any more than there were easy answers for Friends who had to make choices about the supporting the war effort during WWII. Groups like Friends Peace Teams and…"
Don Shabkie added a discussion to the group Peace & Witness
Peace Testimony and the Taliban
I've asked myself many times "How do we remain non-violent when an evil such as the Taliban is running rampant?" I'm a member of the Rockingham Meeting, and my good friends there Jack and Susan have offered many good answers.Fighting evil with violence generally fosters more violence, and thus we create an endless cylce--that is one way many Friends answer this question (there are other answers as well). You may be interested to read this article in Time Magazine today:…See More
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at least in the states many have fought , many resisted, some served as medics, some…"
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I finally went to my local meeting for…"
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thank you so much, I enjoyed reading about your Tolkien angle (or Quaker angle to…"
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it's always wonderful to realize that…"
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Stephanie Stuckwisch commented on N. Jeanne Burns's blog post 'What of God's Law?'"Nearly 20 years ago, my meeting decided to take marriages under our care based on the relationship…"
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