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James C Schultz commented on Patricia Barber's blog post 'Primitive Christianity Revived - But Not By Us'"Okay, yes, the stone-fact signs of the times suggest a brief & ugly future.
& the conventional way of maintaining an institution -- via endowments of financial instruments -- looks increasing short-sighted as "investments" get…"
James C Schultz commented on Patricia Barber's blog post 'Primitive Christianity Revived - But Not By Us'"Looking around at the weapons countries have to attack each other with, I would think we all should be living with one eye on the future and one eye on the extinction of life as we know it. To do otherwise would take a lot of faith in…"
"The church in Acts was made up of people dedicated to a well-defined mission: getting the word out to the known world, for the limited time they would be in existence before Jerusalem, and their local church, would be destroyed.
Things that made…"
James C Schultz commented on Patricia Barber's blog post 'Primitive Christianity Revived - But Not By Us'"Me thinks we have to be careful not to protest too much.:) I have been battling the" 110% in" desire for 30 plus years. I constantly make decisions to sell what I have, give to the poor and follow Him, only to find no one wants…"
David-Stephen commented on Patricia Barber's blog post 'Primitive Christianity Revived - But Not By Us'" My life was fairly 'wrecked' by the discovery of a book .."A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs".
In it, the 'doctrinal topic' "equality of humankind' is quite…"
Patricia Barber commented on Patricia Barber's blog post 'This Life or the Afterlife'"Fascinating. While I personally have not yet had a near-death experience I did have an extremely powerful experience at the death bed of a very dear friend of mine. She had suffered from clinical depression periodically for most of her life and had…"
"On my brief excursions I've been uncomfortably overwhelmed with the oddity of me being one place, my body another... but yeah, aside from that I felt like 'me'.
Another person's observation of someone else's dying...…"
James C Schultz commented on Patricia Barber's blog post 'This Life or the Afterlife'"Based on a very short interval in the midst of a heart attack I can report that based on my small sample my distinct personality seemed to be intact after leaving the body I had occupied up to that time. However I am happier to report that the…"
Patricia Barber commented on Patricia Barber's blog post 'This Life or the Afterlife'"Forrest -- I love the idea of a "duringlife". That is sort of a Mormon idea, actually. They believe that we are just on one long continuum that starts before we are born and continues onwards to when we eventually become gods ourselves.…"
"Really it's all just one duringlife...
If/as you see what your 'soul' is, it's quite impossible to imagine that coming to an end. But this observation, of course, doesn't necessarily tell you what kind of experience…"
Patricia Barber commented on Patricia Barber's blog post 'This Life or the Afterlife'"Well, I think Charles's idea was really just a thought experiment that I found interesting because I have always been struck by how little Friends seem to worry about the afterlife (speaking as a liberal Friend). While I am sure that many…"
James C Schultz commented on Patricia Barber's blog post 'This Life or the Afterlife'"I don't see any basis for your friend's position. While I have a firm belief in the afterlife I agree with you that we are called to live our present lives focused on living it with God in the here and now, balancing works with faith…"
Patricia Barber posted a blog postThis Life or the Afterlife
A good friend of mine posted a blog a couple of days ago in which he floated the idea that to achieve an afterlife you have to "nurture and exercise your potential immortal soul to enable it to survive the death of your body," in much the same way that you have to make the effort to learn algebra in order to solve quadratic equations. (http://blog.american.com/2012/01/a-policy-free-post-on-life-after-death/)…See More
Patricia Barber commented on Sarah Spencer's event 'Reading Early Friends: Francis Howgill'"Thank you, Sarah."
Patricia Barber commented on Sarah Spencer's event 'Reading Early Friends: Francis Howgill'"Really interested. Can't find anywhere on site that tells what the cost is. ???
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This Life or the Afterlife
Posted on 2nd mo. 3, 2012 at 12:00pm 7 Comments 0 Likes
A good friend of mine posted a blog a couple of days ago in which he floated the idea that to achieve an afterlife you have to "nurture and exercise your potential immortal soul to enable it to survive the death of your body," in much the same way that you have to make the effort to learn algebra in order to solve quadratic equations. (…
Continue On Stilling the Howler Monkeys
Posted on 1st mo. 14, 2012 at 5:02pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
For my first 15 1/2 years at Quaker meeting, I endeavored mightily in silent worship to suck the incessant internal chatter out of my head in order to create that perfect "vacuum" that God, presumably, was eagerly waiting to fill. I tried all the usual techniques - mantras, short prayers, visualizations (candles, light, waterfalls), stern imprecations ("Shut up, brain!"), pep talks, etc etc etc. Needless to say, very little of this was particularly effective. The howler monkeys in my…
Continue Primitive Christianity Revived - But Not By Us
Posted on 12th mo. 31, 2011 at 12:41pm 14 Comments 1 Like
I think it's safe to say that if George Fox or William Penn came to my house looking to see how their vision of Quakerism as primitive Christianity revived was progressing, they would be pretty disappointed. They would find a well-intentioned, averagely good person who is completely committed to recreating the Kingdom of God on earth, as long as it doesn't impinge too much on her comfortable life style, status in the community or retirement plans. She believes fervently that the…
Continue "Convincement" or "Uncertainment" - A Liberal Friend's Dilemma
Posted on 12th mo. 10, 2011 at 6:00pm 21 Comments 0 Likes
While I could never be mistaken for a fundamentalist, I have a childish yearning for a completely literal burning bush-type experience, or perhaps one day, while driving to New York, (Damascus not being handy), I suddenly find myself being yanked from my car and cast down upon the side of the interstate and a voice tells me in no uncertain terms that this is Jesus speaking and you, Patricia, had better take heed! Now that's the sort of experience that leaves no room for doubt. Why is…
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David-Stephen posted a videoYoung Friends? FURTHER! Quaker Youth? You are the NEW Margaret Fell & George Fox.
George Fox went around healing people! This is getting harder to 'hide'. He was operating in direct, supernatural friendship.with Christ/ Jesus of Nazareth t...
AFSC interviews relative of Japanese-American Friend Gordon Hirabayashi
I also think that Gordon’s spiritual side was key too... I don’t remember Gordon as an… See More
Anthony Manousos: Reflections on the Quaker Testimonies
One reason many Friends have lost touch with the Inward Light and rely instead on external… See More
Ann Webb commented on Ann Webb's status"Thank you Emma. I was not aware of that page. I shall look into it!"
Thomas Kent left a comment for William F Rushby"Thanks William. A good book on the subject is "A Biblical Point of View on Homosexuality"…"
William F Rushby left a comment for Thomas Kent"Hello, Thomas Kent!
I have not studied the Bible much in relation to this issue, but I suspect that…"
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