Can you sum up (in your own words, no link to wikipedia or something) what a quaker is? I'm not familiar with that, although one of my best friends identifies as one. |
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Any out there? Quakerism Seems to suit me the best with religions. I feel that to truly live life one must find out things for themselves. The only thing with Quakerism I'm not good with is plainness. I don't exactly dress conservatively. |
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WILDs - 38
MILD/DILDs - 44
VILDs - 8
TILDs - 1 (Thirst Induced Lucid Dream, never going through that experience again...)
Total: 98 - So close to the big 100
Can you sum up (in your own words, no link to wikipedia or something) what a quaker is? I'm not familiar with that, although one of my best friends identifies as one. |
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I think this is equivalent to looking for Amish friends on the internet. |
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Theres a difference between being Quaker and being Amish. Though a lot of people that are Amish are also Quakers because it fits well with their lifestyle. |
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WILDs - 38
MILD/DILDs - 44
VILDs - 8
TILDs - 1 (Thirst Induced Lucid Dream, never going through that experience again...)
Total: 98 - So close to the big 100
Do they follow the bible? |
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Eh, from what I heard not so much. I don't really believe that much of the Bible though. Theres a lot of things I have a hard time with. |
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WILDs - 38
MILD/DILDs - 44
VILDs - 8
TILDs - 1 (Thirst Induced Lucid Dream, never going through that experience again...)
Total: 98 - So close to the big 100
I'm having a tough time understanding why Quakerism is considered a part of Christianity, then. Seems like they are watered down Christians - more spiritual, more independent, less herded like cattle sort of thing. |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
I've met a few Quakers, and they seemed very nice. I don't know if they have anything in common at all with Amish, except that their numbers are few, and most people don't know much about them. |
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Both sought asylum in Pennsylvania, "The Quaker State." William Penn was a Quaker and opened his colony to religious refugees. The Amish, a.k.a. Pennsylvania Dutch, were refugees in Holland at the time, having fled Lutheran Germany. The Quakers were an oddball(i.e. not Anglican) minority in Britain. My great-great-grandparents were an Amish man and native woman, but no Quakers that I know of. Can't say I've met any, either, despite growing up in the Quaker State. |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
Sometime I want to check out a Quaker meeting. The whole "speak when the spirit moves you" thing has some appeal for me. |
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