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MeIon Bread 12/10/19 3:26:09 PM #1:	I know little about the sub-denomination. They're called Friends as well, right? --- Sunhawk's main alternate account. I'm just a little bit caught in the middle, life is a maze and love is a riddle. <cite>MeIon Bread posted [p:931382923] in Are Quaker... [t:78243334]...</cite> <quote>I know little about the sub-denomination. They're called Friends as well, right? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 12/10/19 3:27:21 PM #2:	Sunhawk, why do you continually make these fucking stupid "intellectual" topics --- https://imgur.com/bbRWLI8 https:/i.imgur.com/S1m3po4.jpg https://imgur.com/A0BErSV https://imgur.com/7fCcfko <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:931382976] in Are Quaker... [t:78243334]...</cite> <quote>Sunhawk, why do you continually make these fucking stupid "intellectual" topics</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MeIon Bread 12/10/19 3:28:03 PM #3:	How is this an intellectual topic? --- Sunhawk's main alternate account. I'm just a little bit caught in the middle, life is a maze and love is a riddle. <cite>MeIon Bread posted [p:931383009] in Are Quaker... [t:78243334]...</cite> <quote>How is this an intellectual topic? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pogo_Marimo 12/10/19 3:31:33 PM #4:	Quakers are almost a non-existent demographic in America and isolated, I think, almost exclusively to the Pennsylvania area. --- I presume my time here in my darkblack dragondark steel-obliterating solitude has come to its end as well. http://www.last.fm/user/Pogo92 <cite>Pogo_Marimo posted [p:931383183] in Are Quaker... [t:78243334]...</cite> <quote>Quakers are almost a non-existent demographic in America and isolated, I think, almost exclusively to the Pennsylvania area. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MC_BatCommander 12/10/19 3:42:17 PM #5:	I don't much like their granola bars tbh --- The Legend is True! <cite>MC_BatCommander posted [p:931383644] in Are Quaker... [t:78243334]...</cite> <quote>I don't much like their granola bars tbh </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Superlinkbro 12/10/19 3:43:19 PM #6:	I've visited them before, very nice people. --- PSN: Super_Link_Bro/Switch FC: SW-0496-6694-1794 Please let me know if you want to friend me beforehand. <cite>Superlinkbro posted [p:931383691] in Are Quaker... [t:78243334]...</cite> <quote>I've visited them before, very nice people. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EvenSpoonier 12/10/19 3:54:54 PM #7:	https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/09/atheist-quaker-meetings-teen-rebellion-care-and-feeding.html Most hilarious "Help me with my rebellious teen!" advice column ever. Ahem. So, the Quakers (who are indeed also called Friends; in fact that's their preferred name for themselves) are not really a huge denomination anywhere. But you can find them in the US, especially in the Mid-Atlantic region. I'm not one, but I did attend a Quaker school for some time. Nice place. If it weren't for the weekly Meeting, you might not have known it was a religious school; they didn't keep Bibles or religious symbols around, and although the Meeting House was a historic building, it wasn't conspicuously marked as a place of worship. The services were... well, pretty standard, as I understand Quaker services to be, but the thing about Quaker services is that they don't actually say anything. Which isn't really what goes on: in fact, anyone can get up and say anything, and generally a couple of people will get up and say something that's been on their minds recently, but for the most part Meetings were spent in quiet reflection. Not a very preachy bunch. They do have a distinctive set of beliefs, so I assume they must pass them down in some manner, but I didn't encounter this at that school, which seemed kind of strange to me because, you know, religious school, but whatever. I've also known a couple Quakers outside that school setting. Again, I probably wouldn't have known they were Quakers if they hadn't told me. The old stereotypes seem to be pretty much a thing of the past. --- "Playing a game for its graphics is like watching pornography for the story." - Kadiroth <cite>EvenSpoonier posted [p:931384195] in Are Quaker... [t:78243334]...</cite> <quote>https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/09/atheist-quaker-meetings-teen-rebellion-care-and-feeding.html Most hilarious "Help me with my rebellious teen!" advice column ever. Ahem. So, the Quakers (who are indeed also called Friends; in fact that's their preferred name for themselves) are not really a huge denomination anywhere. But you can find them in the US, especially in the Mid-Atlantic region. I'm not one, but I did attend a Quaker school for some time. Nice place. If it weren't for the weekly Meeting, you might not have known it was a religious school; they didn't keep Bibles or religious symbols around, and although the Meeting House was a historic building, it wasn't conspicuously marked as a place of worship. The services were... well, pretty standard, as I understand Quaker services to be, but the thing about Quaker services is that they don't actually say anything. Which isn't really what goes on: in fact, anyone can get up and say anything, and generally a couple of people will get up and say something that's been on their minds recently, but for the most part Meetings were spent in quiet reflection. Not a very preachy bunch. They do have a distinctive set of beliefs, so I assume they must pass them down in some manner, but I didn't encounter this at that school, which seemed kind of strange to me because, you know, religious school, but whatever. I've also known a couple Quakers outside that school setting. Again, I probably wouldn't have known they were Quakers if they hadn't told me. The old stereotypes seem to be pretty much a thing of the past. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WrkHrdPlayHrdr 12/10/19 3:57:49 PM #8:	Wikipedia explains it as well... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeting_for_worship --- "I also advised their executives through e-mail that further behavior could result in a cyber attack[...]" https://imgur.com/cSxy3Od <cite>WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted [p:931384334] in Are Quaker... [t:78243334]...</cite> <quote>Wikipedia explains it as well... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeting_for_worship </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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