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01-03-2007 21:26
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I read Terry Wallace's article and was very unsettled by it. Recently we had a visitor at Meeting and I said some of the things Wallace mentions in the article. He called it a "code" for saying among other things, "Don't bother me." I didn't feel that way. I was really trying to share how we as Quakers worship and what we believe. I think our visitor was from an evangelistic tradition but he could see many similiarities between what he believed and what we do. That surprised me.
Your response is wonderful, particularly the part about creeds. Many of us left churches because we could not recite the creeds. I didn't think that the words from the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting could be called a creed. It is more a statement of belief that begins with questions. The creeds I am familiar with had no room for questions. I like that you said "Concepts point to truths; they are not the truths themselves." It is like the Zen saying that the finger pointing at the moon is not the moon... I also agree with your statement: "It is true that many Friends whom I know tend to have a limited knowledge of the Bible and we would do well to focus more on the teachings found there." Also most of do not know much about the history of Quakerism. Maybe these could be directions our Meeting could explore. IP: 68.154.132.94
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