Comments on: Cops called to quell Quaker quarrel

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:25:09 +0000

. . . whereas Stalin was an atheist. Nuff said?

By: Amelia

Amelia — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:16:50 +0000

Nixon was Not a Quaker his grandmother was a part of the west coast yearly Meeting. He was an attender at the Washington DC Meeting from times to times.

By: MrGronk

MrGronk — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:15:20 +0000

Nixon was a Quaker. Nuff said.

By: Thornavis.

Thornavis. — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:46:12 +0000

I have mentioned this elsewhere but I’m not enamoured of Quakers due to one having tried to nudge me down an open trapdoor at a joinery factory where I worked many years ago . The person concerned was one of the most sinister people I’ve ever met, always talking about “crushing” people ( he had some kind of steel plate in his ribcage or so he said ). The incident with me came completely out of the blue and totally unprovoked, he was probably mad but that goes with the religious territory.
There is also an amusing story within my family about Quakers and their strange meetings. My Grandmother was ‘in service’ as a teenager before the First World War and the cook was a Quaker, she invited her and another of the maids to one of the meetings. They all three sat on one of the wooden benches with the cook, a rather large woman at one end and the girls at the other, you can probably guess the next bit, the cook was moved by the spirit stood up and the girls were tipped on to the floor, being teenagers they immediately collapsed in a fit of the giggles and were shown the door. On the way home my Gran’s friend snaffled a chicken from a local farmyard, wrung its neck and smuggled it into the house up her skirt! So no moral lessons were imparted by that day’s religious experience.

By: Broga

Broga — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:59:15 +0000

Stuart H. I have heard they wait till they are “moved by the spirit.” Deep stuff this. I wonder if the Wigton spirit was the real deal. Has the devil been getting amongst them? This is what happens in Fundie USA when the pastor shags his secretary on the office carpet or empties the church coffers. Then he returns “renewed in the faith” and with his “faith enriched.” Haven’t heard of the Quakers getting into this.

Fact is, compared to most religious outfits the Quakers always seemed less demented than most to me and quite a decent bunch.

By: Stuart H.

Stuart H. — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:58:28 +0000

A punch-up in a Quaker meeting? As an unlikely scenario that would have to be close to the top of the list.
I went to a couple of Quaker meetings years ago just to see what it was all about, and I’d have to say I wish I could have gone shortly after they’d decorated – as watching paint dry would have been exciting by comparison with an hour of total silence followed by shaking hands and ‘see you next week?’ I gathered from some of the ‘regulars’ that, in theory, the silence can go on for years if no-one is ‘moved by the spirit’ to speak.
I’m making a note to say ‘more chance of a punch-up in a Quaker meeting’ rather than, say ‘until hell freezes over’ from now on!

By: AngieRS

AngieRS — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:28:02 +0000

I expect the devil’s in the detail…

By: Broga

Broga — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:45:54 +0000

Where does god figure in any of this? He seems to butt out during these spats when you would think a couple of prayers would produce some guidance or maybe a Premium Bond win to solve the financial problems. Does he do anything? Is he there?