Any Quakers on here?

[hyper_piper45]

Has he got any toys eg car, mobile phone, computer, TV etc?

He's got a mobile phone and he uses the laptop. Hes got dvds and watches TV etc.

 

[dowie]

I'm an atheist but appreciated the main principles of their beliefs one being "Everybody is equal"

Why though? I mean quite clearly everyone isn't equal so why pretend?

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Why though? I mean quite clearly everyone isn't equal so why pretend?

Very true and for my sins I deliver Equality & Diversity lessons where the main principle is that people aren't equal but Diverse and should be given equal chances.
However, I get where the Quakers are coming from.

 

[shifty_uk]

Quake III Arena was the best. Quake I had a quality Trent Reznor soundtrack.

Unreal Tournament > Quake 3.

 

[gillywibble]

I only like rail freeze team deathmatch.

 

[Scuzi]

Sigh - so much ingorance as usual in a GD religion thread.

There was a lengthy interview with some Quakers (or Religious Society of Friends as they preferred to be called) on the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 a while back. Very interesting, they seemed like very nice people - quite a few posters here could learn a thing or two from them.

Edit: For whose who think they're Amish, here's the Quakers website in the UK: http://www.quaker.org.uk/

Shut up serious Sally. Quakers / Amish - same thing. It's all a bunch of god worshipping hippy crap.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

It's all a bunch of god worshipping hippy crap.

Hippy's weren't into God.

<pedant mode off>

 

[Scuzi]

Hippy's weren't into God.

<pedant mode off>

Turn your serious mode off and my post may make more sense.

But yes, I have dealt with a few Quakers in my time and they were thoroughly nice people. Thoroughly wealthy too.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Turn your serious mode off

Me serious
That'll be the day.

 

[K.C. Leblanc]

My brother is a Quaker, he's also a borderline alcholic and a raving homosexual. ASFAICT quakers are all about mutual respect, they are defiantly not Christian zealous or puritans.

 

[Scania]

I'm a Quaker...

.....but only in the mornings.

Prefer Ready Brek tbh

The "Porridge" in some Truckstops would put Solvite out of business!

 

[Cosimo]

One of my mates is a Quaker, all he ever wants is his oats.

 

[elroberto]

I'm a Quaker and so is my wife!

 

[BullBoyShoes]

I`m a quaker

 

[rsatd]

It is true about having no technology - that site looks like it was done on a Spectrum

Ta

I quiet like a site like that, straight to the point, no BS unlike every other site in the world. They also offer a variety of viewing options for people who may have issues viewing in default scheme.

Much more pleasant then 99% of websites around which seem to love covering themselves in flash while navigation almost impossible without GPS

 

[sist_si]

My mate works for Cadbury's and he said there are no bars around Bournville in Brum at all due to the Cadbury family Quaker beliefs.

 

[nikebee]

It is true about having no technology - that site looks like it was done on a Spectrum

Ta

Weird, what kind of technology aren't they allowed to use?

I mean glasses are an invention and one of the guys on the website clearly is wearing them. Is that not technology?

When does "technology" become accepted?

 

[Jono]

it's the same for rowntree's in york (as was) joseph rowntree was a quaker and built new earswick for his employees - no pub in that place.

 

[Abraham]

Only just seen this because I was searching for posts quoting me, obviously this isnt one, but it was started regarding the grandson of my namesake. While I am on the whole anti organised religion, I have a lot of respect for quakers. My grandparents moved onto the same road as a friends meeting house maybe ten or so years ago and got into going along to some of the meetings, especially the more social ones. A lot of the ethos is one of self reflection and from that respect for others, which I think is a pretty good approach to take, whatever your deity beliefs may be, it seems to encourage similar views to buddhist teachings in that way.