tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999498679388588575.post3430792284032821121..comments2023-10-25T01:18:05.828-07:00Comments on R. Scot Miller: Are Quakers a People of Power?Scot, Jenn, and the whole Hee Haw ganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623979069242890052noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999498679388588575.post-49037212678606025762007-12-17T21:49:00.000-08:002007-12-17T21:49:00.000-08:00Excellent Discussion! Are Quakers a people of pow...Excellent Discussion! Are Quakers a people of power. I do not think Quakers have been a people of power for a long time. The many fractions in the Quaker movement seem to have killed that power. I am dismayed that Quakers can be atheists, agnostics, Free Thoughters, Buddhists, etc. Why don't they just be what they are and not claim the Quaker title? At ESR I see this as being a profound problem. How can one be Quaker and not believe in Jesus? Not believe in God? we have certainly lost our power. Thank you for the wonderful blog.lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08951792280338628974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999498679388588575.post-61490453196481756602007-12-07T11:19:00.000-08:002007-12-07T11:19:00.000-08:00I agree with you, more or less, but I was confused...I agree with you, more or less, but I was confused by this sentence:<BR/>"I think the idea that political power is a good thing, and must be used in a manner that the early church (and Jesus too, I guess), couldn't conceive of."<BR/>Is the idea that 'political power is a good thing' one that could not have been conceived by the early church?Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12826001773489849853noreply@blogger.com