I am a South Jersey Friend and dad with a love out of outreach and a passion for looking afresh at Friends' testimonies, language and practices. I am the publisher of Quaker Quaker, a community site for Friends, and write about online publicity, organizing and design on my business site at MartinKelley.com.
Our Christian Disciplines tweet the Debate
John S made an interesting comment at the end of my last post (all ) about live twittering tonight's Presidential Debate got me thinking about a Quaker response to the debates might be. As I've admitted I can be rather snarky and partisan. So I prepared some interesting quotes from some old Quaker tesimonies and have been sprinkling them throughout my twitter commentary.
- 1762: Friends ought not be active in electing to offices, the execution whereof tends to lay wast our Christian testimony
- <1879: Members should maintain inoffensive, circumspect emeanour towards all men, manifesting peaceable spirit of Christ.
- <1879: Friends should avoid those heats & controversies respecting the policies and govt's of the world.
- 1874: The mere natural wisdom and will of man have no palce in the church of Christ.
- 1808: The preservation of love and unity is a duty in every state of religious attainment.
- 1853: It is upon the simplicity of the Truth as it is in Jesus that our testimony to plainness and moderation rests.
- <1879: Friends are to avoid electing brethren to civil govt as may subject them to temptation of violating testimonies.
- 1808: Friends are not to unite in warlike measures, either offensive or defensive, we are subj of Messaih's peaceful reign.
- 1843: Fds must decline acceptance of any office or station in civil govt w/duties inconsistent w/our religious principles.
- 1843: Friends warned vs. raising & circulating paper credit w/appearance of value w/o intrinsic reality.
- 1843: Friends should be open-hearted and liberal in raising funds for relief for members in indigent circumstances.
- 1843: So may we be living members of the Church militant on earth; and inhabitants of that city which hath foundations.
- 1853: The standards which the world adopts in pursuit of trade and desire for riches in not safe for disciple of Christ.
- 1853: May no Friends involve themselves in worldy concerns disqualify for right use of their time, talents & temporal substance.
October 15, 2008 10:22 PM.
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