> Just to offer a contrast, "Buck," my father was raised in a > Quaker household, too. But he lived his entire life without > ever saying a word about it to any of his kids. It wasn't > that it didn't mean anything to him. Quite the contrary. It > meant enough to him that he kept it to himself and never > talked about what he thought or what he believed to anyone > else. What they believed was their business, and what he > believed was his business. Now *that* is doing Quakerism > justice. > Anyone is a "quaker" if they call themselves a quaker. But, if you don't call yourself a quaker then you're probably not a Quaker. Being a Quaker isn't about keeping secrets from your family. There are no hidden or closet Quakers - there is no esoteric meaning to being a Quaker.
So, it sounds like your father might have been a Mason - I don't know. There are a lot of secrets with the Masons. One of the rules of Mason is to never talk about being a Mason. They admit to being Masons, but they never talk about the Masonry. They keep all the masonic secrets to themselves. Go figure. Local Masonry in San Antonio [image: Inline image 1] On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 7:36 AM, TurquoiseB <turquoi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > > > No brag just fact. > > > > > > *I'm pointing out that the "fact" you're so proud of is something that > most people worth knowing got over a long time ago -- being "deadly > serious" about something as silly as religion. Just to offer a contrast, > "Buck," my father was raised in a Quaker household, too. But he lived his > entire life without ever saying a word about it to any of his kids. It > wasn't that it didn't mean anything to him. Quite the contrary. It meant > enough to him that he kept it to himself and never talked about what he > thought or what he believed to anyone else. What they believed was their > business, and what he believed was his business. Now *that* is doing > Quakerism justice. Trying to sound more holy or more evolved or more > *anything* because of some shit you do that you call religion? That's just > posturing and ego-masturbation and embarrassing. Being "deadly serious" > about it? Even more embarrassing. * > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@ wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > > > > > Turqb, my people are old Quaker and I too am Quaker and by experience > I take that very seriously and even deadly seriously, which is why I am in > Fairfield, Iowa as an attender of the large group meditations in the Golden > Domes of the Fairfield meditating community. > > > > Well, if you want to brag about something (being serious) that many > people would perceive as a weakness or a failing, that's your business. > > > > "Seriousness is not a virtue." - G.K. Chesterton > > > > >
