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Bad Quaker
Apr. 28th, 2025 07:44 am "it's called The Religious Society of Friends" says Ailz.
"I prefer Society of Friends," I reply firmly.
And that's what I will call it in anything I say or write. That word "religious" ever so slightly gives me the creeps.
As do words like "God", "worship", "prayer".
Which puts me in line with Tony Biggin, the composer, who gave us a very good talk on Non-theism yesterday.
He identifies as a "bad Quaker". If anyone thinks of marketing T shirts with that on the front I'll buy one.
After the Meeting we took Rosamund home to Polegate and then we kept on driving.....
The pub at Wilmington is called The Long Man, referencing the chalk-cut hill figure it sits beneath. We went there a couple of times before Covid when it was called The Giant's Rest.; it was good then and it's good now. There are prints by Eric Ravilious on the wall. This is a storied land....
"I prefer Society of Friends," I reply firmly.
And that's what I will call it in anything I say or write. That word "religious" ever so slightly gives me the creeps.
As do words like "God", "worship", "prayer".
Which puts me in line with Tony Biggin, the composer, who gave us a very good talk on Non-theism yesterday.
He identifies as a "bad Quaker". If anyone thinks of marketing T shirts with that on the front I'll buy one.
After the Meeting we took Rosamund home to Polegate and then we kept on driving.....
The pub at Wilmington is called The Long Man, referencing the chalk-cut hill figure it sits beneath. We went there a couple of times before Covid when it was called The Giant's Rest.; it was good then and it's good now. There are prints by Eric Ravilious on the wall. This is a storied land....
