Rule Breakers
Nov. 25th, 2025 11:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo Something one of the people at the Zoom Meeting said last night.
"The first Quakers were rule breakers"
I think we should put that in the present tense and think about it.
"Quakers are rule breakers"
The first Quakers were awkward buggers with a shared vision who met in one another's houses and the open air. Since their time we've burdened ourselves with traditions and rule books and structures of governance.
And it's these secondary things that are threatened by the unpleasantness that occured at the Area meeting the Sunday before last.
Traditions and rule books and structures of governance are breaking down across the world. It's the distinguishing mark of our times. Did we think we'd be exempt?
And if traditions and rule books and structures of governance are all we have left we will be beaten into dust and serve us right.....
"The first Quakers were rule breakers"
I think we should put that in the present tense and think about it.
"Quakers are rule breakers"
The first Quakers were awkward buggers with a shared vision who met in one another's houses and the open air. Since their time we've burdened ourselves with traditions and rule books and structures of governance.
And it's these secondary things that are threatened by the unpleasantness that occured at the Area meeting the Sunday before last.
Traditions and rule books and structures of governance are breaking down across the world. It's the distinguishing mark of our times. Did we think we'd be exempt?
And if traditions and rule books and structures of governance are all we have left we will be beaten into dust and serve us right.....
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Date: 2025-11-25 02:55 pm (UTC)What kind of rules Quakers are breaks?
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