In a message dated 10/29/2000 5:29:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, arline7@bellsouth.net writes: > > Quakers do not have ministers, don't baptize their members, don't practice > the sacraments, don't fight in wars, do not drink or smoke or swear. > They don't do anything but sit in silence during church services. > They have a personal commitment to God and to humanity. > They believe that Christian faith must express itself in action and service. > > The Quaker seeks direct divine illumination, and rejects the rituals, hymns, > formal prayers, and hired ministery, which they believe can get in the way. > > The Quaker tries to live by what they call "the Inner Light". > They describe the Inner Light as that of God in each person. > > See!? What'd I tell you? Just a bunch of troublemakin' heretics! Deserved whatever they got, I say. Ken Roberts