... From: monk To: Quaker Universalist Fellowship Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:08 AM Subject: .whatever religion or none, my companion is my friend.. ...
Thank you for the link to Ibn al-'Arabi Well worth Googling for some other good quotes, I see. but is he so universalist that there is nothing to disagree with...
What a great question, Chris! It makes me think of the old timey concept of ³notions² within the Society of Friends. Notions are things about the spiritual...
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Maybe it means we can get on with the making the world more just and peaceful? NurWasi "There was a time I took it amiss in my companion if his religion was...
Well, this universalist for one is not that broad-minded. While I consider tolerance for diverse religious expression a fundamental universalist value, doing...
Precisely! We honor that which does exactly what you said, Friend. True love must be constructively critical at times too, or it's false. Any religion ...
Yossi, Salaam and shalom! What a fascinating combination: Sufi, Jewish, and Quaker! I too am Jewish and Quaker, and I have been greatly inspired by Coleman...
Shalom, my brother!! I have always loved and respected the Quakers, though am not one officially. Silence is so important to the Journey--even Jewish mystics...
I would count myself as one of those (although I might be better described as a Universalist more closely aligned with Quakerism than with any other named...
Is this an offence against Friends' testimony to equality? and an offence against "God's will - however you think of God? "A new report from the Congressional...
A simpler question may be, Is this wrong? :) I don't feel income inequality in itself is inherently wrong, especially if it's a matter of everyone's standard...
... Is there avaialable an online copy of Wilkinson's seminal essay "Dear David Ennals"? Sharing that might give us an opportunity to get a more direct sense...
I agree, wealth inequality in and of itself is not wrong--especially if it is accompanied by all boats rising. However, the current widening wealth gap is...
... The average human being, more so than the average Friend, is rather vulnerable to numerous materialistic temptations. When I look at society and history...
Thanks, Roger I do not want inconsiderately to beat a bandwagon, but would this article in The Hindu be acceptable to this Universalist List from a Nobel...
Odd story. "The Herald, the newspaper of Malaysia's Catholic Church, filed suit in early December after it was warned repeatedly that its permit may be revoked...
Hi Chris, ... I am new to this post, and I think I may not have the same concept of universalism as others who participate. This may be related to my religious...
I don't know about Malay, but a little research seems to indicate pretty clearly that Allah is Arabic for God, and that Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews use...
I am no lover of the anti-semitic, homophobic government of Malaysia, but let's not get snowed by the Catholic Church. In the Malaysian National Principles one...
I have been reading the works of Hazrat Inayat Khan and the Sufi Order International he founded in 1910. I am finding much food here for Quaker Universalism. ...
Have you've checked out the links for the International Sufi Movement? We don't call it an Order, as 'movement' implies openness and life. We were founded...
I don't know nearly enough about the situation in Malaysia to say whether the Catholic objection is strategically sound or well-intentioned. I do know enough...
We are not in a position to know who is playing fair here. I did hear about a year ago that there was some friction in Singapore, because of aggressive ...
It is helfpul to have the links to this website. But symbols and words can divide as well as unite. Suddenly against all the things I know rationally about...
This is helpful for me. Thank you, Yossi, for the links and Chris for the pointed insight and observation. Daily I find myself increasingly aware that I'm...
Hello Chris and all, What I perceive as universalism in Islam is the movement to open it out to non-Muslims. This ranges from the explicitly universalist...
" If you want Peace, work for Justice ". I see, tracking this down it comes from Paul VI Message for the Celebration of the Day of Peace 1 January 1972 ...
Is there still a Jewish Friends list? If so, would someone be so kind as to direct me to it? Blessings of Divine Light, Peter [Non-text portions of this...