Comments on: Angel and the Badman (and other Quaker movies) http://27wishes.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/angel-and-the-badman-and-other-quaker-movies/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Driftingfocus http://27wishes.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/angel-and-the-badman-and-other-quaker-movies/#comment-576 Driftingfocus Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:18:53 +0000 http://27wishes.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-576 Yeah. Whenever I mention that I'm Quaker to someone, they almost always say something along the lines of "Oh, you people are all sooooo nice." which, in my experience, is generally true-ish, but we are definitely not some sort of perfect sect of complete do-gooders, either. Yeah. Whenever I mention that I’m Quaker to someone, they almost always say something along the lines of “Oh, you people are all sooooo nice.” which, in my experience, is generally true-ish, but we are definitely not some sort of perfect sect of complete do-gooders, either.

]]> By: 27wishes http://27wishes.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/angel-and-the-badman-and-other-quaker-movies/#comment-575 27wishes Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:44:02 +0000 http://27wishes.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-575 Thanks for the comment, Driftingfocus. Yeah, I never actually knew any Quakers until I was around 25 or so. I wonder what I would have thought of them if I'd known them earlier during my religiously skeptical early years. With the exception of the sixth season of Six Feet Under, they're still largely portrayed in the media as figures of the "greater good" for others of us to model ourselves after and rarely do we see them as having human failings. Thanks for the comment, Driftingfocus. Yeah, I never actually knew any Quakers until I was around 25 or so. I wonder what I would have thought of them if I’d known them earlier during my religiously skeptical early years.

With the exception of the sixth season of Six Feet Under, they’re still largely portrayed in the media as figures of the “greater good” for others of us to model ourselves after and rarely do we see them as having human failings.

]]> By: Driftingfocus http://27wishes.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/angel-and-the-badman-and-other-quaker-movies/#comment-574 Driftingfocus Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:38:21 +0000 http://27wishes.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-574 Hell, until I moved to New England, I thought that Quakers were essentially extinct, like much of the country. Now I am one! Funny how life works out. Hell, until I moved to New England, I thought that Quakers were essentially extinct, like much of the country. Now I am one!

Funny how life works out.

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