Especially because there is a secular version of consensus, and it's almost-but-not-quite the Quaker version, and explaining the difference requires drawing on a whole lot of background info. *nods enthusiastically*
The peace testimony is hard. I have a lot more personal difficulty with simplicity, but the peace testimony is definitely one of those things that you have to wrestle with a lot when you're among non-Friends.
(Are you actively Quaker, or did you go to Quaker school, or are you just a Philadelphian, lol? My wife is all three, I'm just the first and last.)
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Date: 2013-01-17 03:11 pm (UTC)The peace testimony is hard. I have a lot more personal difficulty with simplicity, but the peace testimony is definitely one of those things that you have to wrestle with a lot when you're among non-Friends.
(Are you actively Quaker, or did you go to Quaker school, or are you just a Philadelphian, lol? My wife is all three, I'm just the first and last.)