tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post2465658037957087715..comments2023-10-28T02:59:37.028-07:00Comments on E m e r g i n g ...Q u a k e r i s m ..L i t e r a t u r e ..R e l i g i o n ... L i f e: Universalism: What do you think?Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12396312339372162866noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post-33281246461661050972022-04-10T17:25:00.193-07:002022-04-10T17:25:00.193-07:00Thanks for postiing thisThanks for postiing thisTaya Pollardhttps://www.tayapollard.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post-75189476869164811772010-07-20T13:32:26.505-07:002010-07-20T13:32:26.505-07:00We should also remember that in the Koran, Muhamma...We should also remember that in the Koran, Muhammad spoke of Jesus<br />as a great prophet. Muhammad even<br />told the story of the Virgin Birth.<br />Of course, he did not accept the<br />Resurrection, but said that Jesus <br />ascended directly to heaven after he died. (This is said of Muhammad<br />as well.)<br />So, for the Abrahamic faiths, "all<br />religions are the same" has a different meaning. It may refer only to the Abrahamic faiths. For<br />there can be no doubt that Christianity is a child---though a<br />dreadful unloving child---of<br />Judaism, and that Islam is a sort<br />of reformed Judaism as well.<br /> Jeremy MottJeremy Mottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post-46412240915930037372010-07-20T13:14:03.340-07:002010-07-20T13:14:03.340-07:00We should remember that Isaac Newton was not a Chr...We should remember that Isaac Newton was not a Christian in the<br />usual sense. He was a Unitarian,<br />at a time when a Unitarian was in<br />some sense a Christian, but did not<br />believe in Jesus as the Son of God.<br />This was discovered after he died <br />by studying his papers. If this had been known during his lifetime,<br />he would have lost his job as a<br />university professor. Quakers were<br />Trinitarians in those days, but could not be university professors because we would not take the<br />sacrament of communion.<br /> Isn't it better to have a faith based on the power of the Light Within, or the Christ Within, or the Holy Spirit if you<br />prefer, rather than theological<br />formulations? <br /> Jeremy MottJeremy Mottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post-29072968205757380432010-07-17T10:36:18.250-07:002010-07-17T10:36:18.250-07:00On Max Carter's review in the Washington Post ...On Max Carter's review in the Washington Post I had made the following comment:<br /><br />I consider the Society of Friends as the most mystical of all divisions of Christianity. All Friends (Quakers) should seek the Inner Light, follow divine leadings, and regard all of life as sacramental.<br /><br />Their experience of the divine is communal and shared with others. It leads to an awareness of unity which is lived, not just contemplated. A true mystic has a transpersonal outlook on life.<br /><br />My e-book at www.suprarational.org is dedicated to a mysticism which is lived here and now.Ron Krumposhttp://www.suprarational.orgnoreply@blogger.com