tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15715889.post115942167145149005..comments2023-07-23T00:49:12.363-07:00Comments on Tables, Chairs & Oaken Chests: About "On the Quaker Doctrine of the Holy Spirit": Plus ca change...Chris M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11651283601238351902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15715889.post-1160024630211221762006-10-04T22:03:00.000-07:002006-10-04T22:03:00.000-07:00Simon: Thanks for commenting. I fully agree, about...Simon: Thanks for commenting. I fully agree, about the themes still weaving through our conversations today, and even before Quakerism.Chris M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05125825966802002625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15715889.post-1159964901284677872006-10-04T05:28:00.000-07:002006-10-04T05:28:00.000-07:00That was a brilliant transposition, moving a conve...That was a brilliant transposition, moving a conversation both through time and medium, yet it stayed relevant.<BR/><BR/>I did wonder about the initials and the style of writing, but it's not hard to imagine the same conversations happening today.<BR/><BR/>I'm enjoying reading about early Quakers in large part because the conversations they had are often still the conversations we have today. It does seem that common threads weave through every period of Quakerism, and even periods before Quakerism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15715889.post-1159823480578457372006-10-02T14:11:00.000-07:002006-10-02T14:11:00.000-07:00I like your pointing out that Quaker commentary pr...I like your pointing out that Quaker commentary prior to the invention of the blogoshpere was a dialogue. The real difference in doing this by computer is that we speed things up. Whereas in times of print media the discussion would take place in slow motion over a period of months, years or even decades, now it can take place in a single day or a week at most.<BR/><BR/>Its a radical idea of mine that the Bible itself represents a kind of very slow dialogue about the nature of the Spirit and our relationship to it. The authors of the various books of the Bible record their opinions and centuries later another book is written that disagrees and then a couple of centuries down the pike a third opinion is introduced. <BR/><BR/>Is the speed good? Yes, if we can use the speed while resisting the urge to hurry. We are tempted to skim posts and write hasty comments instead of thoughtful ones. But when used properly the internet is a great thing.RichardMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08564152237574253857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15715889.post-1159437165149276802006-09-28T02:52:00.000-07:002006-09-28T02:52:00.000-07:00It is always reassuring to discover that we are no...It is always reassuring to discover that we are not the first to wrestle with particular problems; it helps us place ourselves in the context of the human community through time. The discovery that even in the new medium of computers connected via internet, the form of discourse has not changed is also reassuring. People have not changed; we still need the same sorts of interactions to create meaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com