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by Carol Ciscel | Dec 2005
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Studying American history means encountering Quakers, not just in Pennsylvania, but in some unexpected places as well. George Fox himself visited the colonies and some of the world’s oldest meeting houses are in New York and Pennsylvania. In fact, in the 1600s Anglicans, Puritans, and Quakers made up the majority of the colonists. The history of our faith and the history of our country are inextricably entwined! |
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by David & Carol Ciscel | Nov 2005
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After meeting for worship on October 23, several Friends expressed concern about the participation of US forces in the torture of prisoners. Perhaps the time has come to figure out how to apply our peace testimony to this difficult question. One thing we might do is join our witness to that of others, but we also need to ask ourselves how we, as a country, could have gone down this road. Human Rights Watch has called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate any US officials – no matter how high their rank – who participated in, ordered, or had command responsibility for war crimes or torture. A recent Frontline program on “The Torture Question” documented just how widespread and systematic abuses are at Guantanamo and in Afghanistan and Iraq. Moreover the driving force behind the abuses is pressure from the very top to get “actionable intelligence.” We have to confront two remarkably intractable justifications for torture: one having to do with efficacy; the other with revenge. |
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by Carol Ciscel | Oct 2005
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Did you ever imagine that the fastest growing religious groups in America are Hindu, Quaker, Buddhist, and Muslim? Here are the numbers from a survey sponsored by the City University of New York comparing religious self-identification in 1990 with 2001: Hindu up 237%, Quaker up 224%, Buddhist up 170%, and Muslim up 109%.1 |
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