gneiss

This makes me feel like some sort of monk. The truth is, as much as Quakers want to work for peace, from what I have seen they (the groups I have been around lately) have adopted a smug sense of superiority regarding their pacifism. They have the same "We're the good guys, we're right. You're wrong and you're bad," attitude that was adopted most recently by the Bush administration (and is adopted by any administration during a war, Democrat or Republican. I think it's only a matter of time for Obama's crew, if it's not already started). It's the same mindset that starts wars, continues them, and does not allow progress toward peace. To see it in a peace church is disturbing and a major reason I stopped attending Quaker meeting and withdrew my membership from the meeting I grew up in. I hope Quakers can get past the idea that they have all the answers because they don't and they were much more effective when they were willing to listen and acknowledge that they might not be right.

That Ghandi guy knew his stuff.