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rel="nofollow">louboutin</a>oakleyseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221561593432696548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429600601483831450.post-77007182122437565692007-06-04T11:05:00.000-07:002007-06-04T11:05:00.000-07:00One gets a different sense of what "inspiration" m...One gets a different sense of what "inspiration" means if one is a poet. Even the worse poet I ever knew would get up in the middle of the night with a definite sense that she'd been given something she needed to write. And while I found no illumination in the results, I expect she found some in the process.<BR/><BR/>A 19th Century precursor of the Newage movement wrote that inspiration was a state of mind, not a quality of the product. It might better be called a relation; a person is inspired when his mind is (explicitly or only implicitly) lit up by a connection to God's mind, which manifests in what we call "beauty" (even if we don't always agree on what that looks or sounds like.)<BR/><BR/>I think I've already tried to get you to http://kwakerskripturestudy.blogspot.com/ (where we were working our way through Revelation with widespread distaste--but I still found the work of seeking meaning in the book worthwhile.)<BR/><BR/>People try to read the Bible "to find the answers in the back of the book" while its true value is more like the Jewish practice of "Torah study," making an effort to solve the problems!forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214745625847174676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429600601483831450.post-4315391525836869012007-02-19T06:28:00.000-08:002007-02-19T06:28:00.000-08:00I think this is a wonderful post in that it repres...I think this is a wonderful post in that it represents an honest openness to both question and learn from the scriptures.<BR/><BR/>Two words of caution from a fellow-Quaker who was also once young. (1) Don't take it for granted that the Society of Friends is not "Bible-based". It is and it isn't. Early Friends loved the Bible. They considered it something less than the Source of Truth and something more than just another book. Even their belief that the Bible was not the Word of God came from the Bible itself (which says Christ is the Word of God). <BR/>(2)Please don't write off whole books such as Revelation, just because parts of them seem bizarre. I guess my generation could relate a little better to Revelation because it seemed so psychedelic. But surely certain passages in even Revelation are beautiful and true in-and-of-themselves. No less gentle a Quaker than John Woolman loved the book of Revelation. And consider a verse like Revelation 22:17 <B><EM>The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.</B></EM>. <BR/>How's that for universalism?<BR/><BR/>- - Rich Accetta-Evans<BR/><A HREF="brooklynquaker.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow"><B>Brooklyn Quaker</B></A>Rich in Brooklynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589780733691616974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429600601483831450.post-6334625508901616702007-01-18T10:47:00.000-08:002007-01-18T10:47:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Divine Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13242035874899454206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429600601483831450.post-89752847385954268542007-01-14T12:27:00.000-08:002007-01-14T12:27:00.000-08:00What a great journal entry, the last line you wrot...What a great journal entry, the last line you wrote,really rang true for me as well. I am looking forward to reading more from you!Liz in the Misthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535396346855135995noreply@blogger.com