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From: "Sherry" <>
Subject: Re: [PA-QUAKERS] Admin Message
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:59:48 -0400
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I would prefer that this list stay on topic for the research of Quaker
families, and not devolve into a discussion about Quaker religious doctrine
and whatnot.

Thanks for your cooperation.

My best,
Sherry
PA-Quakers List Admin


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> As far as the practice of disownment, I appreciate the further comments.
> What we forget is that many religions did this for years where there was a
> cross marriage or marriage outside the church or other infractions of the
> rules. Catholics and Jewish families were most prominent for years. I
> belonged to a sect which...did not belileve in formal membership and what
> was most devastating was when my aunt had a disagreement with the pastor
> and it wasn't called any of these names but amounted to the same thing.
> The church was like a family and when the disagreement came up, the people
> from the church could not speak to us. Literally. This is like your
> family disowning you even though I was an innocent party in the
> disagreement. We also were encouraged not to have anything to do with any
> relatives or friends who were not from this church. My grandmother was
> going both to our church and the Nazarene Church and she was told to make
> a choice. Because she chose to go to the N!
> azarene Church, we were discouraged from having contact with her. You may
> say this was done with love and after a long period of counselling and in
> some cases this may have been true. My family has deep roots in the
> Quaker faith...but I find that many of the beliefs of what I understand
> about the faith are not consistent with the Bible. Perhaps we could be
> enlightened. Pat Morano
>
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