Perhaps you are referring to the Shaking Quakers (aka the Shakers)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakers
Rob
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Jeff <richaje_at_tcvYD-NmIX-ziUM9M1nAOoNjwP-3sOtG7YVUGbfAPI1ezd6_dZENP7kyRHdedU5j8ZX1iujv_A.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> > While I agree with that as far as Joy goes, I have to say, I was at a
> > Quaker boarding school for five years, attending all of their religious
> > services, and I never saw anything even remotely like that...
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> Hah - they didn't bring you to the secret ceremonies for the elect! :D
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> Seriously, I know that the Quakers don't do the ecstatic communion with God
> as in old school Pentecostalism. But I included them in the comparison,
> since that is of course their old time reputation. And in this case, the
> stereotype is more useful for describing Joy in game terms than the actual
> truth of practice.
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> Jeff
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