Jeff wrote:
>
> > 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...
>
> Hah - they didn't bring you to the secret ceremonies for the elect! :D
>
> 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.
>
Yeah, it may be that my atypical experience means that I'm much less
aware of the stereotype than I am of the reality. And, of course, there
are parallels, its just that the outward effects are quite different.
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Trotsky
Gamer and Skeptic
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