Being french, I have minimal notion of what "quakers" are. Let's see. There is the fat jovial man depicted on the quaker oats box.... that's it. Are they anything like the amish depicted in the movie "Witness" (excellent movie) ?
> > 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.
>
> Jeff
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