tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post8283587061221350464..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.271-05:00Comments on Adventus: Sunday Morning Fun with NumbersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-33799728766271776102015-03-15T19:41:19.505-05:002015-03-15T19:41:19.505-05:00He was...misinformed on many things.He was...misinformed on many things.ntoddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01068160577299501895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-34443349464374935662015-03-15T19:15:20.058-05:002015-03-15T19:15:20.058-05:00The Friends a cult? Had he ever been to a Friend...The Friends a cult? Had he ever been to a Friend's Meeting for Business? I know of a meeting that had an item pending for years because the clerk of the meeting had bought and donated something for the meeting house kitchen without asking the meeting if they'd agree to take it.<br /><br />The Friends are a cult in the same sense that absolute randomness is determinate. <br /><br />On the other hand, this makes me feel like I should join a church. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-49545767000501995452015-03-15T19:07:23.252-05:002015-03-15T19:07:23.252-05:00The Friends a cult? Had he ever been to a Friend...The Friends a cult? Had he ever been to a Friend's Meeting for Business? I know of a meeting that had an item pending for years because the clerk of the meeting had bought and donated something for the meeting house kitchen without asking the meeting if they'd agree to take it.<br /><br />The Friends are a cult in the same sense that absolute randomness is determinate. <br /><br />On the other hand, this makes me feel like I should join a church. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-20681535446245659762015-03-15T12:54:38.879-05:002015-03-15T12:54:38.879-05:00There was a fun thread at Kevin Drum's 10 year...There was a fun thread at Kevin Drum's 10 years ago when some dude I was arguing with about nonviolence claimed that I belonged to a dying cult (which apparently made my arguments invalid). I noted:<br /><br />"Wow, so the fact that the number of Quakers grew from 87k to 217k from 1990 to 2001 and is now 300k shows that my cult is dying? Interesting math analysis you've got."<br /><br />There ain't many Friends, that's for certain, but affiliation has gone up. Probably just because so many people got tired of the UUs,..<br /><br />https://web.archive.org/web/20050316074445/http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_01/005471.phpntoddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01068160577299501895noreply@blogger.com