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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

So, it's #BlackFriday, to be followed by #CyberMonday. Some thoughts on consumerism, acquisition, all that stuff and gadgets, and living simply. (From @britishquakers.bsky.social QF&P Chapter 25.09 qfp.quaker.org.uk/passage/25-09/, and Advices and Queries no.41 qfp.quaker.org.uk/passage/1-02/)

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25.09

I want to list ten controlling principles for the outward expression of simplicity. They should not be viewed as laws but as one attempt to flesh out the meaning of simplicity into twentieth-century life. First, buy things for their usefulness rather than their status. Second, reject anything that is producing an addiction in you. Third, develop a habit of giving things away. De-accumulate. Fourth, refuse to be propagandised by the custodians of modern gadgetry. Fifth, learn to enjoy things without owning them. Sixth, develop a deeper appreciation for the creation. Seventh, look with a healthy scepticism at all ‘buy now, pay later’ schemes. Eighth, obey Jesus’ injunction about plain, honest speech. Ninth, reject anything that will breed the oppression of others. Tenth, shun whatever would distract you from your main goal.

Richard J Foster, 1979

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Try to live simply. A simple lifestyle freely chosen is a source of strength. Do not be persuaded into buying what you do not need or cannot afford. Do you keep yourself informed about the effects your style of living is having on the global economy and environment?

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Zach W. Lambert @zachwlambert.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Most of the time Twitter is a pretty toxic place, but other times someone tries to make Jesus into a racist and the official Community Notes are like “not today!”

Twitter interaction where someone says we don’t have to love people who are from other countries.

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

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Giles Paley-Phillips @eliistender10.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

This is a beautiful thing

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Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

@jamiebambrick.bsky.social Hi Jamie. Twitter follower and YouTube subscriber here. Good to see you here. (Although somehow you seem a little different here than in the other place?)

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Sunset tonight in Glastonbury. St Michael's tower, the beacon of light.

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

JBP has a new book out. Here's what Rowan Williams thought about it, starting with: "...a culture warrior out of his depth. The popular psychologist's blinkered reading of the Bible does his cause no favours." www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

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We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson review – a culture warrior out of his depth

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

It's just occurred to me that maybe this is a way to think about it: Twitter was our first attempt at what this kind of social media could be, and how we could be with it. It was inevitable that some things wouldn't work out quite right. But here, we get another go? Let's try and get this one right.

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

"Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people..." - Cory Booker

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"Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people; before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children; before you preach to me of your passion for your faith, teach me about it through your compassion for your neighbors. In the end, I'm not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as I am in how you choose to live and give."

Cory Booker

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Once again I find myself wondering (as I have from time 2 time) why the 2 components of Matt 22:37-40 were presented the way around they were, in terms of priority order. Or if He could have said them swapped over. And in particular what difference it might have made *if they had been*. Maybe a lot.

Text of Matthew 22:37-40

37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

There's clearly a running theme here. I like it.

"Love one another” (John 13:34)
"Love one another" (John 13:35)
"Love one another" (John 15:12)
"Love one another" (John 15:17)
"Love one another” (Rom 12:10)
"Love one another" (1 Thess 3:12)
"Love one another” (1 Peter 1:22)
"Love one another" (1 John 3:11)
"Love one another" (1 John 3:23)
"Love one another" (1 John 4:7)
"Love one another" (1 John 4:11)
"Love one another" (1 John 4:12)
"Love one another" (2 John 5)

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 18/11/2024

Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content. That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

@fibowler.bsky.social Yay, Reg content is available here also - hurrah!

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Raindrops and reflections on the compass stone this morning on Glastonbury Tor

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Pip @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Message from a friend to say she’d heard Radio 4’s Sunday service, which was done by autistic people, including autistic clergy, and spoke about the challenges autistic and neurodivergent folks can face accessing and being made truly welcome at church. Looking forward to listening. #CofEPeeps

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Rev. Rory Castle Jones @rorycastlejones.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I made a list for British Unitarians and Free Christians. Looking forward to seeing it grow as new people make the switch over to Bluesky ☺️ bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

So I've set the BlueSky app to dark mode and smaller font just like I have Twitter. Then followed a hundred or so key people. At that point it's actually pretty easy to forget which one you're in. Except for which voices are here, and which aren't. That difference is noticeable.

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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

📢The Guardian is now officially on Bluesky @theguardian.com

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again." - attributed to Stephen Grellet (1773-1855) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen...

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 17/11/2024

Latest Trump cabinet pick is Chris Wright for Energy Secretary, an oil executive. He has: -Described net zero as "sinister." -Last year said: “There is no climate crisis and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition either.” -Claimed we've seen no increase in extreme weather events.

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

@outdoorperscript.bsky.social Yay, you're here :) Had looked for you a few times, but perhaps I wasn't quite searching the correct handle.

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

" 'Anointed by God': The Christians who see Trump as their saviour " - Aleem Maqbool, Religion Editor, BBC News. Many of us will be sadly familiar with all of this, but it's a good summary for anyone somehow not up to speed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The Christians who see Trump as their saviour

Many churchgoers consider Trump their hope as more Americans turn away from religion.

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Cars in the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of cars on the U.K's roads as there were 30 years ago, but the media are still running articles claiming that a handful of cycle lanes and LTNs 'cause congestion' in London...🙄

A Morris Minor parked next to a huge new SUV.

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Lizzie Taylor @steeplekeeper.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

If your parish/a #ChurchofEngland church/parish you know of has a PCC Resolution relating to women’s ministry, & the Resolution has been reviewed, either during a vacancy or otherwise, please can you reply/message me via Direct Message. I’m collating information on this for WATCH. Thank you.

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Humanist Quaker @humanistquaker.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

@joymiriam.bsky.social Pleased to find you here, along with an encouraging number of others from the other place!

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