Dear Friends,
Many thanks to Rosemary for inspiring a compassionate and keening listening Meeting in November.
1 December’s Quaker Meeting and Creative Conversation will introduce the concern, “Ideas for Creative Conversation Topics” at 7PM UK time by Zoom.
Summary: What topics would participants like to see covered in future Creative Conversations? If you have a suggestion or interest that you would enjoy hearing discussed, this is a perfect time to share those thoughts.
• Zoom Room opens at 6:45PM UK time, please arrive early.
• 7PM UK time: Welcome and Quaker Meeting (~20 minutes): Sharing silence with one another for quietly gathering ourselves and connecting.
• Creative Conversation and Discussion (~1 hour): Different participants will introduce a thought provoking, occasionally debatable question, brief statement, and/or reading. This will be followed by an inspired discussion amongst all participants for creative exchanges and opportunities to disagree.
• Conclusion: Thoughts and a few moments to share silence.
• After Announcements the Zoom Room will remain open for friendly chats and community.
• Duration:1hr:30m-2hr:00m Additional information about our QM+CC can be found on our website.
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In Friendship,
The QM+CC Working group (Gisela Creed, John Senior, William Purser, and Kiera Faber)
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This topic may have already been covered, but I should like to know the differences between nontheist, atheist, agnostic and humanist.
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Hi Sheila
I guess we’ve covered this at various times in a roundabout way but don’t believe we have had a Creative Conversation on this topic as such. I think it would prove quite interesting and will forward your comment to the MfW+CC working group (see above) but also hope you can make it on 1st December.
In the meantime my personal off-the-cuff answer might be:
‘There are surely some significant differences but otherwise – not a lot’.
(That might be because I’m a nontheist, weak(ening) atheist, agnostic humanist and Quaker of sorts).
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Thank you Trevor.
Unfortunately I have a prior engagement on 1 Dec but hope to be at future meetings.
Regards, Sheila
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P.S. I am fascinated by your phrase “weak(ening) atheist”! Sheila Phillips
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