tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24917443.post4354762001683503271..comments2023-05-07T02:34:30.801-07:00Comments on One Quaker Take: Tmothy Travishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02788311873771605510noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24917443.post-73803490893226102552012-07-10T21:32:42.628-07:002012-07-10T21:32:42.628-07:00Well, honestly, I was trying to argue AGAINST that...Well, honestly, I was trying to argue AGAINST that sort of reasoning-our-way-to-righteousness! I agree that it's our job to hear God and do what he says . . . but I've noticed that we sometimes have trouble dividing that from our own opinion. That was sorta my point. But . . . it probably wasn't very clear. I imagine I'll do some more rambly exploring over the next few months!<br /><br />In the Light,<br />-RosemaryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820971202062693393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24917443.post-36259012379973626762012-07-02T20:54:21.286-07:002012-07-02T20:54:21.286-07:00I come to that conclusion by reading the blogpost ...I come to that conclusion by reading the blogpost to which I linked.Tmothy Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02788311873771605510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24917443.post-30018537587800267172012-07-02T20:27:17.502-07:002012-07-02T20:27:17.502-07:00I don't know where you got the idea that Frien...I don't know where you got the idea that Friends reason their way to righteousness from their own experience. The meaning of the Light Within as Friends have understood it is found in the first chapter of the Gospel of John. "The light that enlightens the world" (John 1:9) is not the light of reason, it is that divine life which took form in the shape of Jesus, who calls us also to embody that same Life or Light as He did. It is experience, true, but it is the direct experience of the Holy Spirit inspiring and guiding each of us, in community with other Friends, to which we submit in humility and gratitude. I know there are Friends who would not say it this way, but I can't think of any group of Friends who envision the kind of radical rationalistic individualism that you describe. How did you come to that conclusion? I'm puzzled by that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com