Slimboyfat—
The Quakers are a fairly evolved group. I can see you enjoying their non doctrinaire association.I heard that a rabbi once said “Some of my best Jews are ‘Friends’”.
About the Catholic Workers: they go back only to 1933. They are pacifists. You apparently didn’t read the link l posted. I checked it to see if my remembrance of them matched the wiki page.
Do they actually refuse to fight, or just talk about it?
You ask if the Workers actually refuse to fight or just talk about it? They had been a haven for active war resistance from the beginning. They are more vocal and active than JWs if fewer in number. They have helped provide a steady presence at the WHINSEC (formerly School of the Americas) , crashing nuclear missle silos, etc. they have at times risked sanctioning by the Catholic Church. They often live in community, allow for individual conscience, feed and shelter the poor, work for social justice. Live in poverty for the most part. And they are sometimes fractious as will happen when individual conscience is respected 😕. As you would know, SBF.
The 8 million robots stand in stark contrast. In my ignorant innocence l was invited by a local Peace Panel around the time of the Second Iraq war to represent Jehovah’s Witnesses tradition of peace ( l was POMO thoroughly)
And all hell broke loose.
Nathan Natas and others of this forum flagged a news article that announced the forum of local religious groups meeting to present their religious traditions. The moderator included my name. ( l didn’t receive a paper, neither had a television out in our rural home) ExJWs bombed the organizers with emails stating that no legitimate JW woman would/could represent the Organization. The mod called me in distress over what this could mean. I was absolutely bewildered. I called a well known Anointed brother to clarify my intention and was powerfully counseled as to the wrong l would be committing against the Organization should l do such a thing.
I cancelled out much to the mutual chagrin of the panel and myself. My explanation as to “why” sounded hollow even to myself.
Years later l discovered this forum had been the instrument of that confrontation.
8 million robots. My desire to work for peace through this Organization was reduced to mechanically distributing old magazines and careful shunning of any other religions that worked for peace.
Blighted religion. JWs are ones who are not free to even talk the walk .
