As a secular humanist, I am beyond chuffed to see all the folks sharing their different relationships to cosmology on CoSo this morning. There's such a rich wealth of views being held in tension, with no one being attacked for personal views. Love to see it.
(Currently reading up on some 18th-Century Quaker spats for today's newsletter, so switching between those historical tidbits and this gem of a feed is quite the trip!)
@MLClark Quaker spats? I guess they argued very quietly? 🤣
🤣 Not in this case, alas, but also--
I learned today that up until the turn of the 1700s, boisterous displays were totally okay with the Friends! For the first few decades of their existence, they wanted folks to know their dissenting opinions and they weren't afraid of how they showed 'em. Then the next generation took a much more controlled & modest view of how to present themselves in the world.
Wild how a movement can start one way, then end up somewhere else entirely, eh?
@stueytheround
Of course your fun-lovin' self would know every pitstop in history where there's a party to be had! 🤣