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Video: In their words — Jake Seeley on being Quaker
Published: Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 12:06am
THE WASHINGTON POST has long been viewed as a front runner in the field of journalism, continually serving as a model for innovative and cutting-edge work.
It is in this spirit that the Gargoyle found inspiration in the Post's “onBeing” video series, which consists of short clips of individuals speaking about their lives and the things that they find significant.
In creating our own videos, we've tried to keep in mind the philosophy behind “onBeing.” The Post features regular people who lead ordinary lives but who also bring to life what it means “to be.” Artfully created and strikingly moving, “onBeing”'s snapshots of humanity help people connect through the medium of online journalism.
Applying this idea to Uni, we ask students to speak for a few minutes about topics that they are passionate about, in the hope that our already tightly knit community will grow tighter as we learn more about each other.
We present to you the first installment of the Gargoyle series “In their words”: a feature on senior Jake Seeley. As he talks about being a Quaker and how that affects his life, Seeley sheds light on this originally Christian religious denomination that has now become broad enough to accommodate even self-professed atheists such as Seeley himself.
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Some things
There are some things I would like to add that weren't in the video, either because I didn't say them or because I said them stupidly and the editors cut them to save me embarrassment.
1) Quakers are pacifists.
2) Quakerism encourages deep thought and being good stewards of the environment.
3) Quakerism is, and always been, closely intertwined with social justice efforts.
Also, I realized that in describing what meeting is like, I made it sound a bit cultish and weird, what with the "sitting in a circle" and all. What I meant is that the seats are arranged in concentric circles (a manifestation of egalitarianism) in the beautiful, sun-filled meeting house.
That's all, I encourage everyone to come sometime– it's a spiritual lifestyle very appropriate for the types of critical thinkers and socially conscious young people that attend Uni.
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