A little bit of plain-style theology from a friend:

"At the very center of the Quaker faith lies the doctrine of the Inner Light.
Briefly stated, the principle of the Inner Light is this: In every human soul there is implanted a certain element of God's own spirit and divine energy. The element, known to the early Friends as "that of God in everyone," or the "seed," or the "seed of Christ," or the "seed of Light," means to them in the words of John "the Light that enlighteneth every man who comes into the world."
The Quakers believe that no first hand knowledge of God is possible except through that which is experienced..."
http://tinyurl.com/ace9l
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A nice informed evocation of the early Christian movement by Burton Mack. Man, the church sure has been messed up for the last 1,950 or so years.
http://tinyurl.com/7fx93
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Why Hobbes and not Winstanley? I keep asking myself this question. I think it's been having an effect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrard_Winstanley
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