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electric_blue68

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10. Get this...back in the '70s at my college the Draft Counselor was a Quaker!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 05:57 PM

22 hrs ago

For those not adverse to religion he also taught a great World's Religions class. We visited a Jewish Temple, a Christian Church, a Buddhist Temple, went to Japan House near the UN for a Japanese tea ceremony.
Read from the various texts.

We also went to Quaker meeting at his town, and played badminton after at his home.
Nice guy!

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