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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>If I were unscrupulous and
generally a rotten person, I would join the community if only to share in the
real property the Community owns. I am a minimalist at heart, and the
Shaker style of decorating and the furniture itself (Can you believe I referred
to it as a style?!? It is a religion for Pete's sake!) speak to
me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>I appear to be a
materialist in addition to being a minimalist.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>Shame on me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>Jeanene</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>P.S. It is a matter of definition whether there are only 4 Shakers.
Different Shaker communities disagree over whether the membership rolls were
closed to new additions (which would inevitably make the community extinct,
since celibate practitioners have no children) or not. So, some new members
have been admitted by some communities, while others say those are not true
Shakers. There are some substantial financial assets at issue in all of this
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