Quakers and the Bible
Michael Wright puts the case for Friends engaging more with the Bible
The Bible seems to be much neglected in British Quakerism these days. It is largely a foreign rather than a familiar book to many of us. We mostly seem to hear of it from ‘Bible believing Christians’ who take it at face value, as literally the word of God. Many of us Quakers are uncomfortable at the prospect of discussions with such eager beavers. They have a ready familiarity with chapter and verse, and a clear black and white view of how the material is to be treated, which puts us at a disadvantage. Unfortunately we rarely discuss the Bible among ourselves either. We also tend not to discuss the Bible with those who are drifting away from the practice of the Christian way because they can no longer accept a biblical literalism. Sadly most do not realise there is any sensible alternative between that and the Dawkins view.
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