'...we are clearly questioning the religious language we use in a way that is in keeping with our long history of seeking to live and speak truthfully.' Photo: sswweett59 / flickr CC.
'...we are clearly questioning the religious language we use in a way that is in keeping with our long history of seeking to live and speak truthfully.' Photo: sswweett59 / flickr CC.
Just before Yearly Meeting this year, a headline appeared in a national newspaper: ‘The Quakers are right. We don’t need God’, with the strapline: ‘The group is considering dropping God from its meetings guidance as it makes some feel uncomfortable…’
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