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[[Rel Soc of Friends | I Have Called You Friends (John 15:15) the name The Rels Soc of Friends comes from

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I Have Called You Friends (John 15:15) and this is where the name The Religious Society of Friends comes from. I remember a survey the British Survey of Quakers 2013 of British Friends who identified as Christian was something like 32%. I am guessing the figure of those identifying as Christian is further reduced now
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  • Chuck Castro
    I self identify as “ Christian “ with Strong Universalist and Buddhist leanings . I rarely use the term publicly as those who shout it loudly , misrepresent greatly .
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  • Janet Nagel
    The friends of Jesus of Nazareth were not Christians. Christianity was invented after his death. The gospel of John was written 70 or more years after Jesus died with the intent of establishing a certain theology about him. Although embedded as they were in a heavily Christian society, in many ways the early Quakers' desire to be friends of Jesus meant setting aside Christian theology.
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    • Gregory Gadow
      Janet Nagel - The earliest of the four canonical gospels is believed to be Mark, likely written around 50. Luke and Matthew were written around 70, and John probably around 100-110.
  • Alexandra King Gomez
    I feel very comfortable calling myself Quaker. I am less comfortable calling myself Christian.
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  • David H. Albert
    Jesus is not all right with me.
  • Sarah Dodgson
    I am very much a follower of the way of Jesus of Nazareth, which was to replace the written authority of the scripture with love of his fellow human beings. Same thing today. All the rest is commentary.
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    • Muriel Edgerton
      Sarah Dodgson , can’t get the “like” icon to work, so I’m telling you I like your comment!! I know about Jesus because of being born into a Quaker Christian family. I’ve gotten to be educated about Quaker Christianity at Earlham College and Earlham School of Religion. I also know that Jesus wasn’t a Christian, he was a Jew. His teachings guide my life. I’ve also learned some helpful life lessons from other religious teachers who aren’t Jewish or Christian. Divine spirit appears to be non denominational.
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  • William Henry
    Take to log from your own eye before speaking of the splinter in your sister's eye ...
  • Tom Smith
    One of the quotes attributed to Gandhi, which seems to be genuine, when asked about Christianity goes something like: I consider myself a follower of Jesus' teachings, but do not call myself a Christian based on the actions of those who do call themselves Christian.
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  • John Newton
    I believe that Jesus was someone I can follow, and strive to live up to his example, but would never call myself Christian.. I have met, in my life, what I would consider to be Christian, only a handful of people..
  • John VanDyke Wilmerding
    John 15:15 isn't the source. 'Friends of the Light' or 'Friends of Truth' is much more probable.
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  • Per Marshall
    Courtney Bossarte my friends here discuss friends
  • Sharon Fitzpatrick
    This book provides decent history of Religious Society of Friends, term selected purposefully.
    My used copy had highlighted sections, something I generally avoid, but it also had between the pages, this prayer card from some other religion.
    May be an image of book
    • Sharon Fitzpatrick
      Sharon Fitzpatrick
      I was questioned regarding my understanding of how Christ figured in to my own perspective when I became a member of the Society. I was also questioned about comprehending process, and yet the church that accepted me into the RSoF did not adhere to the process with which I was familiar. I would not have joined any religion that permits shaming, shunning, demeaning, ridiculing, or squelching references to God. All of those happened to me and I find there are few who use the term for themselves who are familiar with the ideology of Fox or early Friends.
      Shaming and ridiculing me BECAUSE I am a theist and a mystic both occurred and when I admit that, more of the same occurs.




  • Sharon Fitzpatrick
    Copyright infringement as it may be, I trust a paragraph excerpt of Howard H. Brinton would be acceptable for my purposes.
    [Jewish family whose teen had gone to Quaker v schools were my first exposure to the religion and soon thereafter transferred to a Quaker school for academic reasons. However, as I listened to an administrator talk about the religion while walking through the cemetery toward Abington Friends’ Meetinghouse, I had a specific thought: a religion that understands God!!
    I had chosen not to be confirmed as a Catholic as a child unwilling to claim belief system that did not make sense and excluded others as valid concepts about divinity.
    From age 16 until I was in my 30s, I encouraged others to attend Meeting for Worship and would say, “technically a Christian religion…”]
    Until I read this passage. I still describe the founders as Christians, but I have since find this concept of Greek and Hebrew emphasis to be most accurate. That sense of accuracy derived from a substantial amount of exposure the “Old Testament” and also Ancient Greek philosophy.
    My concerns about those who package “just observe” as being consistent with this religion is in the contradicts both the contemplative and the active.
    That is not to say that excluding anyone because of their Buddhist leanings is appropriate, I just know this was not designed to be an “anything goes” theology.




    • Sharon Fitzpatrick
      “Combined through experience,” yet I have been consistently told my experience of being abused BY a church in this religion is not pertinent and referencing that experience is worse than inappropriate.
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