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Quakers may cut out God in faith update

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/quakers-may-cut-out-god-in-faith-update-55lb7pcgz

>References to God could be reduced or removed from the Quakers’ main book of guidance as part of a “once in a generation” update to the faith’s teachings.

>Quakerism has its roots in Christianity, but not all Quakers identify as Christians, with some considering themselves to be spiritual, agnostic, humanist or more generally “non-theist”.

>>664566

Well that sounds like a pretty big "no" to OPs first question.

>>664566

Those are only super liberal/universalist Quakers and they only make up like 5% of Quakers worldwide, but they make up around 25%-30% of Quakers in the UK (no surprise there). Generally most Quakers are firmly rooted in the Protestant tradition and many times overlapping with Evangelical Protestantism.

>>664578

It doesn't matter. They are heretics of the same outlandish vein as JWs, SDAs and Mormons, which mangle the Faith into something virtually unrecognisable.

It is therefore unacceptable to go to a meeting house.

>>664589

How do they mangle the faith? Conservative Quakers are Trinitarians and consider the Bible the Word of God. Only thing is is that they don't practice sacraments/ordinances (they don't reject them they just don't do them) and they don't celebrate holidays. That's it. They're basically Evangelical Protestants.

>>664597

By not accepting or applying the sacraments and ordained priesthood, they do reject them. Also

>teetotalism

>pacifistic

>muh social justice

>holidays are bagan

Evangelical Prots are also heretics, so you're not making a great point here.

>>664609

Papism is heresy.

>>664566

It's a shame to see how far they've fallen but so much of their tenets such as religious tolerance/pluralism and a priesthood of believers inevitably lead to a liberalising which in turn leads to agnosticism, Unitarianism or even atheism.

>>664562

Quakers are now - and have always been - unitarian universalists. Take that how you will. Those who think Quakers have "fallen from their original intent" through some modernist movement have not read the early Quaker writings.

Read George Fox, especially. Unitarians. With that in mind they are not Christians as defined by this board.

>>664566

wat

>>664963

LEGENDARY

>>664609

Huh. This post has still not been deleted for calling evangelicals heretics, but the one under it has been for calling Catholics heretics. Curious.

And the claim that it is not as bad because it gives an explanation of why evangelicals are heretics is false. It is giving an explanation of flaws in Quakerism, not evangelicalism.

youtube "quakers" and you'll get a sense of how stupid and degenerate the sect has become.