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Originally Posted by tom7bills
I was chatting with an elderly gentleman at a Spiritualist Church one time, he had been around since the early days of Spiritualism and when it was all going on The UK Government at the time had insisted that God be a man in this religion, there were those who wanted God to be gender neutral, but the Govt said no man no official religion. I dont know if that was true but I had no reason to doubt the gentleman. He did know his stuff with Spiritualist History.
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In the 1950s or thereabouts the philosophy and teachings of Modern Spiritualism were codified after the repeal of The Fraudulent Mediums Act.
To get legal recognition as a religion and ensure its survival required compromises which eventually led to the adoption of the so-called Seven Principles. That done Spiritualism was eventually accepted as a registered religion.
All that was somewhat before my time and as history isn't my forte I can't give details but research online what needed to happen.