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Originally Posted by ketzer
Perhaps the most important common thread, IMHO, that one can keep in mind regarding all of those different religions mentioned above, is that they were all invented and are maintained by human beings. All I expect, different ways of trying to address common underlying human needs. Among those needs is the need for answers to common questions. Though the answers differ considerably, the questions themselves do tell us a lot, about humans, and about all those different religions.
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Over the last couple of weeks, I spoke to some of my Quaker friends about reviving ONLINE the Spiritual Readings group that I used to attend before the pandemic.
Although the Quakers started as a very Christian-centric group, it has become very welcoming to people of all wisdom traditions at least from what I am seeing at the Brooklyn (New York City) Meeting House.
In addition to being welcoming of all traditions:
- there are no clergy
- there is total male-female equality
- there are no prejudices and they are supportive of the GLBT community
- there is no dogma that MUST be believed
- the meetings are silent EXCEPT when any member is inspired to speak
- "Service" begins after the meeting
I'm not sure if all Quaker Meeting groups are identical but my Brooklyn experience has been absolutely awesome.