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Four ways to make your meeting Christian

April 5th, 2007 | Quakerism, Real-world Quakerism, Radical quakerism, God, Nontheism, Liberal Quakerism, Blogs, Religion & irreligion, Christians and Post-Quakerism.

I just said I wouldn’t be posting. But I am, because during my readings of other Quaker blogs, it has surprised me how much some Friends in liberal meetings seem to not fully appreciate which branch they’re in, where it’s headed, and what that all means.
The problem
To cut to the chase, Christianity is no longer […]

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