Why I Cried the First Time I Went to Quaker Meeting

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[@davidtehr2993]

Beautiful. I too found a spiritual home with Friends in mid 1991, after quite a tumultuous spiritual journey from militant, evangelising, tub-thumping atheist to now happy (although not-so clappy) Christian. I love that saying "Don't let Christians put you off Jesus!"

[@billcrawford1937]

This has been my experience almost exactly. Thank you for sharing.

[@jodibeatty]

Thank you so much for sharing your personal and precious story! I love your description of why you wept. Because it felt like coming home after a long time gone. Wow. Powerful stuff. I have felt that too. It IS very healing. I love it too.

[@ruth1113]

thank you for your honesty. ruth ann

[@justinevirtue1755]

Thanks for this. My ancestors are Quaker. Wanted to learn about the mystical aspects and perhaps contact them help and information. Your experience was reassuring for me.

[@jamessorensen3447]

I had to leave my evangelical Friends church because I knew I wouldn't be welcome there when I decided to transition from female to male.

[@MsZephyra]

That's such a shame. I attend unprogrammed Meeting in DC and it's hard to wrap my head around the evangelical Quakers.

[@billgrimke-drayton2858]

I can absolutely identify with this.

[@Lepewhi]

I could be really off base here, but it seems to me like Quakerism is something along the lines of Gnostic Christianity?

[@TechBearSeattle]

Not really. Gnosticism is kind of like Dorothy at the beginning of the Wizard of Oz: it holds that Truth is something that must be sought, something that needs a quest and guides and frightful dangers. The Quaker movement is more like Dorothy at the end of the movie: we hold that we have always had Truth from the beginning, and it is just a matter of taking the time to listen to it.

[@Lepewhi]

Thanks for your explanation. It makes sense.

[@peacecraft3449]

@@TechBearSeattle I know this comment is 7 years old but thank you for this kind of explanation its actually amazing!

[@angelgirldebbiejo]

Love it !! I am from Portland Oregon living in Arlington Tx, going to visit a friends church in Fort Worth ! I just read where they are not inclusive to all , AJ visit an Episcopal church. I know this must have been very terrible news for those that think they have made some progress and find they are still in the dark ages.

[@bensirach3586]

I'm afraid I don't get what you mean.

[@helenaville5939]

You sound angry. You don't seem to understand that, unlike other religions, Quakers have no dogma. For example, in my Quaker meeting house in Ireland we conduct gay marriages. In another meeting house, perhaps in the US, they may not. Because there is no dogma in Quakerism, different meetings may take on the personality of the group (because they are only human) so you might need to search a little for a meeting that suits you. Some of the Quakers in my meeting house are not even Christian whereas I believe most Quakers in the US are Christian. Just because you find one meeting house that is not so welcoming of your views, this does not automatically mean that all meeting houses will be the same. "Seek and you will fins". I wish you well on your journey.