Quakerism is a lovely faith. I mean revealed faith is dangerous, but I just can't dislike Quakerism. All of my athiest friends and family (so um all of my friends and family really) want to be quakers if we only believed in God.

UK Quakerism is more socially liberal than it is in the US, I believe. There's a meeting house in my town.

They were absolutely revolutionary when they emerged. Like a lot of these Protestant groups they came out of the chaos of the Civil War. They were incendary at the time. See the treatment of James Naylor (or rather don't because the poor man had his tongue stuck through with a iron bar and his forehead branded- and this was despite Cromwell's attempt to intercess for clemency). But then similar movements: Levellerism and their radical offshoot the Diggers posed, or were percieved to pose, a geniune risk to established order (and order wasn't very established to begin with). And the Ranters were just sex maniacs. So the shakey mad Quakers were seen as a bit suspicious.

They weren't boring. They were abolitionists, pilgrims and feminists. And ethical employers. And they sold oats. Quaker oats.

Thanks for the replies!

I think when I start driving and get a car, I'll go check out a meeting...

Can't think of a signature.