You are on the right track: the point of the "new commandment" is that we base our perceptions of what is right or wrong on a concern for the well-being of everyone in any situation. When Jesus said that the two laws "fulfil" the Law and the prophets, He was pointing out that the purpose of law...
Yes, I am at heart a Quaker in the Liberal Tradition, though I meet with an Evangelical Meeting in the most liberal of the Evangelical Yearly Meetings. I have connections to liberal Meetings and hope to start a preparatory Meeting in my home when I get it into some kind of decent shape.
A little history of Quakers in The US would be helpful. The answer for the Quakers in Britain was sufficient (ok, without becoming smarmy, it was outstanding)
You have to understand that during the "great awakening" people came into Quaker Meetings who did not understand the processes, and who...
James R of non-theist Friends is an outstanding person, thinker and expresses himself very well. As I recall, he is an atheist himself, but the site is about non-traditional approaches to the question of God and relating to that entity. To be honest, many Quaker Meetings, especially...
As I understand the Catholic perception, "original sin" is not about inherited sin in itself, but inheritance of a "sin nature" or the proclivity to sin. This rings true if you consider "sin" to be an act of selfishness that harms relationships with God or fellow humans, or even the ultimate...
Don't be fooled by the term. Most Quaker Meetings will meet weekly and the "Monthly Meeting is a reference to the practice of Meeting for worship in Business that takes place after the weekly Meeting once a month; it is the Quaker term for "local congregation."
In the "unprogrammed Meetings"...