Ive never felt connected to any type of religion in a meaningful way, and all the churches Ive been to have been quick to turn me off.
I never really knew what Quakerism was until I started researching my family history. I found out that one of my ancestors was a man named John Bowne, a Quaker who immigrated to what was then the New Netherlands in search of religious freedom. He found none there, and was arrested, jailed, and banished from the colony for holding secret Quaker meetings in his kitchen! He then went all the way to Holland to take up his case with the Dutch East India Company… and won!
So I began to read about Quakerism, and I have yet to find a single facet of that religion that disagrees with my beliefs! When I go back to school, I am going to attend a meeting… I live in a small town and there are no Quakers in it.