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 <i>believe</i>, but by what we <i>do</i>.</p><p>If you only look at the language of belief, you miss a whole different
 way of looking at religious identity.  Choices with respect to the language of
 belief are what distinguish many, even most, Christian denominations, but
-that's something Quakers have declined to play: we don't do creeds.  And we're not the only religion that
+that's something Quakers have stood aside from: we don't do creeds.  And we're not the only religion that
 isn't best understood in terms of belief, and recognising that points us towards a better way to
 distinguish ourselves, by shifting the focus from belief to practice, from
 ortho<i>doxy</i> to ortho<i>praxy</i>.</p><p>I don't claim originality in suggesting this:  John Punshon pretty much