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 orthodoxy to orthopraxy.
I don't claim originality in suggesting this: John Punshon pretty much diff -r c033b5636958 -r 18122a319829 but_a_way_short.pdf Binary file but_a_way_short.pdf has changed diff -r c033b5636958 -r 18122a319829 but_a_way_short.xml --- a/but_a_way_short.xml Thu Dec 14 10:13:39 2017 -0500 +++ b/but_a_way_short.xml Thu Dec 14 10:17:04 2017 -0500 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
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