Re: Re there is no such thing as Quakerism

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:54:34 UTC, ijdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Ian Davis) wrote:

: That definition covers the bases well. But it begs the question of what someone
: who said they were Quaker but not a member of the RSofF would actually be.

Maybe a Quaker, maybe not? There isn't really enough data to go on
here.

Ian
.

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