Welcome to the Open Quakers Website
The Quakers claim to promote peace, equality and truthfulness. Sadly, their own reality can be very different.
About
Origins of the Open Quaker website. Click here.
The Quaker Legacy
A brief account of the role of Quakers, their spiritual and practical achievments, their current problems and the need for organisational change. Click here.
The Lie
The story of how I changed from being a more–or–less uncritical supporter of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and a very active one, into a deeply disillusioned critic. Click here.
Quaker Language and Jargon
How Quakers confuse themselves and others with unnecessary gobbledegook and jargon. Click here.
Quaker Business Method
How a very understandable desire to seek God' will (or consensus?) has morphed into an unwieldy system that frustrates action and effectively excludes anybody without a lot of time and money from involvement with the Quakers. Click here.
Quaker Membership
How a vetting system discourages people who might otherwise get involved with Quakerism, and sometimes encourages existing members to be rather less than modest. Click here.
Articles
Stories and letters by various people concerning membership issues and conflict amongst Quakers. Click here.