Name: 何てこった...私の宗教について話そう // クエーカー教とは？[CC] (Oh God... Let's Talk About My Religion // What Is Quakerism? [CC])
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[Music: "Faster Car" by Loving Caliber & Anders Lystell]

Today we're going to be talking about values, religion and God. If you've been watching me for a while

you probably know that I identify as a Quaker. I am a member of the religious Society of Friends.

They are commonly known as Quakers and [american accent] quakers. Quakers, not Quavers.

Although that is a pretty common misconception. Also nothing to do with oats,

that makes me mad every time.This is a video that I have been thinking of making for a while

but I wasn't too sure about. I ran some ideas past my channel members,

which is the new name for sponsors that YouTube has...but really, "members of the Kellgren-Fozard Club" is the actual definition

and they gave me some ideas for structure to focus on.

Remember, if you'd like to become a member and have your say on future video ideas,

you can just click the "sponsor" button down below next to the subscribe button, it may have now been changed to say

"join", they're changing stuff. In this video

I'm going to give you an incredibly brief overview of the history of Quakerism, give you some ideas about what we believe in and

..so on, and how that affects my everyday life.

I'm also really interested to know if you have a religion or you grew up with one and how you feel

it's shaped your life. Equally so, if you are agnostic or a complete atheist.

as long as I can remember. I remember asking my mother if I could be a member when I was about five and she said

no, because you have to be 16, I believe, to actually formally become a member. It has to be a choice.

It's a big part of who I am and I do feel like it has shaped me as I've grown up.

Also, a religion that allows for fluidity of

interpretation, and a lot of different viewpoints. So everything I'm going to be showing in this video is very much from my point of view,

and also what I have been taught. So, other people will have different interpretations of

Quakerism, especially in different countries around the world. Quakerism grew out of Christianity in the

1600s in the north of England. The explanation that I use to describe the founding of Quakerism is, I swear,

taken from a children's meeting when I was like four, but I think it describes it very well.

was very dissatisfied with the way he saw the Church of England, and how he saw that it was being run.

lie and cheat and steal and beat their wives and then on Sundays, they would go to church and it was as if everything

was forgiven because they were very good on this one day. But George Fox instead believed that it was possible to have a

direct experience of God, and that all people should try to live lives reflecting, faith, piety, and love. Also a big deal:

with a woman called Margaret Fell. Woman! And, Quakers considered women to be vital to religion, vital!

It was the 1600s, ok? I am allowed to get excited. Quakerism has a very firm

concept of spiritual equality amongst all people.

So yay! The religion as a whole however can be very difficult

to explain and to define as it doesn't have set

religious Creed's and doctrine. Instead of a Quaker Bible, we have Quaker Advice and Queries, which is an ever evolving

document that is written by the members themselves.

The idea is that it always reflects the times, so that people can read it and have a direct

answer almost, or help with the query that they have right now,

rather than a query that would have been super helpful to people in the 1700s.

Our religion is less about following exact rules

and more about the way that we live and the effect that we want to have on the world.

We try to help each other work out how to live ethically, following our core principles. These are: equality,

justice, truth, peace, simplicity, and sustainability.

The basic belief of Quakerism is that there is that of God in everyone.

Quakers believe that all people are equal,

it's not young and old, or rich and poor, or black and white, gay, straight,

whatever. I have always been raised as a Quaker, I could speak to adults on their level.

This belief in inequality inspires quaker's to work for change in all systems that cause injustice, whether that's

dismantling slavery in the past, campaigning for gay marriage, or in the here and now;

campaigning for help for asylum seekers. Obviously, it's not just campaigning, there's a lot of very hands-on help.

We also believe that no person is beyond redemption and that no matter what a person has done, they deserve to be treated fairly.

Quakers live according to our truth, what we know and believe to be right.

Even if this means speaking out against our own interests, or being straight talkers to those in positions of power.

Hence, many Quakers got put into prison because they refused to deny that they were Quakers and they refused to stop having meetings.

We're guided by integrity - for this reason, Quaker businesspeople were known to have

Quaker companies were generally companies that people really wanted to do business with, so then, some other businesses that were not Quaker businesses

took our name and decided to put it on the box of their grain related food product and then did not

follow Quaker business practices: point is, you'll never get cheated by a Quaker.

if you give us too much change. On the personal level, I try to be open and honest at all times,

even if it might help me personally, because in the long run it might help someone else.

Quakers are probably best known for our peace testimony, since we believe that all life is of equal worth and that

love is the center of the universe. We can't harm another human being, we don't believe that it's right to do so.

Thus, Quakers refuse military service and work towards peace instead.

This could be personal, or interpersonal, and ranges from doing hands-on work in conflict zones to considering options for peace and

working in places like The Hague. Sidenote, my brother and I never had water guns as a child or any type of toy that

was similar to a weapon, or video games where you would injure someone.

I have lumped these two together, because that's kind of how I see them now. In the past,

simplicity was a lot to do with Quakers wearing certain forms of

dress and living very modest and simple lives. Quakers would wear very plain clothes in very plain colors without any kind of lace edging

or anything glittery or fancy. Today, however, it's more of a

goes along with the sustainability aspect. So we work to try and reduce excess and waste in our society.

We want to make sure that our use of natural resources is

sustainable and that we focus on living a

simple life that doesn't take away from others, even if there are others in the far future who will be

damaged by global warming. I try to focus my life on the things that really matter. I really try my hardest to always be as

sustainable as possible, but obviously with my disability I do have some issues with this, and

that is why I get quite upset by certain things like

But if you really want to know yes, I do use plastic straws. No, I don't just use them

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