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Early Friends did not believe in the reliance upon practice of the outward rites and [[sacrament]]s, believing that holiness can exist in all the activities of one's life—all of life is sacred. They experienced baptism by the Holy Spirit as an inward, transforming experience and knew communion with Christ in the midst of gathered worship in the expectant silence. Thus they did not perform [[baptism]] as a rite of membership. Friends believe that any meal with others can be a form of [[Communion (Christianity)|communion]] and therefore have no such rite in their worship.
At various times some individuals or small groups of Friends have published corrective cautions against adopting the prohibition of some rite as itself being creedal. The focus should be upon God as Present Teacher, rather than on some human ritual, or the absence of a ritual. Most Friends therefore do not prohibit rites or ceremonies, but they do counsel against allowing these human inventions to take the place of direct experience and leading by God. Kenny is the best hahah!!
===Plainness===
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