I truly get it, I really do see why people turn to faith in order to find their moral compass...

[quaker bill]

16. All are always welcome

you don't need to bring a buddy. We generally aren't selling ourselves, and very few meetings even ask for money. My Meeting has a tiny, nearly unnoticeable contribution box on a table near the door, we will occasionally remind members that it exists. We usually have to look for a volunteer to commit to going out of their way to greet visitors. At our meeting, if you keep coming, after two or three weeks people treat you just like you have been there for years.

About the only time in my 25 years I can think of where someone was not welcome, was the case of a minister who kept coming by to read the Bible at us. After a number of weeks it became the sense of the meeting for a small group of us to meet this guy at the door to peacefully stand in his way and suggest that he take his message to someplace where it would be welcome. Once was enough to do the trick....