Original sin

===Quakerism===
Most [[Quakers]] (also known as the Religious Society of Friends), including the founder of Quakerism, [[George Fox]], believe in the doctrine of [[inward light]], a doctrine that states that there is "that of God in everyone".<ref>{{cite book |title=Journal of George Fox |editor=John L. Nickals |publisher=Religious Society of Friends |date=1975 |page=774}} light of Christ, xl, xliii, xliv, 12, 14, 16, 29, 33–5, 60, 64, 76, 80, 88, 92, 115, 117, 135, 143–4, 150, 155, 173, 174–6, 188, 191, 205, 225–6, 234–7, 245, 274–5, 283–4, 294–6, 303–5, 309, 312, 317–335, 339–40, 347–8, 361, 471–2, 496–7, 575, 642</ref> This has led to a common belief among many liberal and universalist Quakers affiliated with the [[Friends General Conference]] and [[Britain Yearly Meeting]], based on the ideas of Quaker Rufus Jones among others, that rather than being burdened by original sin, human beings are inherently good, and the doctrine of [[universal reconciliation]], that is, that all people will eventually be saved and reconciled with God.

However, this rejection of the doctrine of original sin or the necessity of salvation is not something that most conservative or evangelical Quakers affiliated with [[Friends United Meeting]] or [[Evangelical Friends Church International]] tend to agree with. Although the more conservative and evangelical Quakers also believe in the doctrine of inward light, they interpret it in a manner consistent with the doctrine of original sin, namely, that people may or may not listen to the voice of God within them and be saved, and people who do not listen will not be saved.