Holy Experiment Day Religious Diversity: A “Holy Experiment” in Colonial America William Penn: The first founder of holy experiments. Yes, he still excluded some people/people groups but it was the start and a step in the right direction of diversity. (P.S. Is it just me or does he also look like the poster "boy" for Quaker Oats?!) I think this day could be tricky. Years ago my brother prayed a very specific request to God and it wasn't answered - either at all or according to how my brother was hoping. So his 'holy experiment' failed and he decided God wasn't all that real. Yes, he and I have had the talk about his request. Perhaps it wasn't something that would be beneficial to his life, even though he thought so.  Perhaps it wasn't something that would grow him as a human, even though he thought so.  He didn't like my seemingly 'textbook' answers and so we arrived at an impasse. In Isaiah God has this to say about our requests versu...