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Originally Posted by merrylander
I do agree Pollyanna. At least most started out that way.
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To a large extent, religions still are that way. It's the institutions which have grown up around them that have changed.
In the Catholic Church it has typically been nuns and monks who have "kept the faith" because they're pretty much divorce from the hierarchic power centers of the Church. As a result, they've managed to avoid being seduced.
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"Nuns On the Bus" are a pretty good example of what I'm talking about from the current times.
Hildegard of Bingen from ancient times and
Thomas Merton from more recent times are as well.
John