Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl01273)

At 10:43 PM 4/27/96 -0400, you wrote:
>In message <2.2.32.19960427083347.006874a0@mail.slip.net>, alexis
>dolgorukii <alexei@slip.net> writes
>>Spiritual Hierarchy is an oxymoron. Is it not?
>
>It is.  In my experience, the people who actually get something
>worthwhile out of religion(s) ignore the spiritual hierarchy for
>practical purposes, and so it works for them.  Maybe one could see it as
>a "crutch" - but is it kind to try to pull someone's crutches from under
>them if we are not in a position to replace them with something better?
>And I don't mean a book from the library!
>
>Alan
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>Ah Alan, very true. But what happens when it's a "rubber Crutch"?

alexis