[geeks] Goodbye, I guess

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 02:59:04PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Yeah, Judaism with its Talmudic scholars tends not to follow that mold.

Sort of. Since there is no central authority, there is a range of
practices which range from "come as you are" to sects that make
the Amish look like party animals. 

>  And there are even capital-C "Christian" sects that escape the trap of
> unquestionable dogma here and there.  (Consider some of the Jesuits, for
> example.)

That's a relatively recent thing. The Society of Jesus was founded as 
the Pope's army, and until the 1960's pretty much stuck very strongly
to the official line. I remember attending an inforral lecture by
a Jesuit in the late 1970's where he commented that "At one time we
were considered the Pope's commandos and now we are considered 
the VietCong."

Geoff.

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