tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post1376787860144369955..comments2024-03-23T12:05:23.537-05:00Comments on The Wild Reed: In the Garden of Spirituality – Doris LessingMichael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-50926498874810987472008-06-03T17:39:00.000-05:002008-06-03T17:39:00.000-05:00It is true that hierarchical structures do not par...It is true that hierarchical structures do not particularly like mystics. The examples in Catholic history are legion. When a Catherine of Sienna took popes to task for abandoning Rome to favor the French court is one. On a much smaller scale, some of the most "progressive" (yet very traditional) places in the Church today is the Trappist monastery. Gospel pierces them to the core; in that light, "rules and regs" are hollow.kevin57https://www.blogger.com/profile/01681985465980196347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-58634686093672987812008-06-02T13:21:00.000-05:002008-06-02T13:21:00.000-05:00It's great to find someone making the kinds of dis...It's great to find someone making the kinds of distinctions you make here. The word "religion" has come to cover a host of sins as well as many good things, and the two need disentangling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-70836392178582180962008-06-02T10:46:00.000-05:002008-06-02T10:46:00.000-05:00But the conscious or unconscious need for some sup...But the conscious or unconscious need for some support from fellow-travelers and like thinkers often results in the (re) creation of organization, community, society and structure. Human communities have structures, members, leaders organization and rules. Add a long stretch of time and you end up with institutions, people in leadership roles (not always hierarchies), doctrines and dogmas. The Catholic Church has all these things. So do political parties, businesses, clubs families. Heck, even Act-UP has incontrovertible doctrine and dogma. So what can ya do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com