Steve Shaw: The average monk believes what he's told to believe. He's hardly going to dismiss all that biblical stuff, all that witness, all those edicts of holy men and all that tradition as false evidence, which is what it all is. The problem with religious belief, ironically, Wacko, is that it calls for yielding up your powers of imagination.

So, and do you know any "average monks" personally? I'm afraid most wouldn't fit your stereotype. Most monks I know are extremely well-educated, broad-minded, and not particularly obedient.

-Joe Offer-