tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post112815808254659590..comments2024-03-08T12:19:01.827+02:00Comments on Fascinating History: The Tyranny of the BenedictinesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post-1138285404923122002006-01-26T16:23:00.000+02:002006-01-26T16:23:00.000+02:00I think I might have gone to the same school as an...I think I might have gone to the same school as anonymous! Fits the description of mine quite nicely anyway.<BR/><BR/>What particularly exercises my mind about the place (apart from the paedophilia) is the splendour and luxury these 'monks' lived in - some constantly pissed, all living a pretty cushy life and eating good food (much better than the boys who's parents paid good wonga for the priveledge) the hardships endured were indeed hard to spot. Never experienced any of them practice enforced silences, though I wish they would most of the time.<BR/><BR/>The results were untrained god-botherers trying to teach the kids - and screwing that up a treat.<BR/><BR/>Luckily for me, I was a gangly and awkward looking teenager, so never got interfered with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post-1133751973213504902005-12-05T05:06:00.000+02:002005-12-05T05:06:00.000+02:00I was wondering some rude thoughts about our saint...I was wondering some rude thoughts about our saint, so I googled to get some information. <BR/><BR/>This order spread all over Western Europe, and worked to turn the tribal people of 800 AD into the sophisticates of the 1200's. It largely set up and staffed the first administrative structures in France, Germany, Britain, and even wider. <BR/><BR/>When they established a new monastary, they brought agriculture with them. The newer, more distant monestaries were the 'factory farms' of their day. The older ones, in settled towns, were centres of learning, cultivation, and government. They began to serve kings as administrators. <BR/><BR/>This is the basic religious system that Christianized Western Europe. I hope they weren't crazy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post-1131449219101808852005-11-08T13:26:00.000+02:002005-11-08T13:26:00.000+02:00I went to a school run by Benedictine monks. When ...I went to a school run by Benedictine monks. When did Benedict say paedophilia was in keeping with his teachings? Luckily for me I was awkward and gangily looking enough to get away from being interfered with, others weren't so lucky. Thankfully the school was a terribel one, although fee paying, and it has now closed down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post-1128354640887465362005-10-03T18:50:00.000+03:002005-10-03T18:50:00.000+03:00Heh heh, religious BDSM you see ! ;-)Heh heh, religious BDSM you see ! ;-)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07204175067582755757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12283119.post-1128342422348540472005-10-03T15:27:00.000+03:002005-10-03T15:27:00.000+03:00Heh. You should see the places St Cuthbert called ...Heh. You should see the places St Cuthbert called home; Lindisfarne is bad enough, but the Farne Islands is hell on earth...and the man used to submerge himself in the North Sea for hours at a time.<BR/><BR/>If either of those chaps were alive today, they'd be keeping S&M dungeons in business...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com