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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 308459" data-attributes="member: 158">A cleric does not need to be hidebound to his church - for some reason, we seem to get this notion from the practices of certain Christian Denominations, and from the Islamic world. (Correct me if I am wrong, but I think mullahs also have a scholarly tradition, do they not?)What about religions with less loosely-structured churches? What about the pagan priests of long ago, who used to live and work alongside those they taught? What about modern-day lay preachers, who have professions besides that of being teachers? Not all priests devote 100% of their time to their God's work, and are supported by their followers. Even the first Century patriarchs of the Christian church had day jobs. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Some would be REQUIRED by their god to make their own way in the world, as well as living by example before others.As Jollyninja said, the cleric who lives by example, and who does good just for its sake, becomes a role model to others. A role model is not one who proseletyzes (sp?) the virutes of their religion 24-7, but one who goes out, makes a difference, and if they are asked, then they teach.In this instance, as long as nothing about their "day job" prohibits the cleric from carrying out their god's will (A cleric of Tyr being a con-artist, for example), then their church should not have much to say about said cleric's adventuring.</blockquote>

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