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<blockquote data-quote="touc" data-source="post: 8157074" data-attributes="member: 19270">[ATTACH]130546[/ATTACH]I'm not a student of Maistre, but &quot;honest&quot; hearts can do a great amount of harm through ignorance (perpetuation of a crime without knowing you're doing wrong). Honesty is not the same as a caring heart, or a good one, or a generous one.Perhaps the cleric is there to save an &quot;honest&quot; pastor from falling from the faith. S/he has come to believe, perhaps from a malicious branch of the clergy or perhaps from rituals that have become more important than actual faith, his own greatness. He has come to believe his faith is strong because others tell him it is, or because he piously follows the rituals, rather than a private discipline. He has come to believe his words are above the law because they are inspired by his god, when in reality those words are a byproduct of a corrupt ritual. As a result, he is doing great harm.Could go on and on, but saving the pastor from a fall and opening his heart to the faith's true tenets (thus bringing his &quot;heart&quot; to the deity) is the goal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="touc, post: 8157074, member: 19270"] [ATTACH]130546[/ATTACH] I'm not a student of Maistre, but "honest" hearts can do a great amount of harm through ignorance (perpetuation of a crime without knowing you're doing wrong). Honesty is not the same as a caring heart, or a good one, or a generous one. Perhaps the cleric is there to save an "honest" pastor from falling from the faith. S/he has come to believe, perhaps from a malicious branch of the clergy or perhaps from rituals that have become more important than actual faith, his own greatness. He has come to believe his faith is strong because others tell him it is, or because he piously follows the rituals, rather than a private discipline. He has come to believe his words are above the law because they are inspired by his god, when in reality those words are a byproduct of a corrupt ritual. As a result, he is doing great harm. Could go on and on, but saving the pastor from a fall and opening his heart to the faith's true tenets (thus bringing his "heart" to the deity) is the goal. [/QUOTE]

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