From: alex (alex@dcs.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Fri 08 Jul 1994 - 22:09:12 EEST
David Cake quibbles with my intentional misgreement with Devin:
>>> In any case, I wonder if your analysis of 1% of the population being >>> Healers and only 3% of those Healers being Priestesses stacks up with >>> what has been presented.
> I agree. The 3% is conspicuously high.
> Conspicuously low, according to Sandy and me. 1% may be too high though.
> Remember all CA worshippers are professional Healers.
I don't think this is entirely true, but it is fair to say that CA initiates are fairly dedicated types, and aren't all of the "body" of worshippers. But nor would I count all Orlanthi (or whomever, according to region) as such, so I don't think that figures such as 1 in 5 are worth more than a quick belly laugh. Let's recall that High Healer is actually rather hard to qualify for, compared to other priestly positions.
> Basically, I think that there must be some separation between god and
> cult, and the god must not be omnipotent. Otherwise we have no heresy, no
> corrupt priests. Or rather we just claim that they are all illuminated, which
> is almost as limiting. I like religions to be a bit less reliable than CoP
> implies.
Alex.
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