[do the dhue]

Rremeber. The spirit and the body are not seperate. They are linked. People often forget that. That is why ones body is often said to be the house of God.

Your body is like a cellur phone to the Big Guy, and the spirit is the electricity.

So the concern for one over the other might not be a true picture of what it is we have to work with. Both are needed, and often the spirit can be positively effected by the body. The body is not dirty, it is a gift from God. And we are meant to use it as it was designed.

Yes, I see you point. But also we should remember that the Big Guy has instructed us on the use of the body. The Nun stepped out of her bounds on this one. Her concern should be the strength of the spirit and the denial of the flesh. This is one of the instructions.

[Candor7]

But also we should remember that the Big Guy has instructed us on the use of the body.

This may or may not be true. Very little instruction on the view path and action of training the body has currently come down to us through any of the Christian traditions. It might be there, but it is generally aphoristic, a series of maxims which are removed from direct practical instruction.

As to the nun being out of line, I have to agree with you as far as the church is concerned. As to whether individuals need to make such choices , and live with them, I think they should have the right to do so. Her choice may not have necessarily been a mistake. Celtic feminine wisdom is very much alive and well in the Scottish church, as is the wisdom of Roman women, especially in the Italian version. The church has to say it is wrong, but compassion is a tricky subject, best left to the decision of those actually on its battlefield of suffering.

The way Christ related to Mary Magdalene is a good example of this dynamic.Several of the disciples disagreed with him.

That is all I will have to say on this touchy subject.