tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post6813090483865532199..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: Myth and Mystery and The Cherry Tree CarolClerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-13834660682729573702013-12-16T23:22:28.813+00:002013-12-16T23:22:28.813+00:00Yes, absolutely! It's much harder to educate ...Yes, absolutely! It's much harder to educate people who think they already all know about a subject and have nothing more to learn. I often find that the first task in explaining anything about medieval Christianity is to convince people that no, they had not learned everything there was to know about the history and teachings of the religion by the time they finished primary school.Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-73146578965272343102013-12-16T10:53:03.999+00:002013-12-16T10:53:03.999+00:00Hear, hear! Well said, lady clerk!
One of the pro...Hear, hear! Well said, lady clerk!<br /><br />One of the problems facing re-evangelisation is that our society thinks it knows about Christianity, but only knows a "nursery-school" version, and this is a barrier to anything deeper. It's harder to get past it than to start with a blank slate.<br /><br />It doesn't help that the Church tends to offer (as you observe) "Sir Watkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000106556898498656noreply@blogger.com