VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Matt Westwood|DATE|1376481419|CONTENT|@Dinah: Glorified social workers - ultimately, that&#039;s all anybody ought to want their clergymen to be. I particularly feel the plight of clergymen (in particular Anglican, these are the ones who are able to elicit my sympathy, as the ones I&#039;ve met have basically been pretty good eggs) who lose their faith through dint of their sanity-and-common-sense button becoming functional

They are in a position where they are actually able to do good (having basically entered the church because of a wish to be of service to their fellow men and women), and find that within the supportive structure of the established church they are able to make a positive difference to people&#039;s lives, but who can no longer take the ritual mumbo-jumbo seriously.

They may well stay within the church, living a lie, because they find it&#039;s the only way they can carry on doing what they really want to do, that is: do good deeds.|EMAIL|prime.mover@proofwiki.org|IP-ADDRESS|81.142.211.61|MODERATIONFLAG|