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Good question. Probably has something to do with the reformation and Protestants eschewing anything seen as Catholic, and since there has always been a very strong monastic tradition in the Catholic church, I would imagine Protestants want nothing to do with it.
I was allowed to become a novice Oblate of Saint Benedict without needing to be a member of nor in communion with the Roman Catholic Church, but being an Oblate is much different than living IN a monastery.
I was allowed to become a novice Oblate of Saint Benedict without needing to be a member of nor in communion with the Roman Catholic Church, but being an Oblate is much different than living IN a monastery.
Yanno, Willie? I asked this question so MANY times? I could buy a "surf n turf" (not hamburger n fish sticks, either
) dinner for everyone on this site! Even went so far as to try and join some "secluded" agrarian church out in the boondocks? I'm tellin' ya, Willie? when God the Father, slammed that door shut? He made sure my hands and feet were in it! Yeah? I said OUCH!
Then preceded to tell me: "If I wanted you there?...You woulda been there!"...Yeah?...He talks to me in the manner of speech, I generally use when I talk to people. Yeah? I'm also 1 of Mr. sparkman's "nut jobs", that got "missed"! But not because they haven't been trying! But, because God ain't gonna let 'em!
sometimes, my editing and story telling skills won't ever see me being a famous like author. and sometimes get the cart in front of the horse....or the horse too far away from the cart...But, He also told me: "I WANT ya HERE!...RIGHT where you ARE!" And so many times, I wanted to quit my truck driving job, cuz of my boss! And he wouldn't let me! Just kept telling me: "I got BIG things ahead for you!" So?...I hung on, til I retired! Now, I got a union pension and social security, and since yesterday, I now have medi-care! And, I have this great site where I can relate my story, as well as my "journey", in getting to this point, without too much fear of getting bounced! So, call me crazy! I'll hop to attention, and say: "Why, thank you!" Reminds me of a Steely Dan tune..."Reelin' In The Years"..."The Things They Pass For Knowledge, I Can't Understand!"
As Forrest Gump might say?..."and that's all I have to say about protestant monasteries"
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there are protestant monasteries, they just have a bit cooler rules and dresscode.
take for example the amish. close enough???
if u want a similar lifestyle to a monastery u see, the rastafarians have that. some of them live in the forest they grow their own food. and uh. other things
take for example the amish. close enough???
if u want a similar lifestyle to a monastery u see, the rastafarians have that. some of them live in the forest they grow their own food. and uh. other things