Religious Ideas of Grigory Rasputin
Early in his religious career Rasputin was attracted to the Khlysty sect, a breakaway group of the Russian Orthodox Church. While the sect shared the Orthodox Christian belief that the body is a sacred gift from God not to be debased, it also maintained that sin was an essential aspect of the human condition. Central to their teachings was belief that man can attain grace through sin and confession. These ideas naturally appealed to Rasputin. He became a monk and tailored the sect's doctrines to justify his increasingly debauched life style.
Found here:
http://www.scss.tcd.ie/~peircen/xhtml/monk.htm
Interesting, non? I just found it a very interesting way some people look at Religious teachings as opposed to what I would find here. : D
Open discussion, please. I want to know what ya'll think.
