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Originally Posted by RandyWayne
I am having a difficult time with this concept. Partly disgust for the "master" and even a bit more for the sheepish flock who would go along with it.
I can see ONE advantage though: The master could instruct his "shield bearer" to ambush him at random times in order for the master to hone his combat skills. I know of a shield bearer who spent all afternoon in a refrigerator laying in wait for the master to come home and open it. A most diabolical ploy!
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I understand what you're saying, and I don't disagree that it could be misused, and I'm not really even trying to defend the practice in general. However, if a pastor really has the heart of a servant, and he wants his "flunkies" as someone so eloquently called them to develop the same, then he could train them that way.
As I said, does it work that way most of the time? Probably not. But it can.