And so I decided to really dig deep, to study this thing out, to find out, is this really defensible, or do we just accept it because the tradition is obvious? Do we just hold to the tradition that is quite literally on the verge of being wiped out completely? And so I started listening to all the teachings that I could pull together. Apparently, I had been listening to the preachings, but I don't know, it wasn't important to me. It was going in one ear, out the other. It wasn't sinking in. I wasn't getting it.
So I went back and I re-listened to all the teachings of all the brothers, listened to some of the teachings from other of our sister churches to find out that it is absolutely defensible.