"The Genesis of Instituationalism"
PRAXIS - God Revolution (Jameskimlcop.blogspot.com) Thoughts and Reflections of a guy doing his best to love God, love people, and serve the world. May 9, 2012 The Genesis of Institutionalism - and Why it Must be Avoided I am not sure if you're familiar with a parable called I received this gem from a friend. Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a ladder under it. Before long, one of the monkeys will go to the ladder and start to climb toward the banana. As soon as he touches the ladder, all of the monkeys are sprayed with cold water. After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result – all the monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, none of the monkeys will try to climb the ladder. Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the ladder. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monke...