If you come to a primitive community, like a medieval European town, an Arabian 7th century Rashidun desert camp or a 13th century Kamakura Japanese fishing village, where would you go for information? Who is the most knowledgeable person in the place? The priest of course!
The irony of it is that the most knowledgeable persons are the ones that most certainly would disagree with each other most vehemently if they met. One of the three priests might be right, but the remaining two would be liars. And they would still be the best source of information.
Do we have similar sources of information today? Discuss.
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