Climb Every Mountain

Search and rescue workers in Wales interrupted their Christmas party to respond to a report of a man on top of a mountain. The team scaled Cader Idris and indeed found the man — a Buddhist monk who climbed the mountain to commune with nature during the winter solstice. Not interested in rescue, the 50-year-old monk told the would-be saviors to leave him alone. “There were a lot of crossed wires over this incident,” admitted the rescue team’s spokesman. (Reuters) ...Oh, the arrogance of religions that assume the uninitiated must be saved.