Does what you are reading affect/inform your opinion of the world?

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Just remember when Jesus was tempted He didn't hold a meeting or attend a group. He went into the wilderness by Himself for forty days and faced Satan alone. Virtually every major religion (to my knowledge) says, when you dig past all the ceremony and horse shit, that the way to God lies inward. Do you also condemn anchorites and the desert fathers?