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Chan-Seung Lee

Joined: 03 Dec 2005
Posts: 1032

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:42 pm Post subject: apply

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Yet for all their miracles, or because of them, we think of saints as being without fun, loving relationships, sexual impulses. It's impossible to imagine a saint with money and a good car. Without the right appurtenances - white robe, sandals, a halo of virtue - the enlightened need not apply.

What does the underlined part in the quote mean? -
1. If it were not for the right appurtenances - white robe, sandals, a halo of virtue - the enlightened would not exist.?
2. Even though there are not the right appurtenances - white robe, sandals, a halo of virtue - the enlightened must exist.?
3. or something else ?
Please let me know.

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pugachevV

Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Posts: 2295

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:02 am Post subject:

It means that the stereotype of a saint is someone who wears a white robe, a halo of virtue and sandals.

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