You keep saying they are high school dropouts. Who cares? Its a public masonic school system anyway. And even if they were dropouts, they are the most articulate and intelligent high school dropouts I have ever heard.
Them having dropped out of high school doesn't bother me that much, even though I wouldn't advise someone to ditch education alltogether (I'd tell them to homeschool instead). But what bothers me cc, is that they label themselves as monks when they're really laymen and go around making declarations and rules as if they have the authority to do so. They are not ordained and we shoudn't trust a layperson over a priest, unless like I said that priest happens to be flaming liberal.
You're missing the point, cc. There's nothing wrong with using some of their materal or to agree with some of the things they say. But to look to them as the authority on everything is dangerous, regardless of how intelligent they are.