Recent content by "Lewis"

When threatened with death, the automatic thing that comes to mind is self preservation. However, think about what you would lose. Anyway, the point is that if you kill a man off the battlefield, you're a murderer, but kill a man on it and you're a big hero...

Ambition is one of the human characteristics that leads us to war, just as it could as easily lead us to progress in a competitive market, creating jobs and a good cash flow. Everything has 2 sides. So, if you're for it, you support the aggression it creates, but if you're against it, you're...

"Man's history is one of struggle"- there are so many different people in this world that one's "right" and another's "wrong" are completely opposite. some people believe that the only way for peace is to force everyone to cooperate. However, what kind of a world would that be? Certainly not the...

"re·li·gion    /rɪˈlɪdʒən/ Show Spelled[ri-lij-uhn] Show IPA –noun 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often...

When I was a child, I always heard adults around me say that "might isn't always right." You can even find it in some movies these days. By saying this, they are inferring that might is sometimes right. I'm no pacifist, but I'd prefer to avoid violence if possible.

To be perfectly honest, I have not joined a lodge yet. The reason I am here is to seek knowledge and information. And maybe a quick laugh or two on the way.

Think about it. If you're right, you almost force others to accept your truth. Not only that, but you usually have to fight just to get a point out. However, if you're wrong, you get to see others' point of view. But there is that basic human instinct, to "win", to be right.

Good to be here. My great grandfather was a 3 degree master mason, but no one in my family till' me has joined the masons again. (I think I still have his registration papers here from the early 1900's...) Anyway, it feels good to know there are others out there. Peace, brothers.

In our life we all make decisions. Of course some of them are going to be bad. But it is what we do with that decision and outcome that makes us who we are. The only question here is, what does this person think of his actions?