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This has been a fun and challenging thread. Thanks to all who contributed, so far! ;-)

Religion seeks to convey truths about humanity and things that are transcendent to this reality; Science seeks to reveal models of the internal and external world. They both have their uses, and also are misused and abused when the people applying them make effort to do anything more than these.

Precision in a scientific sense does not have to do with grouping together. It has to do with how you express a result. What I'm saying is science does not produce truth. It reveals models that explain. It is still up to the person reviewing such revelations to find their own truth.

You're arguing Quantity over Quality. It's not too scientific to use half one's brain*. One doesn't require training wheels to know how to balance, once one has learned how to balance. How many decimal points are required? None! once one realizes precision and accuracy are two ENTIRELY...

No such thing as evolution? Yet, you state that "adaption and scale relationship is key to understanding" no such thing? Most Interesting!

So, your saying that the denial of every day accepted reality is a skill highly prized, revered and cultivated by Scientist worldwide? It reminds me of something out of Monty Python or Lister from Red Dwarf! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shs7VQhVvxA

At what point does taking a man's brain out of his skull, running it through a blender (on the highest setting) and pouring it back into his skull become more than just provisional brain death? I don't even know where you would begin to hook up the electrodes to attempt measuring this. Is...

So, it's not a verifiable fact that, if you squash a man's skull into a pancake, light what remains of it on fire and then scatter the resulting ashes to the four winds, he shall cease to be the same man he was and that there exists some small amount of error in this fact? Just one question...

I like what WIKI says on this. The red colored words stand out most for me: A hypothesis (plural hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon. For a hypothesis to be a scientific hypothesis, the scientific method requires that one can test it. Scientists generally base scientific...

GOOD! They can represent anything you want them to. Yup! This is not a matter of being right. It is a matter of making sense for yourself. For me, the emphasis upon The Threshing-floor is profound. This symbolism alone could direct us to do the Work that makes us Better but coupling it...

Because the very Foundation of each, including the Work we are asked to do as men and Masons, require a Threshing-floor that is used to do just that -- Break apart the wheat from the chaff and then separate them out. Your Common Gavel cannot be used Properly if you do not know what it is that...

I think it removes the very foundation on which the Altar and Temple were placed.

Here's a neat article on the 23 human vs 24 chimp chromosome mystery. It confirms for me that evolution is not so much evolving (no pun intended) as much our understanding and explanations of it is, almost daily...

Look up within the Florida Digest, "the only religious requirement", when you get an opportunity. It conflicts with the wording upon the petition.

<cough cough> His (this poor misguiding soul in the video) is a black and white extremist view based upon many false assumptions and extreme ones at that. Case in point: He claims that by falling short (sin), one is bad. What a crock! People fall short all the time. This does not mean that...

Opps - That's Oct. 26th! Looks like the date on the link needs to be corrected too. Memo sent!

Been a while since I visited this thread. Yes. It is. But not in the way that I did in this thread. No my Brother. It is important to learn and absorb what your Jurisdiction offers, if not for any other purpose than to be in harmony with your Brothers who do not go beyond the...

Re: What benefits will I gain in life from becomin The Degrees offered to you within the Symbolic Lodge shall introduce you to Development Work that, when done, Transforms you from Good to Better. Included this Betterment is a deeper self-knowledge, that of the universe and ultimately The Word...

Originally Posted by coachn How does Darwinian Evolution differ from Actual Evolution? Yes, Evolution is not a god or God, but Evolution IS God's Way of Raising His Middle Finger to almost every Environmental Change. :cool:

How does Darwinian Evolution differ from Actual Evolution?