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Yes... and in the context under discussion, something much more specific.

:thumbup: Couldn't have said it better myself.

That is incorrect. Really? What "belief systems" would those be, Brother?

Oh, hell yes. Without naming names, there are a lot of religions that teach this, and still more whose members come to believe it regardless of the teachings of that religion. The ability to blame something supernatural for one's own failings and/or poor choices is very convenient.

So all Masons worship the deity Adonai at that altar? I don't think so.

Re: Catholic church What "special laws" are the LGBT community lobbying for? Last I heard, they only wanted what everyone else is entitled to already.

The RCC has a long history of meddling in secular affairs, including the governments of sovereign nations. While they are much less, let's call it "enthusiastic", in their approach today than in centuries past, they will still take everything that they can get in the area of political power and...

This has what to do with Freemasonry?

Welcome, my friend. By all means, ask any questions you like. Most of them will surely be answered. A few questions we may not answer to non-Masons, because of the obligation that binds all Freemasons, but you may be assured that nothing of consequence to the uninitiated. In other words, we have...

Come back when you can get your references straight, or at least spell them correctly. Here's a hint - the "book" you believe you are citing was not written by the individual you thought you had named.

I wouldn't lean too hard on the word "fraternal". Yes we are a fraternity, and that term implies a relationship between males, but that's a really not an answer. The question that might just as accurately phrased thus, "Why is Freemasonry a fraternity and open to men only?" So now what? My...

Makes sense. "The Old Man" is pretty much dead-center Masonic demographic. :laugh:

Certain portions of the "air", or more precisely, of the RF spectrum most certainly do have ownership. Don't believe me? Start operating your own transmitter on bands assigned to mobile phone networks and see what happens. Just listening to cell phone conversations (if you can find any that are...

His oath did not require him to be a criminal, or to keep the secrets of criminals. QED.

The notion that the use of RF, as a communications medium, automatically negates any expectation of privacy does not really make sense. First of all, telephone communications is not a "broadcast". Yes, anyone within range can "receive" the signal, but doing so is actually a crime. Moreover, for...

One has an obligation to not obey illegal orders. Yes, that's a fine notion, but in practice, the judgement required to determine "the right thing" to do is often difficult in the extreme. All the more reason to revere the individual who is willing to act while knowing that he will likely be...

May I suggest that you reconsider your terminology and then see if you still see things that way. The Volume of Sacred Law is not a "bible". While in most lodges that you or I are familiar with, it is a copy of the KJV Bible that rests upon the altar, it is a mistake to understand that...

Well put, Brother, but Masonry is all about such work. As I've already pointed out, the widespread misunderstanding about this clear evidence that quality and quantity of that work is lacking. One recent response in this thread, citing Landmark 21, is plain evidence of this. That landmark reads...

Snowden is a patriot and a hero. Yes, a G.D. hero. Alas, the evil that he has exposed is lost on most of our citizens. The "I have nothing to hide" rationale is seductively simple and most, it seems, have fallen for it. MWB Franklin was right.

Re: Whose Volume of Sacred Law "counts"? Exactly my point in starting this thread. But my questions remain (as yet) unanswered - Why is this happening? How is it that so many Masons could come to such a misunderstanding about something so fundamentally important to The Craft? What...