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To equate belief in a Supreme Being with "being washed in the blood" plainly says that one considers belief in a Supreme Being to be restricted not just to Christians but only to a subset of Christians who subscribe to that particular soteriological standpoint.

In no sense at all of the term is it a religion. None at all, unless you "broaden" the word "religion" to mean "anything you darn well want to call 'religion' no matter what".

Then maybe you shouldn't practice them so eagerly.

I'm a biologist. Ellis is absolutely spot-on. We all have fundamental paradigms. Physicists, in particular, tend to be the most delusional about this. I would say that Aristotle and Aquinas are not good places to base a philosophy of science upon (I prefer Popper and Mayr, particularly Mayr...

I can't do a thing about Sweden. Will never live there, will never visit. I am not emperor of the world. The errors that Sweden makes aren't something I can fix. Do you also go around demanding that all Muslims, worldwide, be held responsible for what has happened in Mosul, recently?

Oh, dear, deary golly dear. Have you actually studied logic. Logic says that if A is true and B is true then A and B are true and one can make no conclusions at all about C, since no connection has been stated between either A or B vs. C. A: Dogs like to eat meat. (True) B: Cats purr. (True)...

Thus, we Christians are permitted to be Freemasons, no matter how much some may wish to kick us out of the Craft.

Despite the crusade of some Masons to banish Christians from the Craft, the essay proves nothing. I can admit that "Great Architect" is a phrase that can describe God. I can admit that all other humans seek after God. I can even admit that all those other ways of worshiping Him are still...

It was founded in England and Scotland in the late 17th century. Given stronger form in the early 18th. That whole "Pythagoras, Euclid and King Solomon" schtick is just a schtick. It's useful for mining to provide symbolism.

Freemasonry was founded by Christians who remained Christian. As for esoterica, Christianity has long seen fit to use symbolic representations. Anti-Christian rhetoric has no more place in Freemasonry than does anti-Jew rhetoric any other anti-rhetoric.

http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2014/07/22/abdul-turned-indys-stingy-panhandlers/13001481/ Abdul may be the greatest Troll in the entire Midwest.

Let us return to the ONLY uses of "lucifer" that actually appear in any Bible. They all come from a single Latin translation, Jerome's Vulgate. Think about that. The original languages of the Bible DID NOT EVEN USE "lucifer" in any shape, way, or form. Therefore, anyone who insists that...

Would you please stop your crusade to drive the Orthodox out of Freemasonry by posting these things? We do not give any Orthodox Hierarch infallible status.

I can get prestige. It's not hard to find. All it amounts to is to be attached to something that happens to be fashionable at the moment.

White text, again.

Okay, but does that say that this is the only way someone can petition? This could easily exist in parallel with men petitioning on their own initiative. Where does it say that petitions on ones own initiative are not allowed?

"All change is bad" is as foolish as "All change is good".

No matter how much people like claiming that others bring up straw men, nobody ever likes it when their own straw men are pointed out to be straw men. Ever notice that?

As for Joe's straw man, I can see everyone now: "That apron lecture means nothing now that we can pay dues on line. Let's just throw it out."

Masonry has existed without electricity for longer than it has existed with electricity. Why do lodge buildings have electricity?