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Beloved Clete, you dismiss historical fact and that which you cannot defend as "conspiracy theory" and then try to associate same with that which is indefensible for the purpose of dismissing it without addressing it. I have come to expect this from main stream media but I was hoping for...

I'm reminded of a song by Bruce Cockburn the punch line of which reads " Everyone loves to see justice done ... on somebody else." You've missed the most important point of the New Testament. Love. Concerning judgement: John 12: 47And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him...

No, they didn't know it was wrong, they were told it was wrong ... there's a difference. Satan told Eve something else and not knowing good from evil she went with it and so did Adam. You keep trying to invent ways that God didn't really mean what He said to fit the dictates of your "logic". I...

Interesting post. Consider this: Rev 12: 3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: ... ... 9And the...

If we can agree that said king was Jesus then I concur. Jesus was not and is not "a human". He was and is Elohim. He is the only Elohim to have been born of a woman. This is yet another way in which He is unique. We "humans" are invited to become Elohim through His sacrifice. A rather dreary...

I think the difference between the two is that, in the case of Solomon, the horse had already fled the barn as it were. When you get that one figured out let me know.;) I have long likened mankind's journey across time to the lifespan of an individual. At first, as children, we obey out of...

Not only am I "not nicer than God" I'm not smarter than Him either. I tend to just accept what He has said at face value and I find no need to rationalize what He has said to fit my preferences as I have none as it regards His pronouncements.

My goodness Clete, you sure covered a lot of ground in 4 scant paragraphs. I'll sort through them as best can. You begin and end your offering with the notion that "democracy", in and of itself, lay at the root of our inability to self govern. You then get, in my estimation, much closer to the...

I'm not sure where you're getting this. You made an assertion but offered no scripture to support it. My Bible says this: Gen 2: 16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt...

As history is seldom taught any more so few are aware that the "communism" that came to Russia was born and bred in France (and to a lesser degree Germany), hence their outwardly odd relationship that still exists today. This communism was exported to Russia by the French Jacobin clubs that were...

I think it telling that when you try and google the term "meumque" you are funneled to numerous masonic sources explaining the meaning of the phrase "deus meumque jus". You can't find a definition of that term by itself using a search engine. As Spock would say, "fascinating." Is that and...

Yes,"deus meumque jus" sounds a whole lot like what was offered in the garden ..." ye shall be as gods and ye shall not surely die." That was a half lie. Adam and Eve did "become as gods (Elohim)" in that they could discern good and evil. They were expelled from the garden before they could lay...

Before moving on ... and while we are translating Latin here, now might be a good time to translate the Latin affixed to the jewel of the 33rd degree Freemason. The first phrase inscribed thereon is "ordo ab chao" which translated means "order from chaos'. With this in mind I was somewhat taken...

I suspect that one guy's good guy is another guy's bad guy it just depends upon your perspective. I like your list. It's peopled by a pretty disparate group but that's not immediately obvious in that few have taken the time to thoroughly research everyone in the group as it concerns their...

More little known facts ... In what would later be called "The Morgan affair" prominant anti- mason William Morgan had threatened to reveal masonic secrects in a book. Before he could make good on that notion he was jailed. He was then kidnapped out of jail and taken across the border into...

... and then the Jacobins (French freemasons) took out the Czar and gave us 32 degree Carl Marx. Ever read the 10 planks of the communist manifesto? They sure look familiar don't they...

So, how do we tell the difference between the two?

Beloved Clete, I think we're starting to talk past each other here a little bit. Our personal experiences concerning the lodge are different but both are valid. They happened. That said, both are an infinitesimal piece of the pie that is the subject of Freemasonry. A historical view of the...

There are always options. It just depends upon how much company you require to feel validated. ;)

Technically, yes, they were Catholic in that they answered to the Pope. As a practical matter they were semi autonomous in that they had many judicious investments that had made them wealthy and had embraced a form of Gnosticism that no past or present Catholic would recognize as being a part of...