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Civic virtue: Virtue as applied to the community. Charity is only one of the many virtues. Equating civic virtue with charity is like equating parenting with paying child support. Yes, you supply money, but what of it?

As an Orthodox Christian, I'm no atheist, but I do at times think that belief in God is and must be irrational. I have no problem with this. "Rational" merely means "fits into our collective model of how things are supposed to work". It doesn't mean "true". It doesn't mean "correct". It doesn't...

Looking at dues from before 1960, and applying appropriate conversions, the same level of cost would be around $100-$200 annually in present dollars. Of course, this was when GL's cut was proportionally smaller.

Always a good idea. This is why the Eastern and the Oriental Orthodox Churches practice hesychastic breathing and prostrations. Zen is also a very bleak approach, similar to Stoicism. Stoicism pretty much boils down to "You're going to die, anyway, so don't be so attached to everything."

Certain Fathers of the Church, particularly the Eastern ones, teach many things about passions, suffering, and to be in the world but not of the world. Just saying.

Dismissing any science with the words "just a theory" only betrays ignorance of how science works in the real world. This has been hashed over before. The use of "theory" in the sciences is NOT how the word is vulgarly used. What is called "theory" vulgarly would be called a "hypothesis" in the...

Wow. And they call themselves Freemasons? Let me guess, a Jew or Muslim wouldn't even get a copy of the petition?

That's a very common lie told by stridently anti-alcohol sects. Believing it relies, of course, on a great deal of ignorance. Within a single day, any "grape juice" that is not heavily pasteurized, micro-filtered or refrigerated WILL become alcoholic. "Grape juice" as a commodity did not exist...

Were there any vessels in there? They could be the "possible masonic chamberpots".

If it doesn't, wouldn't that be in violation of the Ancient Landmarks?

Re: Crossing the Extraordinary Boundary Between Re No mention of Droit's institutionalized atheism?

Been doing a little light reading lately on the history of technology and was reminded of the history of operative masonry. Simply put, iron is the first metal with which one can reliably work stone. Until the iron age, stone was always worked only with tools of wood and stone. The iron age...

To which one answers "What is the Biblical value of pi?"

Re: Wife having a problem with Freemasonry, she wa It has been my experience that wives hold their husbands to higher standards than the wives, themselves, live by.

In the USA, we still operate under the premise that adults are allowed to be adults. There is (not yet) a full nanny state approach taken by the law. If a sane adult wants to do something foolish and self-destructive, so long as minors are not "at risk" (in the "call in DCS and have the kids...

Our SECOND national motto is "In God We Trust". I have always considered it to be the sort of thing exactly and specifically referred to in Matthew chapter 6. "And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of...

It's very simple. There are only two legitimate Masonic organizations in the USA: PHA and the "mainstream" Grand Lodges (with all that appends from these two).

Which states? I'd love to read those statutes directly.

Re: Wife having a problem with Freemasonry, she wa It sounds like a "conservative" church (that prides itself on rejecting "tradition", if Tuesday is a special night instead of Wednesday, the traditional Christian mid-week day of observation, if any is done). Generally, such groups like to...

I found this today: https://archive.org/search.php?query=ars%20quatuor%20AND%20collection%3Aamericana