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They are distinct and have been for more than a century. The one in California either schismed or was "more true" in 1875. The one in Illinois is a representative of the headquarters in India, which either "fell away" or "retains the truth". Basically, you could look at the California group as...

Do be cautious when reading Blavatsky, though. Her modern followers have moved beyond her, but she made a big point of extolling the "Aryan race" as the best iteration of humanity to date, and that perfection would come from them. She considered Africans, Jews, and Chinese to be of one race...

The reality seems to be that the foundation of Theosophy involved a lot of individual Masons rather than there being any institutional connection. Of course, if one looks at anything that started in Britain during the middle to late 19th century and involved influential men, one could say that...

Soon many of us will celebrate the Incarnation of the Divine Logos, the Son. We are told by Scripture that He was honored by messengers (Angeloi) from God and by shepherds, lowest of the low. In addition, Magi from the East came to give him honor. Thus, it was the low-born and humble and the...

"The pecans must be very carefully hulled, and the meat thoroughly freed from any bark or husk. When ready, throw the nuts into boiling milk, and let them boil while you are preparing a rich custard. Have your pie plates lined with a good pastry, and when the custard is ready, strain the milk...

4 year old child 3 year old child 2 year old child 1 year old child All there one day. Dogs hate Christmas.

They really hate Christmas.

I quickly and dutifully corrected both of the people who had this misapprehension.

So? One can find teaching in Shinto, which is older than Christianity, that no Christian would consider Orthodox. Traditional Siberian shamanism has teachings no Christian would consider orthodox, either. "New Age" is not the same thing as "doesn't agree with Christian doctrines". "New Age" as a...

When you are out at a restaurant with your wife, her daughter, and her daughter's infant son, and a passer-by thinks that your group consists of child, mother, father, and grandmother...

From time to time, I am in communication with Coptic Christians. The vast majority of American Christians haven't the faintest cue what persecution is.

Is Hall's book sourced? Does he actually cite his sources, that is? I'm sick to death of works that purport all kinds of "knowledge" or "mysteries" but refuse to properly cite sources.

In God we tru$t.

Re: Should Christians Celebrate Christmas and East I wonder if this guy would say that converts should not be considered Christian. After all, they have been "co-opted" from whatever non-Christian origins they might have.

What I've heard is "They're still around?"

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church might contest the claim that the items hidden in the quarries have never been found, since they claim custodianship of the Ark of the Covenant.

Re: Should Christians Celebrate Christmas and East First, opposing "truth" against "tradition" means that one claims the Bible is a lie, since Scripture teaches us to hold fast to traditions, whether written down or by word of mouth, so long as they do not contradict Scripture (Book of...

The so-called "war on Christmas" is a propaganda ploy by right-wing talking heads to drum up support and distract a large number of people from real problems in our society. Either that, or Bing Crosby was always a member of the hard-core anti-Christmas Left, even as far back as World War II...

"Three things go by the name of Christmas. One is a religious festival. This is important and obligatory for Christians; but as it can be of no interest to anyone else, I shall naturally say no more about it here. The second (it has complex historical connections with the first, but we...

I like this! After all, this is not an era when a major political party exists with "Ban Freemasonry" in its platform.