My Shriner Great Uncle had a print of George Washington presiding over the Lodge as Grand Master.
Liberal democracy and hostility to authoritarianism were the hallmarks of 18th century Masons.
Robert K Stock
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Robert K Stock
My Grandfather was a Mason and my Grandmother was Eastern Star. My great Uncle help found the Lodge in Las Vegas, Nevada and was a Shriner.
That is how I know they get together to just drink beer and play cards.
My Grandmothers father was a Mason and a member of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan is a harmful organization. The Masons are not.
Since I am an Atheist I would never be allowed to join the Masons.
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Science is a threat...
by homme perdu into many religions but i dont understand why.
do you think there will be an understanding between the two?
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Robert K Stock
Science is a threat to religion because science deals in provable facts. Religion deals in unprovable beliefs.
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Deity of Jesus
by bryanlovesgod incan i get a thorough explanation regarding the jehovah's witness's befief on the deity of christ.
is he god?
could you please be very specific and use scripture?
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Robert K Stock
Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe that Jesus is equal to God. They say he is more than an angel but less then God. Jehovah's Witnesses say that God had no begining but Jesus did.
My personal opinion is that Jesus was a deluded human being who mistakenly thought he was the Messiah.
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Two thirds of the Earth's Resources Used Up?
by MegaDude inhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1447863,00.html
two-thirds of world's resources 'used up' .
tim radford, science editor.
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Robert K Stock
Malthus was wrong in the 1800's to say that humanity would run out of food and resources. The book Famine 1975 was equaly wrong for the same reasons.
Malthusian doom sayers forget that new technology and other forms of human creativity change the playing field.
Humanity is dynamic and creative. We are not in a static zero sum game. We will think of something, we always do.
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Attitude
by onacruse ina friend gave me this today:.
charles swindoll:.
"the longer i live, the more i realize the impact of attitude on life.
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Robert K Stock
It is a positive attitude that gives one the get up and go to change our lives instead of wallowing in self pity.
Other people and circumstances can slow us down but it is completely our choice to stop or move forward.
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Two thirds of the Earth's Resources Used Up?
by MegaDude inhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1447863,00.html
two-thirds of world's resources 'used up' .
tim radford, science editor.
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Robert K Stock
Humans will think of something, we always do.
There is no need to worry.
The human mind is the most important resource.
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Was C.T. Russell a member of the annointed?
by xjw_b12 indid russell consider himself the first of the new generation of the "annointed"?
if indeed he was, i was thinking there must be one hell of a power struggle going on in heaven.. .
wwe smackdown.
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Robert K Stock
After Russell hit Franz, Freddie grabbed Charlie by the beard and swung him around a few times.
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Was C.T. Russell a member of the annointed?
by xjw_b12 indid russell consider himself the first of the new generation of the "annointed"?
if indeed he was, i was thinking there must be one hell of a power struggle going on in heaven.. .
wwe smackdown.
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Robert K Stock
Russell and the Bible Students did not have same thinking about this as Jehovah's Witnesses.
Russell and the Bible Students thought that the annointed would be made up of true Christians regardless of which church they were members.
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How Many Of You "Bumped" Your Field Service Hours?
by EvilForce inhow many of you bumped up your field service hours so you could keep the elders off your back?
our congo had a 10 hour "soft" target for guys.
however, if you didn't meet the 10 hours you got your "privledges" reduced or revoked.
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Robert K Stock
As a Publisher I never bumped up my hours. As a Pioneer I lied about my hours every month. The number of magazines and books were correct, but not my hours.