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That speaks to your threshold of concern.
Originally posted by VinnyboyXI
Ok guys im back in the states... Augustus I definitely was not scared off by you or you're cronies.
Stop asking to tell you everything that went on because that is not gonna happen.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler
You did not answer my question. How would it affect your opinion of him if he were lying about his Masonic affiliation?
Wonderful gifts have sometimes been known to come in ugly wrappers.
Worthless and harmful gifts have been known to sometimes come in beautiful wrappers.
The Trojan horse comes to mind as an example.
Yet Spies of agencies like the CIA routinely lie to establish covers.
Agents of agencies like the FBI routinely lie to establish covers.
Yet in that latter case, the evidence they bring into the court rooms, is generally judged by quantified standards objectively, without being tarnished in part or in whole, by the fact that the person who obtained the truth, did so through a deception, and misrepresentation of himself.
The truth would be the truth, line item, by line item as it checks out.
If the truth on line 2, is false, it does not make the truth of line item 3, or 4, if it is rooted in fact, false by extension of the fallacy of line item 2.
While many are prone to be emotionally manipulated to throw the baby out along with the bathwater, I am not one of them.
There are elements of potential truth in Vincent's story!
Thanks my friend.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
It is a quintessential ProtoplasmicTraveler answer!
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
It is a quintessential ProtoplasmicTraveler answer!
Agreed, which means it is a typical Proto non-answer.
So be it.
Originally posted by jackflap
reply to post by Fitzgibbon
That speaks to your threshold of concern.
My oh my Fitzgibbon! You've done it again. I will remember that one! So there is a threshold by which you can remain silent no longer and feel that it is necessary to grill a person on his claims of being a Mason? I see.
Originally posted by jackflap
Wouldn't it have been better to offer help by letting Vinny describe what it was that actually had him so upset and then see if anything he is claiming lines up with what you know about? By jumping the gun and demanding proof you are doing no one here any justice.
Do be so kind as not to edit posts and take individual lines out of context.
Originally posted by undo
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler
supreme moral authority of what? what's your spiritual soup du jour, proto? if you don't answer me directly and rather tap dance around the topic, i'll make you my new research project.
Originally posted by VinnyboyXI
reply to post by Rosha
I completely agree with you and that where i see you understood me wrong. What I meant is that what I heard them talk about, is what they believe, not what actually is, They believe that they posses the secrets of the ages through compartmentalization.
I'm not saying I think what they have is the truth.
and Raider of Truth, I have no bond here. I'm nothing more than an initiate. If it matters to you or not, I dont care. I'm sharing an experience I had.
[edit on 21-4-2010 by VinnyboyXI]
paganism has been historically much worse to women
Originally posted by undo
reply to post by Rockpuck
paganism has been historically much worse to women, even though they had goddesses to look to for inspiration or what have you. the goddess was the only female afforded any respect. you definitely don't want to keep that in your head as a legit alternative to "patriarchal" society/ i think the historians were deliberately ignoring the fact that pagan cultures were even more patriarchal than christianity (by a long shot). yeshua was the first to advance the concept of equality of the sexes. unfortunately, people were still too solidified in their cultural norms (including apostle paul) concerning women and basically ignored the message entirely.