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originally posted by: November5
i just couldn't hold 2 completely different ideas in my head about the same subject at the same time, without it resolving into cognitive dissonance.
originally posted by: Saurus
originally posted by: November5
i just couldn't hold 2 completely different ideas in my head about the same subject at the same time, without it resolving into cognitive dissonance.
It's not that difficult, for example, the way in which Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) who gave presents to the poor, and the birth of Jesus are simultaneously the reason for Christmas.
originally posted by: undo
i couldn't hold in my head, at the same time, that i was supposed to love others as myself, and yet not associate with them if they held a different belief.
originally posted by: Saurus
originally posted by: undo
i couldn't hold in my head, at the same time, that i was supposed to love others as myself, and yet not associate with them if they held a different belief.
This is the very reason why Freemasonry exists - to do good, while allowing each man to have his own belief without fear of criticism or persecution.
originally posted by: network dude
a reply to: undo
If you can help me get into this sorority, I will try to get you into our fraternity.
originally posted by: undo
yet women are not allowed at the meetings. we ladies are stuffed in the same non-admittance category with felons, murderers and rapists. perhaps we are a different species and no one has had the heart to tell us.
i don't want to hear the eastern star excuse. if i go to dinner, i want to sit at the same table as my husband and son
originally posted by: undo
originally posted by: network dude
a reply to: undo
If you can help me get into this sorority, I will try to get you into our fraternity.
lol wait, guys in fraternities run around in their underwear beating each other with pillows?
hehe
hahaha.
/wipe tears
aaaaaaaahhhhhhahaha.
originally posted by: undo
...so what may be a felon one day, may not be the next. what exclusiveness like that does, is separate us into not worthy or worthy categories that technically shouldn't exist inperpetuity.
originally posted by: undo
hubby did a paper on dna testing in death sentence cases. that was an eye opener. so many people on death row, were exonerated due to dna testing, some states were forced to remove capital punishment laws. just imagine, an innocent person who life has screwed over, provided it hasn't driven them insane, is going to be a much better person for it. and a person that learns from the crimes of their youth, learns it better than most. ever watch the shawshank redemption?
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
Both of your instances the person was innocent. We do a background check prior to initiating a candidate, if an felony was overturned that would be removed from their record.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: undo
watch this and imagine it was a guy who had done a crime in his youth
Read it and watched it. No dice. No felons.