Aiden

You will at the very least be asked to explain why you were blackballed. it's preferred that you work out whatever the issue is rather than try and go to another lodge.

You will at the very least be asked to explain why you were blackballed. it's preferred that you work out whatever the issue is rather than try and go to another lodge.

Like if somebody tried to join the lodge who was known for cheating on their wife, got it. We would be like, no, stop cheating on your wife and then we'll consider it.

Like if somebody tried to join the lodge who was known for cheating on their wife, got it. We would be like, no, stop cheating on your wife and then we'll consider it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

People are people. God is God. Yeah.

People are people. God is God. Yeah.

We have free will. I mean, I think the big misconception a lot of people have is that God ordains or designs everything that happens here on earth when the entire foundational aspect of Abrahamic religion is free will. Yeah, I think a lot of this comes from the Calvinist tradition, a lot of reformists.

We have free will. I mean, I think the big misconception a lot of people have is that God ordains or designs everything that happens here on earth when the entire foundational aspect of Abrahamic religion is free will. Yeah, I think a lot of this comes from the Calvinist tradition, a lot of reformists.

So in America, Presbyterians and the idea that there is an elect and that God ordains things and that everything is predetermined. And that's not I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be mean to Calvinists or Presbyterians, but that's just simply incorrect theology.

So in America, Presbyterians and the idea that there is an elect and that God ordains things and that everything is predetermined. And that's not I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be mean to Calvinists or Presbyterians, but that's just simply incorrect theology.

Yeah, no, not at all.

Yeah, no, not at all.

The answer to that is, well, if free will doesn't exist, there's no point. What would be the point in making a world where nobody has free will?

The answer to that is, well, if free will doesn't exist, there's no point. What would be the point in making a world where nobody has free will?

Because at that point... Again, in Christian religion, there is. Exactly. Yeah. Personally, I would argue the vast majority of Christians and the vast majority of atheists, the vast majority of all people that I've ever interacted with when it comes to talking about Christianity do not know nearly enough about it to be having conversations about it.

Because at that point... Again, in Christian religion, there is. Exactly. Yeah. Personally, I would argue the vast majority of Christians and the vast majority of atheists, the vast majority of all people that I've ever interacted with when it comes to talking about Christianity do not know nearly enough about it to be having conversations about it.

Which is a failing of the church when it comes to Christians. But it's also a failing of other people who aren't Christian when it comes to learning about the religion. Because what they do is they base it off of their understanding of it, which is typically based off of people who don't know much.

Which is a failing of the church when it comes to Christians. But it's also a failing of other people who aren't Christian when it comes to learning about the religion. Because what they do is they base it off of their understanding of it, which is typically based off of people who don't know much.