Are You An Atheist or Agnostic Sitting on the Fence about God?
We are a Christian ministry but we accept people of all faiths. Some of our officers come from a Nordic descent. The Nords started as a paganistic multitheistic society and eventually converted to Christianity.
We are not Freemasons. That is a term which has been co-opted and is largely considered a pejorative by the Conspiracy theory accusers. “Good ol’ boys clubs” which are majorly corrupted are not the quintessence of Free Masonry. We are not lodge masons, but we study their precepts and those of many other religions searching for nuggets. There is a ton of value and syncretism by taking that approach.
In fact some might go so far as to suggest that most, if not all, religions of present day are largely built on the esoteric free mason principles. We would also claim that anyone who is working on building their character IS a free mason, even if not associated with a lodge.
“The Great Work” of building Solomons Temple (our body, mind, character, etc) is the process of taking rough ashlar and perfecting it through principles of Faith, Hope and Charity.
Nevertheless, we are all faced with the process of making a “Pascal’s wager” of either accepting God or rejecting him. See:
That wager is dramatized in the following video:
As scientists, the approach on this website is to aid your “Pascal’s Wager” with scientific proof that Christianity is sound. In that sense, we take the same approach as the following two books:
- Socrates in New York, John Kotselas-We met this author in person and took a course on his book.
- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis-atheist philosopher turned Christian
Unlike corrupt politicians, we don’t hide our agenda. And unlike the Norse Vikings, we don’t COMPEL Christianity upon you mainly by force of arms. Yes, one of our officers is a Viking. Their Grandpa came from Oslo Norway in the early 1900’s from a fishing village. Oslo is where the Viking raids on England were launched from in the 1300’s. However, we prefer using philosophy and logic to eliminate the multitheistic approach rather than raids and swords and threats. Apparently, that’s in the Norse blood.
Jesus accepted both sides: Order v. Chaos, Good v. Evil. He glorified the Father, and but also accepted all Sin (Satans temptations we guess). He was a fence sitter best we can tell at this point because He embraced both sides. He became the synthesis between the thesis and antithesis. That FENCE and that tension between Good and Evil is described very well in the following article:
Tim Keller | Life and Prosperity, Death and Destruction | Deuteronomy 30
https://sedm.org/tim-keller-life-and-prosperity-death-and-destruction-deuteronomy-30/
Christianity by virtue of being descended from Christ, seems to denote that one accepts both God AND Satan as they are. If Christ is the Great Redeemer and Mediator (media is closely related to medium which means middle = equilibrium means fence sitting in your words), then there is no need to reject God, for God is the positive force in the universe, and Satan is the negative force. Christ is effectively the Neutral/salt bridge if we are discussing in allegorical terms of electricity/power. You cannot have a current without a positive force AND a negative force. Without a ground or neutral you cannot have a STABLE/unstatic current…in other words, the ground/neutral/mediator/reconciler turns CHAOS into ORDER…ordo ab chao as all the conspiracy theorists like to harp on.
media (n.)
“newspapers, radio, TV, etc.” 1927, perhaps abstracted from mass-media (1923, a technical term in advertising); plural of medium (n.) as “intermediate agency,” a sense attested in English from c. 1600. Also see -a (2).
Christ is the intermediate agent. No one comes to the father but by/through Him. The Bible calls Him the Mediator. This may be why the Bible refers to Christians as the Salt and Light of the world. They are almost like a “Salt bridge”, which is an intermediary between Good and Evil. See:
People cannot discover who they are and who God is without a completely open mind that approaches every subject from as many angles as possible. Remember that our site is intended to attract people of all faiths. We can’t be prejudiced, but we also must be faithful to Christian principles and be clear on our scientific and rational reasons for doing so. This makes us different from most Pastors, in that they hyperfocus on emotions and often throw rationality out the window because they are usually without scientific basis for what they believe.
Men are more attracted to the scientific discovery of God. Women are more attracted to the emotional side and constitute a majority at most Christian Churches. In an era where families have disintegrated MAINLY because of the income tax and fathers have been removed from the home, men especially need the kind of objective scientific knowledge about philosophy and law we provide. They are our primary audience, but we are attracting a huge female audience of late as well because of the breadth we cover. Jordan Peterson focuses on the same audience: Father deprived men as well.
Heed these words
You who wish to probe the depths of nature:
If you do not find within yourself that which you seek,
neither will you find it outside.
In you is hidden the treasure of treasures.
Know Thyself
and you will know the Universe and the Gods.[Oracle of Delphi]