[Avodah] half shekel

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:24:30PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
: Micha Berger wrote:
:>                         The obverse of the seal is the eye-and-pyramid,
:> an old Masonic symbol, chosen by Washington (a Mason). The all seeing
:> eye represents a Deistic model of god. A well designed universe, the
:> pyramid, with the eye disonnected fromit.

: Washington was not a Deist.  His religious views were basically Unitarian
: (though officially he was an Anglican, and would attend church semi-
: regularly).  He definitely believed in Providence, i.e. a God who actively
: intervened in history, and to Whom it was appropriate to pray.  Thomas
: Paine was probably the only Deist among the founders of the USA.

I didn't say Washington was a Deist. I said he was a Mason, and chose a
Masonic symbol that happens to have a Deist meaning.

: > Quite easily arguable to be AZ.

: How is Deism arguably AZ? ...

The All Seeing Eye, being an image representing deity, is easily arguable
to be AZ.

-Micha

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