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Title: Any Mason's here?
Source: X-15
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Published: Oct 21, 2008
Author: X-15
Post Date: 2008-10-21 17:18:18 by X-15
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Comments: 67

I'm going to a lodge meeting in a couple of weeks to see what it's all about. Is it a good way to network in my community?

Most of the Founding Fathers were Masons as were most of the Founding Fathers of the Republic of Texas: www.grandlodgeoftexas.org/Tx_heroes-2.php

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#19. To: X-15 (#0)

I'm going to a lodge meeting in a couple of weeks to see what it's all about. Is it a good way to network in my community?

Star in the East Lodge #33 represent! (Owatonna MN)

I joined a couple of years ago without knowing what Masons do--all I knew was that if there was a conspiracy afoot, I wanted in!

Still haven't found the conspiracy. What I have found are a great group of guys who I have a deep bond with--strangely enough, age, politics, and religion doesn't affect that bond. It's the world's largest and oldest fraternity--you'll have Brothers literally all over the world.

You'll find that we're all a bunch of intelligent weirdos.

Indrid Cold  posted on  2008-10-21   22:19:53 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#32. To: Indrid Cold, Critter, LACUMO (#19)

Checked out a couple of books from the campus library after class tonight, I'm reading up on the Old Charges and the differences between operative and speculative masonry. It seems to be "a peculiar systems of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" to use their own words.

X-15  posted on  2008-10-21   23:04:21 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#33. To: X-15 (#32)

It seems to be "a peculiar systems of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" to use their own words.

Uh, yes, that's accurate.

The difference between operative and speculative masonry is that one builds walls and one doesn't, though they may share the same clubhouse. At some point in time (1400s-1500s) European noblemen were allowed to join Masonry, though why they'd want to join a labor guild is not elaborated upon. Presumably cosmic secrets were in a lot smaller supply back then...

We refer to (small "g") god as the "Great Architect", not Lucifer. ("Small g" because Masonry requires you to have a belief in god as you understand him/her/it/them, not necessarily in the Christian sense.

Indrid Cold  posted on  2008-10-21   23:34:28 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#35. To: Indrid Cold (#33)

We refer to (small "g") god as the "Great Architect", not Lucifer. ("Small g" because Masonry requires you to have a belief in god as you understand him/her/it/them, not necessarily in the Christian sense.

Have you never heard of Albert Pike? Do you refute that he wrote the following words?

"Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish Souls? Doubt it not!"

FormerLurker  posted on  2008-10-21   23:44:53 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: FormerLurker (#35)

Have you never heard of Albert Pike? Do you refute that he wrote the following words?

"Lucifer, the Light-bearer!

My own Dad rationalizes Albert Pike FL...they are brainwashed. He says "but he lived a long time ago we don't believe that now....blah blah"..kinda like the Jehovas Witnesses. Blind.

They'll never admit the evil that it is.

IndieTX  posted on  2008-10-21   23:46:44 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#38. To: IndieTX (#36)

They'll never admit the evil that it is.

Sadly, the same can be said for Scientologists.

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