Freemasons ???

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Do You Believe The Freemasons Exist?

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HBot 5000 said:
They exist and i suggest anyone that does not know of them read into them.
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Yes, every one should read up on them. :thumbs_up
But not from hate and conspiracy theory sites. :?
You will find that they are as dangerous as the Boy Scouts.
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I agree, many are as dangerous as the boy scouts. (my son told me he had been infested after he was invested as a cub scout)

But read also about the many different forms of belief which are within the guise of freemasonry. I prefer the idea of lodges myself. But maybe there are real lodges identifying as Freemasons as though without a lodge.


Perhaps I might be in trouble here though because I fell asleep in front of the computer and in my mind an image of a plain clothes police man was leaping out of the computer screen and telling he'd rip the bloody lodge insignia off if he has to so as to get to the bottom of the accounting about the two forms of measuring qibla. They ought to know better than to pick on me since the police here have studiously prevented me marrying. Who ever "they" are that is, but it sure looked like the guy who had been tailing me. . . .

. . . so you see, it can be very dangerous to begin to even contemplate the world of Freemasons. (whereas the AFP are only distressed about a poem I wrote for the dalai lama - they seem to have wanted to be able to charge me for sedition to prove that they have not been wasting policing resources on taking sides against me in a family court case - but the poem I wrote is hardly seditious and the context of sending it to the dalai lama web site is hardly every likely to want them engaging in the matter)


However there is a portion of how the definition of a Mason works, in which Ka'ba takes on a significance of distinguishing us each from the other in our general mental capablities and tolerances as well as strengths. Any Lodge or individual Mason, who identifies those differences accurately, has a character strength of real worth. But many who identify as Freemasons are not in that category, but only like the idea of having a mental agility which freemasonry might seem to enable, but really no more than any esoteric sort of lesson.
 
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Hmm..i dont know how to start.

This secret society thing is really exist, and the theory that their controlled the world like a shadow government also too obvious to deny.

i suggest this website.

100777.com
northenresistance.com
 
I am not expert in masons,I just can say that in Portugal in early XX century they were much involved in anti catholic activity.The murderer who killed last king of Portugal was mason and it was plotted by them.
 
They have a building here in Montreal, so yes they do exist. I also know someone who was asked to join the Freemasons order in Lebanon.

What they do exactly, I am not too sure and I don't give too much credence to what some people say (some theories are really out there!).
 
My Dad was a freemason for almost a decade. My great-grandfather was too, for all his adult life, in fact, he was the grand master of St Johns Lodge in Secundrabad, India. He was also part of the Jung nawab nobility and was the chief excise comissioner of the Nizam Kingdom of Hyderabad.

Now, what they do... I'll let you remain curious. :P

Maybe I'll join them after I finish college. They do a lot of charity work *hint* *hint*. :)
 
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^ WHat tha ? that realy did creap me out , they are everywhere!!



...the End is near?

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unbiased, not made-up but based on available facts


Freemasonry



Article Outline
Introduction; Functions; Freemasons in America; Major Systems; Opposition

I
Introduction

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Freemasonry, largest and most widely established fraternal order in the world. The masons’ guilds were originally restricted to stonecutters, but with the completion of the building of the cathedrals in the 17th century, and especially in England during the Reformation, they admitted as members men of wealth or social status. The guilds thus became societies devoted to general ideals, such as fraternity, equality, and peace, and their meetings became social rather than business occasions. Four or more such guilds, called lodges, united in London on June 24, 1717, to form a grand lodge for London and Westminster, which, within six years, became the Grand Lodge of England. This body is the “mother” grand lodge of Freemasons in the world, and from it all recognized grand lodges have been derived. The Grand Lodge of All England was formed at York in 1725, that of Ireland at least by June of the same year, and of Scotland in 1736. The York body came under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge at London later in the century.

As a result of the patronage of the order by members of the nobility, the rising British mercantile class looked upon Freemasonry as an adjunct to social success, and the order became popular. The Masonic ideals of religious toleration and the basic equality of all people were in keeping with the growing spirit of liberalism during the 18th century. One of the basic tenets of the Masonic orders throughout the English-speaking world has been that religion is the concern solely of the individual. Opposition on the part of the Roman Catholic church has been chiefly on the grounds that Freemasonry, with its binding principles and religious nature, has usurped the prerogatives of the church. As a result, the Freemasons have never been permitted in some strictly Roman Catholic countries, such as Spain. In France, however, following the atheistic and Protestant trend of the French Revolution, the order flourished.

II
Functions

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In most English-speaking countries, the charitable and protective features of the fraternity have been responsible for the establishment of Masonic homes for the care of dependent aged Masons and their widows and orphanages and schools for the children of members. The Mason is instructed that his fraternal obligations involving aid to members are to be subordinated to the duty he owes to God, his country, and his family, with full recognition of the duty he owes to humanity. The Masonic fraternity differs radically from the other private benevolent societies, and from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the next largest private, international, fraternal association, in that the relief or charity extended among members is purely voluntary, dependent on the need in each individual case. It is in no way part of a contract or other understanding that the distress of a brother shall call for specific financial recognition or care. Freemasonry is essentially an educational society, attempting to teach its members a moral philosophy of life.

III
Freemasons in America

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The earliest lodges in the United States, founded by authority of the Grand Lodge of England, were the First Lodge of Boston—established in 1733—and one in Philadelphia, established about the same time. By the time of the American Revolution, about 150 lodges existed in colonial America.


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Major Systems

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Scores of Masonic rites have sprung up since the 17th century, but only five of any great consequence survive today. Two Masonic systems are called the York Rite and the Scottish Rite. Neither has any connection, historically or otherwise, with York, England, or Scotland. The York Rite was formed in the late 18th century. Its first step is called Capitular and the members Royal Arch Masons (4 degrees); the next step is Cryptic and the members Royal and Select Masons (3 degrees); and the final step is Chivalric and the members Knights Templar (3 orders). The Scottish Rite was formed in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1801 (33 degrees including three Symbolic Lodge Degrees).

In many other groups, loosely attached in some way to the York Rite, members are usually selected but sometimes are elected. They are interested in special aspects of Masonry, including Masonic research. One might say they are offshoots of the main stem. Among them are the Royal Order of Scotland, the Allied Masonic Degrees, the Red Cross of Constantine, the Masonic Rosicrucian Society (SRICF), the Rite of Strict Observance (CBCS), the Grand College of Rites, Knight Masons, Order of Corks, the York Cross of Honour, the Blue Friars, and the Holy Royal Arch Knights Templar Priests. There are also what might be called “fun degrees,” such as the Shrine, the Grotto, and the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, many of which are of considerable size. In addition some very small groups cater to students of special aspects of the Craft.
For other Mason-affiliated organizations, see Eastern Star, Order of the.

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Opposition

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Anti-Masonic sentiment occurred chiefly in two ways since the founding of the order. The first, religious, is the opposition of the Roman Catholic Church, although Freemasonry does not bar Catholics and a great many belong to lodges in Latin America and the Philippines. The second is political. For about a decade following the abduction from Batavia, New York, in 1826, of William Morgan, a Freemason who had threatened to publish Masonic secrets and who was commonly thought to have been kidnapped by the Masons, membership in the Masons dropped considerably, with several lodges being abandoned. In the northern states the Anti-Masonic Party was formed; for a few years it was practically the only opponent to the Democratic Party. In 1832 the Anti-Masonic Party nominated a lawyer, William Wirt, as its candidate for the presidency, but he was defeated by Andrew Jackson, who supported Masonry. Ironically, Wirt himself was a Mason. After that date the Freemasons encountered little political opposition in the U.S. or elsewhere, until the rise to power of the National Socialists in Germany in 1933. In that year Hitler charged the Masons with responsibility for various subversive activities, including all the incidents leading to World War I (1914-1918), and decreed the dissolution of all Masonic bodies in Germany.
Reviewed by: General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons




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i heard something about freemasons on the discovery channel...the evidence seems to point to the fact that they do exist.
 

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