Home | Community | Message Board
You are not signed in.
Sign In New Account
Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery

MagicBag Grow Bags
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

General Interest > Political Discussion
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Unfolding Nature Shop: Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

Jump to first unread post Pages: | 1 | 2  [ show all ]
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: Drink_Punk_Soda]
    #7490589 -

Drink_Punk_Soda said:
No Mason will ever lie about his membership. A Mason will be proud to be one, and should have nothing to gain by denying his membership. To do so would effectively be to nullify his membership.


incorrect.


--------------------
No statements made in any post or message by myself should be construed to mean that I am now, or have ever been, participating in or considering participation in any activities in violation of any local, state, or federal laws. All posts are works of fiction.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: Drink_Punk_Soda]
    #7490598 -

Looking at the website I see that there are a lot of misconceptions about free masonry....I thought it was a cult....but I looked at the site and it looks decent...as long as they really don't infringe on religious beliefs...


--------------------
aka NHMI

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: kotik]
    #7490620 -

kotik said:
Drink_Punk_Soda said:
No Mason will ever lie about his membership. A Mason will be proud to be one, and should have nothing to gain by denying his membership. To do so would effectively be to nullify his membership.


incorrect.


incorrect.

I have actually met a real Mason. They are definitely not going to lie about their membership to you.

He had no problem telling a total stranger what his ring meant, and was pleasantly surprised that I wanted to know about the Freemasons.


--------------------
Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free.
But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: rizingfire]
    #7490626 -

the very foundation of the masons is to accept various religious, political and philosophical standpoints. That's is one reason for so much negative attention - when Christianity was more aggressive (i.e. back when they would kill you in public and admit it - even get help from the public) within a masonic lodge was one of the only places people could gather to discuss their opinions and views on taboo subjects without fear of exposure.


--------------------
No statements made in any post or message by myself should be construed to mean that I am now, or have ever been, participating in or considering participation in any activities in violation of any local, state, or federal laws. All posts are works of fiction.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: kotik]
    #7491536 -

Care to elaborate?

I suppose there might be some situation where admitting as such would put himself, a Brother, or a family member in direct danger, and he might be required to deny that fact. If you meant something else, I'd be interested to know.


--------------------

Kumbayah my lord, Kumbayah...

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: Drink_Punk_Soda]
    #7491637 -

for example, in Germany still today, it is taboo to wear masonic pins or other regalia in public, or speak of it to others. It's still a bit more secret. There are also many masons in the states that look down on bumper sticks and etc.


--------------------
No statements made in any post or message by myself should be construed to mean that I am now, or have ever been, participating in or considering participation in any activities in violation of any local, state, or federal laws. All posts are works of fiction.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: kotik]
    #7492009 -

I should have been a bit more specific- I was referring to American Freemasons. And that relates to my other point- in places like Germany, and several other countries, Freemasons generally hide their identity because to reveal it would but them in direct danger.

Contrary to popular belief, bumper stickers or other car badges are used not to broadcast the fact that they are Masons to the public. but to identify themselves as Masons to fellow Masons. While a random Joe may know what the symbol means, a Brother might see a car on the side of the road with a bumper sticker, license plate, or badge, and be obligated by his sworn oaths to help that person out. That's why the wife, son, daughter, or other relative might also have such markings on their car. If you are, or are related to a Mason, and request help from a Mason, you WILL get help to the best of their ability.


--------------------

Kumbayah my lord, Kumbayah...

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: Drink_Punk_Soda]
    #7492494 -

perhaps, but they are really just bumper stickers, just like having one of those 'i donate to police' stickers. they dont mean shit, because you can get them on ebay.


--------------------
No statements made in any post or message by myself should be construed to mean that I am now, or have ever been, participating in or considering participation in any activities in violation of any local, state, or federal laws. All posts are works of fiction.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: kotik]
    #7493522 -

That's true, and as a Mason is simply a man, you may deceive him in the same way you might deceive an officer of the law. But I can tell you this, a Brother can identify another with a single gesture or a single question, and unless the impostor (also referred to as a Cowan, or pretender) has done his homework, he will easily be discovered. It is the nature of Freemasonry to help ALL others in need, so you'd likely get your assistance anyway.

I could go online to a number of places and purchase a ring signifying that I've attained the 14th, 32nd, or even 33rd degree (and the 33rd degree rings are quite nice in their simplicity), and I could pin a masonic square and compass to my lapel, and I could read up on the signs and grips and passwords used in ritual (which in truth, I have), but I have no doubt that if I tried to pass myself off as something I am not, I would be discovered with little effort. Such is the nature of Masonic ritual; it involves symbolism in a way that to hear the dialog and see the images is insufficient to pass yourself off as a Brother. This is intentional, and any Mason will tell you as much. It was done so that if a Brother were tortured or in some other way had the information extracted as to what occurred during a Rite, the information would be useless to the tormentor, even though the Mason might fully describe to the best of his ability every last detail.


--------------------

Kumbayah my lord, Kumbayah...

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: Drink_Punk_Soda]
    #7522876 -

They have been having a lot of open lodge advertising lately for certain days. I will check it out. I like that the masons are accepting of everyones faith as well as bringing men together in greatness..<<I am not a mason but am interested....


--------------------
aka NHMI

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: Drink_Punk_Soda]
    #7525212 -

too much power for there to be justice, freedom and peace in the world. 1% controls 99%


--------------------
TRAPPED IN LINGUISTIC CONCEPTS

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: casgoodie]
    #7526026 -

blah blah blah; theories are fun, but no evidence makes it an idle brainstorm

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: sos]
    #7526945 -

Freemasonry = a way for senior citizens to feel cool

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: MushmanTheManic]
    #7526974 -

I'm honestly more worried about the shriners, I heard they keep the codes to our nuclear launch controls in their cap seams! They are the ones with the inside power



Don't trust them!


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: MushmanTheManic]
    #7526975 -

That's a common misconception. True, there have been considerably less initiates in the past 20-30 years, but ask some of those seniors when they became Masons, and you might be surprised.


--------------------

Kumbayah my lord, Kumbayah...

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: Drink_Punk_Soda]
    #7527556 -

They're still stupid frat boys to me.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: The Freemasons and you [Re: MushmanTheManic]
    #7527574 -

That's another matter entirely.  :grin:


--------------------

Kumbayah my lord, Kumbayah...

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: | 1 | 2  [ show all ]

Unfolding Nature Shop: Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

General Interest > Political Discussion
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Who the fuck are the freemasons? blowback 5,168 17 10/05/07 12:36 PM
by Drink_Punk_Soda
* In Search of Capitol Hill's Freemasons PookztA 464 3 10/04/09 03:15 PM
by PookztA
* freemasons
( 1 2 3 all )		 Lallafa 3,336 55 10/07/07 03:10 PM
by a_guy_named_ai
* woman fired for bumper sticker...
( 1 2 all )		 Annapurna1 2,212 20 03/13/06 11:47 AM
by Baby_Hitler
* Woman fired for sporting Kerry sticker on car daussaulit 588 7 09/14/04 02:55 PM
by MrBump
* MAGAbomber suspect covered his vehicle with pro-Trump stickers
( 1 2 all )		 VroomerMcZoomers 803 38 10/27/18 01:57 PM
by waves
* "Bush: Outsourcing Jobs Since 2000" bumper sticker
( 1 2 all )		 starptv23 1,973 23 12/16/25 01:59 PM
by the.laundress
* Political yard signs and bumper stickers LearyfanS 1,145 10 09/23/12 02:20 AM
by SWEDEN

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Enlil, ballsalsa
4,001 topic views. 0 members, 10 guests and 15 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2026 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.034 seconds spending 0.007 seconds on 17 queries.