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@GalaticSpaceHero Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, first lets start with the jewish bit, that was started by a fraudulant little book called the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, it's been proved to be a hoax partly because it ripped most of the main accusations from an earlier work of fiction. As for t...

@sxybeast247 Good in my opinion, of course I'm a touch biased being one myself. But in the time I've been there I've seen nothing morally questionable, the money we raise either goes into a fund to look after members, their widows or families when they fall on hard times, for example we recently ...

@malkaraatgw1 And that is part of the beauty of masonry. Doesn't matter who you are, what you do or what you believe, the moment the gloves and apron are donned all such divisions are seen for what they are, false. Hope the installation went well. A member of my lodge is due to be made a provinci...

@FREEMASONMAN357 Those versions have been translations and so open to the translator changing words to suit their understanding. The Old Testament was originally in Hebrew and was pre-Roman so Lucifer isn't a term they'd know whereas Helel was well known. The New Testament was written in Koine Gr...

@TheFabledRaven Well in the beginning.... okay you might want to narrow your search down a little since there's a lot of everything. If there's some specifics you want to know I can try and explain them as best I can. There are some things I can't tell you like passwords and grips, I've given my ...

@mariusdire The Waite quote, again was made before the man became a mason and indeed the book never mentioned masonry, he's also usually presented as a 33rd degree mason to make the quote sound authoritative, but there's no record of his joining the Scottish rite, so that would be impossible. The...

@mariusdire Thirdly, as Pike was writing about his revision of the rituals, it's only relevant to them, the Northern Jurisdiction didn't use them so Morals and Dogma isn't relevant. Likewise it's not relevant outside the Scottish rite, which for your information isn't the be all and end all of ma...

@InfoRoom Not quite Weishaupt was taught at a Jesuit school after being orphaned but never joined the order (he married for a start so wouldn't have been able to have joined). He was also taught by his godfather who instilled a belief in rationalism and the enlightenment philosophy, which was bas...

@mariusdire The only negative character that gets called any of those names is a babylonian king, who was prophesied to burn brightly, but to fade away swiftly as the star he was nicknamed after, Helel, which one translation reads "shining one".

@mariusdire After all, in the UK, freemasonry's birthplace the Scottish rite doesn't have any more standing the Mark degree, Chapter or Knight's Templar. It only gets passing recognition by Grand Lodge.

@mariusdire If there isn't a ritual then we tend to have a lecture on some part of masonic history or symbolism, just last Friday at my lodge we had a lecture on Solomon's kingdom and his temple.

@babblingwizdom Pretty much, Lucifer is just the latin translation of the greek Phosphorus and the Hebrew Helel which never referred to a spiritual entity. It referred to the star Venus when it appears a little before dawn. The closest the Bible comes to calling anyone that is a king of Babylon r...

It was interesting to hear the difference between the American was the degrees are organised to compare with the UK's. We have the craft degrees, then you can join Holy Royal Arch, and Mark Masters which are separately governed. After joining chapter you can join pretty much all the other side de...

@erhmasonic True, particularly on the sound mind part, since it's not fair to ask someone who cannot understand the rituals or obligations to take part in them.

@mariusdire Again, you want the truth, go find it in the books in the libraries I've mentioned, it's all there. The only bits you aren't going to find are the passwords and that's simply because it's a members only organisation. If Freemasonry has no place in the world, then neither does the rota...

@bvgatti Just a bit of visiting, and have seen a few cultures, plenty have seen more, plenty have seen less. You're quite right on the suggestion that history is there for those that learn to read what's there, but sometimes you also need to learn to read between the lines. A temple is a fine pla...

@mariusdire Waite, and the usual quote, written years before he became a mason, there is also no evidence beyond conspiracy websites that he even joined the Scottish rite, let alone was granted the 33rd degree. Your first Manly P. Hall quote is taken out of context, in the full paragraph actually...