Freemasonry

[Jara sang]

[Beware the Beast Man]

1. Like any secrect club, probably more misconceptions about it

than there really are. Not my cup of tea, though.

[purr]

2. I know quite a few people (even relatives) in it... I tell them

that its a secret organization where they get strippers once a month. I'd love to dress up as a man and go to one.

Also, what would happen to someone if they SAID something about what goes on there? None of the people I know will say a WORD about it.

[hippiechick]

3. I think the original intent was cool, but ...

... like everything else the BFEE has gotten it's hands on, it's gotten convoluted.

I mean, Voltaire ? Ben Franklin ? Thomas Jefferson ? Some seriously "small d democratic" minded folks & brilliant thinkers have been very high up in the Masons over the centuries.

It's just the knowledge that Poppy is also a high ranking Mason that shivers my timbers.

[jandrok]

4. Try to find this book.

http://www.knight-lomas.com/hiramkey.html

It's pretty interesting and well-researched. The Masons are indeed an interesting group, often shrouded in mystery and misconception.

[Jara sang]

5. I've seen that one.

I've read The History of Freemasonry written in 1898 by Albert Gallitin Mackey.

[jandrok]

6. I've heard of that one also.

It is a tough read? I looked at it once in a bookstore and put it down. It looked imposing.

[Jara sang]

7. No not bad, it has a lot of stuff about Albert Pike.

He is the "Father" of modern American Freemasonry and the only Confederate general who has a statue in Washington D.C. Oooooooooo...;-)

[jandrok]

8. Interesting. I might have to revisit it at the bookstore then. (n/t)

[Redstone]

9. Based on some posts I saw yesterday, it's misunderstood.

And certainly not anything to worry about or be afraid of.

You can find out about it in one of William Poundstone's great book, either Big Secrets or Bigger Secrets, I forget which.

Read both books anyway. His description of what Scientology is all about is particularly hilarious.

Redstone

[MidnightWind]

10. From what I can tell,

it just gives men an excuse to get out of the house and away from their wives every so often!

[AntiCoup2K4]

11. They got nothin on the Stonecutters

Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs the cave fish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscars night?
We do! We do!

[DrGonzoLives]

12. Insert William Wirt reference here

n/t

[FuzzySlippers]

13. Why would anyone object to getting their bricklaying

done gratis?:shrug:

[Guy Fawkes]

14. fnord.

All hail Eris, All hail discordia! DOWN WITH THE ILLUMINATI!