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Originally posted by Researcher
WHO ARE YOU to say "masonry does this and this, and teaches this and this"?? Because you read the opinion of one or two authors!?!? I hate to break it to you, but you are NOWHERE NEAR qualified enough to be claiming the things that you are. The only thing that is "downright freaky" here is the fact that someone that knows absolutely nothing about the fraternity is posting like he's an expert!"
Missed a couple of anger management classes, eh?
Originally posted by akilles
Researcher, keep your lies coming.
I prefer your kind of integrity any day.
Is it a lie to say a Freemason is a tool?
So do Freemasons themselves admit they are told they have a higher duty than the rest of society?
Of course they are, its what makes them special.
And it is this higher duty to "Do as you are directed by the Higher Will", meaning we won't tell you what the Higher Will is, but if you seek more Light in Freemasonry...
Its such an obedience play.
All the veiling, just to tell a Mason "Obey your Superiors", veiled in allegory, veiled in wisdom, veiled in tradition, veiled in belief in a supreme BEing (a supreme force, or believing in the Void doesn't cut it).
And if it wasn't true,
Johnny Karnes
wouldn't be so busy in his Masonic rat race trying to climb to the top, tired of obeying others, he wants a taste of the power himself.
Did it ever occur to you Karnesy, to not give your power away in the first place? Or is it "all going to be worth it"?
Originally posted by sebatwerk
I dont think anybody would disagree with you there... just depends on what "aims" youre talking about.
Originally posted by sebatwerk
There's the problem, though. There is no "upper echelon" of freemasonry, no inner circle, etc. etc. masonry is made up of many different organizations that are all in recognition with each other, and some that aren't. Some groups might have different interest, but none can represent Freemasonry as a whole.
Originally posted by sebatwerk
Here you go. I thought, for a second, that we were having a serious conversation about the reality of masonry, and I was enjoying it. Please tell us where you got the above info, so that you feel comfortable claiming it as fact. What makes you so knowledgeable about the fraternity, to the point that you know more about it than its own members?
Originally posted by sebatwerk
That's surprising, considering that so much supposed power and control is available to people who become Freemasons
Originally posted by sebatwerk
Originally posted by Hunting Veritas
Originally posted by sebatwerk
What gives you this so-called RIGHT to know what PRIVATE GROUPS are talking about inn PRIVATE MEETINGS!?!?!? It is THEIR private business, and you have NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER to demand that they telll you what they are meeting about!
[edit on 30-3-2005 by sebatwerk]
Ok so you like the idea of high ranking political leaders, CEOs, etc. are behind closed talking about your rent, food, water and lights the way WE should live and behave and to some extent think. Please do not insult my intelligence on this subject WHY should these people have the right to total classification of the subjects they talk about ESPECIALLY the builderbergs.
What exactly would they want to hide from us?? WHY?? At the end of the day if they have nothing to hide why do they keep hiding it from us????
Explain that! NO BS
You have NO IDEA what they're talking about and, I'm sure, that unless youre a politican or economist, you wouldnt even care. What makes you so paranoid to think they're talking about CONTROLLING YOU!?!?! They are a PRIVATE GROUP who does not answer to YOU, they can do whatever they damn want to do, they owe you nothing. Don't be so pretencious.
Originally posted by Hunting Veritas
OK they may not answer to me or even 1000 of me but they will have to do something "if" millions of people worldwide find out whats going on! Then what are they gonna do then. Convince the world these so called "personal meetings" are not taking place or out right say what are doing??
I do not think they are trying to control me at all, I just don't believe that people of such power should have this sort of privacy to say what they like without someone contradicting them, as this may affect us all. For good or for worse they decide NOT YOU! So why should they have this privacy why not do what we do and discuss on a public forum of political and economical problems and solutions. At least then we may see what is being said and also be recorded, maybe we could get a say in what they do too.
Originally posted by Hunting Veritas
OK they may not answer to me or even 1000 of me but they will have to do something "if" millions of people worldwide find out whats going on! Then what are they gonna do then. Convince the world these so called "personal meetings" are not taking place or out right say what are doing??
I do not think they are trying to control me at all, I just don't believe that people of such power should have this sort of privacy to say what they like without someone contradicting them, as this may affect us all. For good or for worse they decide NOT YOU! So why should they have this privacy why not do what we do and discuss on a public forum of political and economical problems and solutions. At least then we may see what is being said and also be recorded, maybe we could get a say in what they do too.
Originally posted by Researcher
Reality check, which will be wasted on those with a weak grasp of reality...
These quotes are from books written about Freemasonry, by Freemasons, for Freemasons.
Kindly post an alternate explanation for the things written in clear plain English by your fellow travelling men who work for Hiram.
What these authors have in common:
33d degree Freemasons;
Who believe and espouse some truly strange things;
And, according to Freemasons, they lie like a rug.
Maybe a lifetime spent in an organization that "always hales, ever conceals and never reveals" the truth made them pathological liars?
Originally posted by sebatwerk
You just dont get it, do you Researcher? Those authors are only giving THEIR PERSONAL TAKE on Freemasonry. So it doesn't matter what THEY THINK masonry is about, some masons have had some truly strange ideas about the Craft, it's about what it really is. And I can guarantee you that the authors, that you SELECTIVELY choose to quote, do not represent the majority of Freemasons.
Why don't you quote the majority of masonic authors, who talk about the beauty and wisdom of the Craft? Because you have AN AGENDA, that's why.
[edit on 1-4-2005 by sebatwerk]
Originally posted by ThePunisher
Originally posted by sebatwerk
You just dont get it, do you Researcher? Those authors are only giving THEIR PERSONAL TAKE on Freemasonry. So it doesn't matter what THEY THINK masonry is about, some masons have had some truly strange ideas about the Craft, it's about what it really is. And I can guarantee you that the authors, that you SELECTIVELY choose to quote, do not represent the majority of Freemasons.
Why don't you quote the majority of masonic authors, who talk about the beauty and wisdom of the Craft? Because you have AN AGENDA, that's why.
[edit on 1-4-2005 by sebatwerk]
Sebatwerk, why are you trying to hide these agenda's written by your brothers?.
[edit on 1-4-2005 by ThePunisher]
Originally posted by Researcher
Reality check, which will be wasted on those with a weak grasp of reality...
These quotes are from books written about Freemasonry, by Freemasons, for Freemasons.
Kindly post an alternate explanation for the things written in clear plain English by your fellow travelling men who work for Hiram.
What these authors have in common:
33d degree Freemasons;
Who believe and espouse some truly strange things;
And, according to Freemasons, they lie like a rug.
Maybe a lifetime spent in an organization that "always hales, ever conceals and never reveals" the truth made them pathological liars?
Originally posted by djpaec
I just wanted to point out the fact that my godfather, who is a freemason was also a member of the CIA. As far as I know he is low level in both. So that gives some credit to the original poster theorizing that the freemasons are just worker bee's.
Originally posted by djpaec
I just wanted to point out the fact that my godfather, who is a freemason was also a member of the CIA. As far as I know he is low level in both. So that gives some credit to the original poster theorizing that the freemasons are just worker bee's.
Originally posted by akilles
The CIA is not the kind of place you work 9-5 for, so I think it is valid to say they would operate TO AN EXTENT through Freemasonry, just like they operate through various other fronts. (I just singled out the CIA because its beginnings are easy to trace)