Before you ask another pointless Freemason question...

This site is a treasure trove of information ranging from speculation to fact in all areas, yet it is very common to see pointless questions specificaly relating to Freemasons pop up as thread titles. Many members have spent a great deal of time doing research on the topic of Freemasonry.

Below I have compiled some great places to start as well as some links for your reasearch, the key word there being your. Take some time and do some reading and I think you'll find quite a bit of referance material to dig through. To put it more blunt...if you do even the smallet amount of reasearch before asking another silly masonic question you might find your answer.

Now this is not a masonic index thread as there is already a great one which happens to be my first link, rather this is a road map or sorts in hopes of guiding members in the direction of self educating on the subject. I'm not ranting here, I'm simply dissapointed with the obvious attempts at attention getting by some members by posting threads with titles reflecting the absence of even a modicum of rational substance.

I will not post links to said threads as I am not attempting to "front" out anybody, any and all can spot these threads with ease. So I'll beguin with the first link listed below, this is a great index covering secret socieities and contains many links for one to review.

Secret socieities index thread.

A post from the thread Reccommended Books.

Originally posted by Choronzon
Freemasonry and Knight's Templar:
"Born in Blood" by John J. Robinson
"The Hiram Key" by Christopher Knight & Robert Lomas
"The Royal Secret" by I. Edward Clark
"King Solomon's First Temple" by E. Cromwell Mensch


The above posted links are a great place to start even if you have zero knowledge of the Masons and what they do.Remember also that many members here are Masons and some are very happy to answer appropriate questions (some things they are unable to answer like the obvious..."what are the masonic secrets".) Just U2U any of these members whom have included masonic icons in their avatars...most are easy to spot with the compass and square being common some have a "G' and some don't.(an example is given below)
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/9c233a65106e.jpg[/atsimg]

As with any reasearch project it is crucial to be objective in the approach, don't allow yourself to be prejudice with preconcieved notions that come with ignorance such as "freemasons worship the devil" There is a big difference between what counts as fact and what amounts to pure garbage when it comes to Freemasons. Most of the anti Masonic establishment would gladly have you believe these things sight unseen.

With any luck, you may choose to seek membership( for the right reasons) in this fraternity. In this case a petition to your local lodge and a belief in a supreme creator within the realm of your understanding is all you will need. It should be noted that most librarys also carry an extensive amount of works by various authors on the subject, both pro and con and it is reccomended that you do as much reading on the subject as possible in order to gain the right perspective.

As stated before, this is not an index thread only a subtle "nudge" in the direction of information so use it as you will, do some reading and some research and hopfully enlighten yourself in the process. I after you do some reasearch, you still believe the Masons worship the "devil" or sacrifice babies...Then so be it ( I think you'll find a lack of evidence to support either)

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