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Originally posted by MasterGemini
...then after all that you can come back here make good fun of these squid-faced gobbledegooks sniffing the sulfur ass.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by MasterGemini
...then after all that you can come back here make good fun of these squid-faced gobbledegooks sniffing the sulfur ass.
How does it smell?
Originally posted by MasterGemini
sulfur
Originally posted by MasterGemini
Now why don't you inform our audience of the marvelous tastes brought with it?
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by MasterGemini
Now why don't you inform our audience of the marvelous tastes brought with it?
You told me you found it quite wonderful.
Originally posted by MasterGemini
I actually find You to be of poor taste.
Originally posted by JoshNorton
You're obviously not familiar with the Taxil hoax...
Originally posted by KSigMason
reply to post by Conspirus
So because you associate all occult and mystic symbolism to Freemasonry, anyone who has symbolism in a movie, they must be a Mason? Symbols are arbitrary and ambiguous.
He was given honorary membership for his actions not because he was definitively tied to it.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Are we going to recover old ground? Just because you think he was not a Christian (when he was an Episcopalin) does not make it so.
Again, just because you think the Roman Catholic Chruch is not Christian does not alter the fact that the Eye of Providence was used to represent the Trinity in cathedrals and churches.
I have no major issue with Secular Humanism. I tend to be closer to their view point on many issues (although I do believe in God) than any religious nutter.
That is your perogative, it does not make his opinion any more vaild that any other Mason when speaking of their personal interpretation of Masonic ritual.
It is the plenty who do that make the point valid.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Oh, please, get over yourself. I noticed you left out the points about how you though the symbols on the Greal Seal was revered throught history and did not cite evidence when I asked. Maybe you should contemplate your own method of quoting.
The inclusion of random comments regarding hieroglyphics had what relevance to the topic?
This is a common mistake by persons trying to argue against Masonry: "Manly Hall was a Mason and Manly said: X, Y and Z." Well guess what? Manly Hall wrote about Masonry 30 years before becoming a Mason. His opinion on Masonic ritual and symbolism was based in the same place as anyone else who is not a Mason, in ignorance. Try reading his remarks after he joined
Maybe you can step it up a bit and check your 'facts' before you present them.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Other than the Eye of Providence (which no one is disputing), what are the other 'Masonic' symbols? We must be missing them.
That is a piss-poor arguement. Just because you can not confirm their religious denomination they are not Christian? Then my arguement is this: the New Testament was written by men who, since we can not confirm their Christian status, may very well be Pagans, making the entire work, Pagan. See how stupid this gets?
Just becuase, in your tight, Bible-hugging viewpoint, these churches are 'fallen away' does not make the people there think that they are not Christian nor does it negate their view that the Eye of Providence refers to Diety (God). You are argiung your opinion versus their's.
Why would there be 'Biblical evidence'? The whole point I am making (and which you continually fail to see) is that it came long after the Bible was written. It evolved from earlier forms in the 1500's and was used as a Christian symbol.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Considering Crowley was not a 'pure Satan lover' (what ever that is) I do not see the relevance of your inane non-sequitor. Even if he were, why does it matter what he does with it? You still miss the point. To some Christians it means Diety, to some it does not, to conspiracy theorists it mean the Illuminati is watching you. Who cares what Crowley thought of it, his opinion is irrelevant to the Christian usage of the symbol which predated him by many centuries.
Biblically correct according to who? You?
I already did.
Since I do not believe in Lucifer/Satan (or any other fairy tale boogeymen) he holds no relevance to me. Even if Satan were real it would still make him subordinate to God and not a Supreme Being.
Semantics. The word 'God' is frequently used in Masonic Ritual and it is understood to be interchangeable with the phrase 'Great Architect of the Universe'. You can not tell me what I am thinking when I hear that euphamism.
Like I said, Satan is make-believe so what is the relevance to me?
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
I have one for you. Stop quoting the Taxil Hoax. If you stopped using Jesus-nutter websites that propogate this crap you might actually have avoided using this lame bit of crap as 'evidence'.
Originally posted by starseedflower
I wanted to point out these things, because some people posting here think that the majority of Masons are wealthy, sorry guys for disappointing your expectations, but this is not the case.
Originally posted by getreadyalready
Show me where Pentagrams are sinful in the Bible, or where upside-down stars are evil.
Order of Eastern Star. Not a Masonic Lodge, but related, and Far from anything Satanic.