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Originally posted by JohhnyBGood
Freemasonry seems to be a society (or societies) within a society - the outer masons knowing nothing about the inner Lucifarian society - which they will deny even exists.
Both the KGB and the Jesuits are structured the same way and more than likely the CIA as well.
Your mistake is in imagining the "outer workings" are larger than they really are...
Originally posted by LAZers
To be honest, thats what I was thinking because theres no way that outer working would ever be so large if it were connected to the nucleus of the organization.
Originally posted by JoshNorton
Democratic election.
Originally posted by LAZers
Then who is running this operation, your "grandmaster" or "council"? What is your structure? I dont mean any disrespect like I said. Just certain things I believe to be true turn me against your organization. So I am just curious as how your, lets say, foundation is built.
The members of a lodge elect the leader of their own lodge for a one year term.
Representatives of all the lodges in a state (the currently sitting leader, and in some states, all past leaders) can go to an anual Grand Lodge meeting where state-wide rules are voted on, and where the state leader is elected, also for a one year term. In my state more than 3000 people attend that meeting, it's not some shadowy, back-office dealing.
There is no higher Masonic authority than the state level, and each state's Grand Lodge is fully autonomous from any other state, so there are no puppet masters.
I personally know 3 or 4 past Grand Masters from my state, and during their year in office they oversaw the dealings of almost 100,000 Masons in my state. And when their year was up, they went back to their regular, home lodge. After serving their term, they might get a bit more respect—get to wear a fancier apron or lapel pin—but they're regular guys, like they were before they were elected.edit on 2012.3.6 by JoshNorton because: (no reason given)
No. That's 1000 lodges with 100 members each. In a state with a population of 25 million. The state is divided up into districts, and there are District Deputy Grand Masters who oversee, say, 5 lodges in their area. So really you've got 100,000 members working under the direction of 1,000 Worshipful Masters of their lodges, and those 1,000 Worshipful Masters may report directly to 200 District Deputy Grand Masters, and those 200 DDGMs report to the Grand Master. And he doesn't report to anyone above him.
Originally posted by LAZers
100,000 masons in the outerworking representing one state alone, thats a pretty vast number, no?
Originally posted by LAZers
Originally posted by JohhnyBGood
Freemasonry seems to be a society (or societies) within a society - the outer masons knowing nothing about the inner Lucifarian society - which they will deny even exists.
Both the KGB and the Jesuits are structured the same way and more than likely the CIA as well.
To be honest, thats what I was thinking because theres no way that outer working would ever be so large if it were connected to the nucleus of the organization.
Originally posted by EddieBee
I feel like you're either being too naive or too modest. Which is it? ha
1. What do Masons say about Jesus? - They say He is one of many ways of salvation. Jesus' name is not allowed to be spoken is most Masonic Lodges.
2. What do the Masons say about the Bible? - They say the Bible is one of three lights of masonry. It is only a part of the "universal word of God".
3. What do the Masons say about salvation? - If you've been to a masonic funeral, you know they proclaim that a man enters Heaven by being a good and faithful Mason.
All three fundamentals, the Masonic Lodge fails. It is part of a works-based salvation, just like every religion out there except Bible Christianity.