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Originally posted by network dude
Originally posted by User8911
Originally posted by network dude
said the guy who knows nothing about freemasonry.
Even if I didn't know much about freemasonry, I know that they practice elitism.
Elitism is just another name for "corruption to help buddies".
I guess it depends on where you are. If you were in a lodge in some rich area, I am sure there would be a number of what you might call elites among the membership. I am in the country. We have a doctor in our lodge. I am sure he has a good bank account, but he acts just like anyone else. Most of us are working folks. Would we help each other out? sure. But if I saw you on the side of the road and you looked like you needed help, I might help you out too. Do you think that the two old ladies that work in the library might help each other out if they had the chance? Like mention a job opening for the others grandson or something like that. I bet that woudl smack of elitism to you as well.
Would you like a world where nobody helped anybody instead?
Originally posted by network dude
Originally posted by User8911
Originally posted by network dude
said the guy who knows nothing about freemasonry.
Even if I didn't know much about freemasonry, I know that they practice elitism.
Elitism is just another name for "corruption to help buddies".
I guess it depends on where you are. If you were in a lodge in some rich area, I am sure there would be a number of what you might call elites among the membership. I am in the country. We have a doctor in our lodge. I am sure he has a good bank account, but he acts just like anyone else. Most of us are working folks. Would we help each other out? sure. But if I saw you on the side of the road and you looked like you needed help, I might help you out too. Do you think that the two old ladies that work in the library might help each other out if they had the chance? Like mention a job opening for the others grandson or something like that. I bet that woudl smack of elitism to you as well.
Would you like a world where nobody helped anybody instead?
Masons Helping Masons Succeed: A History of Deception and Corruption
Originally posted by network dude
Would you like a world where nobody helped anybody instead?
And yet, here you are, against Freemasonry and a good chunk of what we do is helping people who aren't Masons.
Originally posted by User8911
Of course I wouldn't want a world where nobody helped no one,
you think I would be against freemasonery and at the same time do not want people to help each other?
Pretty contradictory
We could hand over every copper penny from every paycheck we ever make directly to all the Masonic charities we could
Because they both share the same central nervous system.
Originally posted by Afterthought
Interesting viewpoint. It tells me that you trust that the left hand and right hand know what the other is doing.
Why do you feel this way?
Well the difference is, a charitable organization doesn't have hands… individuals do. Have corrupt individuals had their hands in the cookie jars of charitable organizations? I'm sure it's happened. And when they've been caught, they've been prosecuted. Accusations that the organization itself is fundamentally corrupt, however, are baseless.
Dare I mention that many charitable organizations have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar, so how is yours any different?
Only a fool would hire an unqualified applicant over someone who could actually do the job that was required of them. If Masons actually acted the way you described, their businesses would fail very quickly.
Originally posted by mr-lizard
It's also very cruel that talented workers are excluded from jobs because their masonic foreman has hired a friend of the lodge and such.
These are not uncommon occurrences in the UK.