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Masonic Lodges Open Those Mysterious Doors
The New York Times ^
| 20 Aug 2009
| EVE M. KAHN
Posted on 08/26/2009 9:58:37 AM PDT by BGHater
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To: uglybiker
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posted on
08/27/2009 2:09:51 AM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("We will either find a way, or make one."Hannibal/Carthaginian Military Commander)
To: Pyro7480
Albert Pike’s masonic encyclopedia is an open text of Luciferianism.
I’ve read it.
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posted on
08/27/2009 7:36:57 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: fishtank
“O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee, and for all who do not have recourse to thee, especially the Masons and those who are recommended to thee.” - St. Maximilian Kolbe
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posted on
08/27/2009 7:51:45 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
To: uglybiker
Thanks for the appropriate ping!
Be Ever Vigilant!
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posted on
08/27/2009 8:17:00 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: ZULU
...
. A a matter of fact, the Scottish Rite of the Masons actually has an order CALLED the Templars and this is the ONLY group within the Masonic umbrella which is restricted to Christians only. This is in the York Rite, not the Scottish Rite.
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posted on
08/27/2009 8:18:09 AM PDT
by
curmudgeonII
(Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit.)
To: ZULU
“A a matter of fact, the Scottish Rite of the Masons actually has an order CALLED the Templars and this is the ONLY group within the Masonic umbrella which is restricted to Christians only.”
That’s actually the York Rite, not the Scottish Rite.
The York Rite is actually from Scotland, predates the modern Freemasons, and is more-or-less directly tied to the Templar Navy that landed in Scotland, whilst the King of Scotland was having also having a disagreement with the French King who effectively controled the Papacy at the time, since the muslim hoards had greatly weakened a unified Christiandom.
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posted on
08/27/2009 8:35:54 AM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Defend America from the Communist.)
To: Pyro7480
I was naively in a college fraternity (DTD), and their ritual was copied almost directly from the masons.
The fraternity members would take on the roles of Greek deities in the ritual.
Two years later when I got saved, I renounced the membership.
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posted on
08/27/2009 8:36:07 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: fishtank
Albert Pike was a piker who spole for himself, and himself only.
He purported to speak for masons, and was pretty effective at pretending to have authority he did not have, but that’s it.
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posted on
08/27/2009 8:38:35 AM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Defend America from the Communist.)
To: fishtank
Yeah, I’ve heard that many fraternities are like that. I never had any interest in joining, but my sister joined a sorority at a Catholic university. I wonder if hers did anything like that.
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posted on
08/27/2009 8:38:43 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
To: fishtank
“The fraternity members would take on the roles of Greek deities in the ritual.”
Whatever that was, it wasn’t the freemasons.
I’ve never seen a initition ceremony that was an allegory based on the Holy Bible.
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posted on
08/27/2009 8:40:44 AM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Defend America from the Communist.)
To: fishtank
does that include the college fraternity?
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posted on
08/27/2009 8:41:43 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: Pyro7480; fishtank
Fishtank may have gone through some pagan ceremony (it would not suprise me), but the masonic fraternity wouldn’t touch pagan trash with a ten foot pole.
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posted on
08/27/2009 8:41:55 AM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Defend America from the Communist.)
To: TheThirdRuffian
If that’s so, then why are his remains in one of the huge Masonic temples in DC?
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posted on
08/27/2009 8:45:24 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
To: Pyro7480
Because he gave a lot of money to the Scottish Rite.
Kinda like why Ted Kennedy is to be buried in Arlington National Cemetary and was able to buy an annulment from the Roman Catholic Church.
He was an “important” guy.
Doesn’t mean he wasn’t a loser.
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posted on
08/27/2009 8:48:35 AM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Defend America from the Communist.)
To: TheThirdRuffian
Actually, there has been no confirmation of an annulment of Ted Kennedy’s marriage. You may be confusing it with the “annulment” of his nephew Joseph’s marriage granted by the Archdiocese of Boston, which the Vatican overturned in 2007.
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posted on
08/27/2009 9:23:49 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
To: curmudgeonII
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posted on
08/27/2009 9:47:43 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
To: TheThirdRuffian
Well, more ammunition for the Mason-Templar connection.
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posted on
08/27/2009 9:48:24 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
To: All
for those who know, what was the dispute with police in England having to disclose their membership as a condition of empoloyment?
38
posted on
08/27/2009 9:57:02 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: ZULU
But the Masons, like the Knights of Columbus, Elks, etc, appear to be suffering from a loss in new members as the present generation is more interested in more mundane and selfish activities than actively participating in organizations dedicated to charitable causes
actually, our lodge had 3 new members join, all in their 20s.
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posted on
08/27/2009 10:30:09 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(divorced, tattooed, harley hatin, meghan mcain luvin', smoker that owns a pit bull.. what?)
To: Pyro7480
Same concept, different loser.
Could just as easily reference some medal the Queen of England gave the old windbag.
Money and power buys favors and “cheap” honors, be it from the masons, the Queen of England, or the Roman Catholic Church.
Such is man.
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:44:16 PM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Defend America from the Communist.)
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