Originally posted by Pellevoisin
.... and they are easy cover for men who intend nefarious things that have nothing to do with the rank and file of the membership of their society.

How so? How could someone use a lodge as a "cover"?

Originally posted by The Axeman


They even mention Masonic Light by name, quoting him as saying (on this board): "The more I read Gaiaguys, the more I am reminded of Jonestown."

All publicity is good publicity.

Im a Member of the AASR PHA and York Rite Side of Masonary and there is no mention of a Jahbulon as our God, nor is there a such thing as a 90th degree Mason, SORRY

On July 14, 1889, Pike gave instructions to the 23 Supreme Councils of the World: "That which we must say to the crowd is, We worship a God, but it is the god that one adores without superstition. To you Sovereign Grand Inspectors General (the name of the 33rd degree, the highest degree known to the world in Scottish Rite Masonry), we say this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st, and 30th degrees. The Masonic Religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian Doctrine . . . Yes, Lucifer is God . . . the pure philosophical religion is the belief in Lucifer . . . Lucifer, God of Light and God of Good .

Sounds like our good old friend CutBothWays who is convinced that the Taxil Hoax was actually real.....

I don't know anything about Masonary, but Jahbulon sounds like a play on Zebulon...a son of Israel.

Peace

Several posts back, someone asks why men become Freemasons. I've not been around much, so this is my first chance to answer. I hope I'll be forgiven for picking up at the end of the thread something that was asked in the middle.

Here are some of the reasons I am a Freemason.

1) Freemasonry brings together men who would have otherwise remained at a perpetual distance. There are few places in our society where men of various classes, occupations, faiths, and ethnicities mingle freely in a spirit of acceptance and brotherhood. The Masonic lodge is one such place. I delight in having friends of various sorts and types and feel it makes my life richer.

2) My father and my grandfathers were Freemasons. I feel closer to these men by participating in something that clearly meant something to them.

3) At the end of his life, my father had a physical condition that affected his personality. He became easily angered and confused. Sometimes people thought he was drunk -- but the truth was that he was very ill and, often, in more pain than he would admit. At his funeral, I looked around the room and realized how many of his "friends" had fallen away at the end of his life... given up on him because he was ill and suffering and, frankly, not fun to be around. But the members of his lodge were there for him. That impressed me.

4) It has been said that the Freemasons were the "shock troops of the Enlightenment." I approve of the Enlightenment.

5) When I was young, I was a member of the Order of DeMolay, a youth organization sponsored by Freemasons. It was a very important organization to me and one that provided me and many other young men with opportunities and positive experiences we would otherwise not have had. To this day, I am very thankful to the men who were our advisors and who gave so freely of themselves -- often giving up several evenings each week to supervise our meetings and other activities. I admired them and hope that by being a Freemason I can help myself to be more like these men whose example and generosity still inspire me.

6) I like the fact that every Freemason I have met has a greater-than-usual involvement in his community. These men spend less time than the average watching TV (that, in and of itself, is a good thing, too).

7) I believe that Freemasonry has something special to offer that is hard to put into words. It is a philosophy of life that slowly becomes a part of your being. If you want to know what I mean, meet some of the older men who have attended Lodge for years on end. They are an amazing group of men ... often very gentle and soft-spoken, mentally very acute, and made of well-tempered steel. There is something there that... well, that's it, really. There is something there.

So, why *don't* you become a Freemason? You don't really believe the idiotic anti-masonic drivel do you? You're smart. You want to be a better man, right? What's keeping you from seeking the adventure?