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Originally posted by TrustMeIKnow
Just because, so it seems, that anyone can gain a 32nd degree ranking in a matter of days doesn't mean that there are lodges that have different criteria set up for becoming a "32nd degree rank".
...but the fact that some Masonic Lodges may be set up as an "international community service" headquarters is not impossible.
Originally posted by TrustMeIKnow
How do you know that a lodge halfway across the world isn't set up an international community service, as it were? Just because, so it seems, that anyone can gain a 32nd degree ranking in a matter of days doesn't mean that there are lodges that have different criteria set up for becoming a "32nd degree rank".
I'm just saying, Masons defending their own lodge is a valid endeavour, though the subjective nature of the rhetoric I see posted is sorely lacking.
But attempting to defend the whole of the organization and/or the name is a ludicrous passion when a priori logic necessitates that you don't know what is happening on the other side of the world.
I'm just saying, the "Masonry" conspiracy is possible. It is more likely that any 'conspirators' may just happen to be affiliated with Masonry, but the fact that some Masonic Lodges may be set up as an "international community service" headquarters is not impossible.
Originally posted by TrustMeIKnow
How do you know that a lodge halfway across the world isn't set up an international community service, as it were? Just because, so it seems, that anyone can gain a 32nd degree ranking in a matter of days doesn't mean that there are lodges that have different criteria set up for becoming a "32nd degree rank".
I'm just saying, Masons defending their own lodge is a valid endeavour, though the subjective nature of the rhetoric I see posted is sorely lacking.
But attempting to defend the whole of the organization and/or the name is a ludicrous passion when a priori logic necessitates that you don't know what is happening on the other side of the world.
I'm just saying, the "Masonry" conspiracy is possible. It is more likely that any 'conspirators' may just happen to be affiliated with Masonry, but the fact that some Masonic Lodges may be set up as an "international community service" headquarters is not impossible.
Originally posted by masonwatcher I do recall a few years ago, in the US, several postal worker went berserk resulting in shooting sprees separately from each other...
And what does this violent spree have to do with Masonry? Can you even remotely demonstrate that these events had any correlation with Freemasonry?
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Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Can you please elaborate as to what you mean by 'international community service' headquarters?
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
The Scottish Rite in the United States had two jurisdictions, Northern and Southern and the procedure for obtaining the 32nd Degree is fairly similar in both. You are required to observe certain allegorical plays enacted to receive the 32nd Degree, although you are eventually, in time, expected to view all of them.
Originally posted by Trinityman
the 32nd is treated very differently in different parts of the world. In the US it can be achieved in a few days but in England most members of the order (it's called Rose Croix in England) will most likely never achieve the 32nd degree no matter how long they remain members.
Originally posted by Trinityman
This pretty much rules out most conspracy theories regarding freemasonry. Freemasons on this board who post are pretty confident in this because they know how the system works.
Originally posted by Trinityman
As a side note - where is the personal experience of the anti-mason?
Originally posted by Trinityman
But due to the nature of freemasonry, plus the fact that I now happen to live on the other side of the world I am even more qualified to comment.
Originally posted by Trinityman
Or as your screen name so clearly says it - trust me, I know.
[Originally posted by WraothAscendant
How can you know that any number of them are bad?
Any concrete evidence?
And I am not talking about what-his-face-from-prison-planet.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
And what does this violent spree have to do with Masonry? Can you even remotely demonstrate that these events had any correlation with Freemasonry?
Originally posted by TrustMeIKnow
Incidentally, do we have a 32nd Rose Croix on these boards? I'm guessing probably not.
One Mason cannot know what another Masonon the other side of the world is doing. So, how can one provide a blanket arguement for the whole of Masonry in light of this fact?
My point is this: There is never going to be an organization that is immune to corruption.
Originally posted by TrustMeIKnow
Are you being intentionally leaving information out...or are you unaware of the following?
Originally posted by TrustMeIKnow
Incidentally, do we have a 32nd Rose Croix on these boards? I'm guessing probably not.
The above supports my arguement, which is centered on the possibility of Masonic manipulation and influence of international events.
My point is this: There is never going to be an organization that is immune to corruption. You can say that because your lodge is not apart of any conspiracy but you can't say that for all lodges. As well...your personal testimony over the internet is suspect. How do I know you are telling the truth?
Originally posted by Trinityman
As a side note - where is the personal experience of the anti- mason?
I am not anti-Mason. So I am not qualified to answer that question.
Originally posted by Trinityman
But due to the nature of freemasonry, plus the fact that I now happen to live on the other side of the world I am even more qualified to comment.
The other side of the world from which perspective? From Me? Or from yourself? The point of that was to illustrate that there are always people you do not know and as such you cannot defend their ideals.
Originally posted by freight tomsen
Another question: Why do ALL the ATS Masons, who are online simultaneously en masse all day every day, come here just to claim"that ALL Masons are innocent?"
Originally posted by Roark
*sigh*
As you were.