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Originally posted by Equinox99
It looks pretty geometric to me.
Originally posted by Equinox99
The angles seems pretty good. So because you think the angle is off you discredit what is in front of you?
The person who made this might not be a Freemason...
Does it say Mason on the one dollar bill?
Originally posted by Dock9
Regardless of its possible significance
it's still a very strange and unusual thing
to be on United States currency
We'd consider it a lot more strange if we weren't so accustomed to seeing it, I think
Chase was also a freemason,[citation needed] active in the lodges of Midwestern society, and a collaborator with John Purdue, the founder of Lafayette Bank and Purdue University. Eventually, JP Morgan Chase & Co. would purchase Purdue National Corporation of Lafayette, Indiana, a merger fully completed in 1984.
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Originally posted by Equinox99
Okay let us see you draw a pentagram or any star to make another word.
The fact that a pentagram makes up the star of David is not a coincidence.
Do you think the artist actually did not pre-plan everything?
Would you say the artist was ignorant to these facts?
If not, why would a orginization which prides itself on the recommendation of the study of geometry so poorly create a geometric figure?
Originally posted by Equinox99
How is it poorly created?
If you have a one dollar bill, draw the lines. Turn the bill over and look at the star of David above the eagle. I am sure it is a coincidence that they used 2 of these stars.
Really?
Considering the Star of David is a Jewish emblem and does not appear in Masonry I do not see the relevance. Please indicate where the Star of David is used in Masonic ritual if you disagree.
Originally posted by Sparkey76
Well what does Solomons temple have to do with Freemasonary?
According to the legends contained in the rituals of Freemasonry, the Masonic fraternity dates back to the construction of the Temple of King Solomon as described in the Bible - a project so vast that an organisational structure was devised to ensure that the Temple was built properly and completed on time. This led to the stone masons and architects being organised into various grades and classes, each with their own responsibilities. **
Originally posted by Equinox99
The father of King Solomon, who was one of the wisest people of all time.
But why isn't his emblem on the bill?
Check out the green seal, you will see the key of Solomon.
According to the legends contained in the rituals of Freemasonry, the Masonic fraternity dates back to the construction of the Temple of King Solomon as described in the Bible - a project so vast that an organisational structure was devised to ensure that the Temple was built properly and completed on time. This led to the stone masons and architects being organised into various grades and classes, each with their own responsibilities. **
The star looks like how it should. There is nothing wrong with the shapes.
As for why the shape is not as perfect as you say it is, how do you know?
What if that angles equaled something?
I don't have the one dollar bill to measure because I am from Canada.
One is a coincidence, two? What do you think?
There is no historical consensus as to whether Solomon or his father David were real figures.
"The Society adopted the Temple of Solomon for its symbol, because it was the most stable and the most magnificent structure that ever existed, whether we consider its foundation or superstructure; so that of all the societies men have invented, no one was ever more firmly united, or better planned, than the Masons . . . The edifices which Freemasons build are nothing more than virtues or vices to be erected or destroyed; and in this case heaven only occupies their minds, which soar above the corrupted world. The Temple of Solomon denotes reason and intelligence."
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Dr. Oliver must have been delusional to think the fictional temple actually existed. Or the fact that the Jews are re-building a non-existing temple to match the one that never existed...
EDIT:
You are correct, it was a hexagram, which is what the star of David is.
[edit on 10-2-2010 by Equinox99]