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Originally posted by FearNoEvil
Especially conspicuous is the misuse of God's name in violation of the 3rd Commandment, and calling upon Him to countenance and sanction the crime of murder in the 6th Commandment.
You shall not make for yourself an idol.
Originally posted by FearNoEvil
That's one of many reasons I'm not Catholic.
No. We haven't. We've promised not to reveal secrets, we can do that much more easily remaining silent than by telling a falsehood. To lie would be dishonorable, and no Mason with a conscience would willingly dishonor himself or his fraternity.
Originally posted by FearNoEvil
reply to post by KSigMason
Like I said, masons have zero credibility. Your words mean nothing to me. You have sworn an oath to LIE.
Can't get much more anti-lying than that, can you? And that was from the head of the Scottish Rite, spoken to his lieutenants... those "higher level Masons" of legend... getting strict instructions not to give credence to any liar, be it a politician or a publication.
There are reforms that Masonry can help to initiate. Every Mason can hold the man dishonoured whose soul is tainted with a lie. He can refuse his vote and voice to every man, and his subscription to every journal that does not, strictly, and in the most minute particulars and details, adhere to the simple truth. For falsehood is a fouler disease than the leprosy; and when it becomes common, turns the very lifeblood of the nation putrid in its arteries.
Originally posted by FearNoEvil
reply to post by KSigMason
Like I said, masons have zero credibility. Your words mean nothing to me. You have sworn an oath to LIE.
JESUS|YESHUA|SON < YHWH|YAHWEH|FATHER > CREATOR|KING|SAVIOUR
Originally posted by FearNoEvil
Like I said, masons have zero credibility. Your words mean nothing to me. You have sworn an oath to LIE.
"The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name, but always concealed by another name, and another occupation. None is fitter than the lower degrees of Freemasonry; the public is accustomed to it, expects little from it, and therefore takes little notice of it. Next to this, the form of a learned or literary society is best suited to our purpose, and had Freemasonry not existed, this cover would have been employed; and it may be much more than a cover, it may be a powerful engine in our hands... A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers." (as quoted in John Robinson's "Proofs of a Conspiracy" 1798, re- printed by Western Islands, Boston, 1967, p. 112)
That's all fine and good, but that's from Robinson's chapter on the Bavarian Illuminati, not the Freemasons. In Weishaupt's Illuminati, the three Masonic degrees were a small part of a much larger degree system (which is not in use by any significan organization today, I might add...) The Bavarian Illuminati was disbanded over 200 years ago and there's no evidence that it still exists today.
Originally posted by Northwarden
Do you ever get the feeling that you're not getting too far here, telling us there is nothing much to your order?
"The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name, but always concealed by another name, and another occupation. None is fitter than the lower degrees of Freemasonry; the public is accustomed to it, expects little from it, and therefore takes little notice of it. Next to this, the form of a learned or literary society is best suited to our purpose, and had Freemasonry not existed, this cover would have been employed; and it may be much more than a cover, it may be a powerful engine in our hands... A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers." (as quoted in John Robinson's "Proofs of a Conspiracy" 1798, re- printed by Western Islands, Boston, 1967, p. 112)
www.theforbiddenknowledge.com...
That is all I had to say.