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When Masons screw up, the ones at least on this site (and I've seen it on others) have called them out (ie Charlie Rangel).
So the high level Masons are framing the Congressman?
which is 15 years AFTER it was chosen to be used in the great seal of the United States, the one that's on the back of the dollar bill today (and 200+ years after it had been used in christian iconography...
Originally posted by XxiTzYoMasterxX
reply to post by Bordon81
I forgot to add and I'm not sure if any of you know this but the All seeing Eye first appeared as part of the standard iconography of the Freemasons in 1797.
en.wikipedia.org...
Religious use of the Eye Imagery of an all-seeing eye can be traced back to Egyptian mythology and the Eye of Horus. It also appears in Buddhism, where Buddha is also regularly referred to as the "Eye of the World" throughout Buddhist scriptures (e.g. Mahaparinibbana Sutta) and is represented as a trinity in the shape of a triangle known as the Tiratna, or Triple Gem. In Medieval and Renaissance European iconography, the Eye (often with the addition of an enclosing triangle) was an explicit image of the Christian Trinity. Seventeenth-century depictions of the Eye of Providence sometimes show it surrounded by clouds or sun bursts.
Other selected uses of the symbol Coat of arms of Braslaw, Belarus. The Front Page of the Serbian Constitution on 15 February 1835. The Eye of Providence at the central the place of the page. As and branches of acacia. The Coat of Arms of Brasłaŭ, Belarus On the original publication of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which also borrows iconography of the Ten Commandments On the front page of the Serbian Constitution of 1835. The logo of the former Information Awareness Office, a division of DARPA within the United States Department of Defense The Steve Jackson Games logo Numerous video games contain depictions of the eye Several college fraternities use the Eye of Providence in their coats of arms and/or badges, notably Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Theta and Delta Kappa Epsilon. The seal of The University of Mississippi. The seal of The University of Chile. Musical artists MC5 and Roky Erickson used the Eye of Providence as a logo at many occasions.
No, what I'm saying is that the all seeing eye is not exclusively a Masonic symbol. It's been used in ancient egyptian religion, christianity, and a bunch of other places. You say the Masons first started using it in the late 1700s and I've shown you a christian painting made in the 1500s that has it very clearly. Yes, Masons use it too sometimes. But when you see one, you can't automatically say that the Masons put it there, because they're not the only ones who've ever used it.
Originally posted by XxiTzYoMasterxX
I don't understand your point.Are you agreeing the freemasons use the all seeing eye as a symbol?Thanks!