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reply posted on 12-1-2011 @ 10:20 AM by network dude
reply to post by JohhnyBGood


Just to put things in perspective, different poster on ATS have different levels of knowledge. Either by spending lots of time in different forums, or having a specific interest in a topic and noticing that a particular member always had good information on it, you find the teachers. Most of us are students. The member you are replying to would (in my opinion) fall into the teacher category. Best to ask rather than to tell. Again IMHO.


reply posted on 12-1-2011 @ 09:07 PM by Rockpuck
reply to post by vinay86


It's the largest Fraternity in the World.

That's the only title we hold, sorry. We certainly are not a corporation, and even if we were, there are far, far larger ones.

For the record, Exxon is the largest by capital
NSA (National Security Agency) the single largest employer
Walmart the largest Corporate employer
Mcdonalds the largest by territory

But hey, we ARE the largest and oldest Fraternity in the World!


reply posted on 12-1-2011 @ 10:42 PM by vinay86
Originally posted by KSigMason
reply to post by RizeorDie

Actually the six pointed star makes appearances in other cultures besides Judaic world. In fact, in my "World Religion" college course, we looked at several pictures of Ganesh and one of them has him contorted within the star. And Hinduism is the predominant religion of...[drum roll]...India.


That six pointed star symbol is not only used in freemasonry and Hinduism but also Islam and Jews. And the coincidence is it represents the same male and female energies. So is this symbol is adopted by free-masons from religions. But freemasonry denies itself as an religion so why this symbolism is adopted.

"The interlacing triangles or deltas symbolize the union of the two principles or forces, the active and passive, male and female, pervading the universe... The two triangles, one white and the other black, interlacing, typify the mingling of apparent opposites in nature, darkness and light, error and truth, ignorance and wisdom, evil and good, throughout human life."
—33rd Degree Freemasons Albert G. Mackey and Charles T. McClenachan.

Shatkona, "six-pointed star," is two interlocking triangles; the upper stands for Siva, 'purusha' (male energy) and fire, the lower for Shakti, 'prakriti' (female power) and water. Their union gives birth to Sanatkumara, whose sacred number is six.
------- Hinduism.

If you ask me all religions came from the same evil source, which wants to divide and rule humanity.

Sacred-Symbols-of-Hinduism

Hexagram
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reply posted on 21-1-2011 @ 01:33 AM by vinay86
Originally posted by Masonic Light
As much as some Masons hate to admit, Freemasonry is in its essence a religiously-based fraternity, and its teachings are derived not only from theistically-neutral philosophies of morality, but theological concepts from the Kabalah and Hermeticism. An atheist cannot be made a Mason because an atheist cannot be made a Magus.


Agreed with you freemasonry came directly from where many of our religions came, take for example their Hexagram symbol, it is used in Hinduism, Islam, Jews and many more, when you ask this to Freemasons they have no idea about that.
Six pointed stars have also been found in cosmological diagrams in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The reasons behind this symbol's common appearance in Indic religions and the West are lost in the mists of antiquity.

Link.

Look at the blazing star symbol with G in the middle. And how masons describes that symbolism...from religion:
Thus, if one admits that the Blazing Star represents the Absolute, the Universe, the macrocosm, with at its heart the letter “G”, symbol of Sacred Geometry and of God G\A\O\T\U\,it also represents Man, the Initiate, the Freemason whose heart is illuminated by the Great Architect’s Light.. It is said in the Bible (Exodus 34,29) : “Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him”. When Moses climbed to the summit of Mount Sinai, he spiritually made the opposite journey and descended into the most profound depths of his being. That is where he attained the supreme initiation, where he glimpsed the Truth and became, physically, blazing. God, through his living fire, purified Moses whose face – the vehicle of his expression – was illuminated. The Star’s blaze thus symbolises the Initiate.

Link.

In my opinion an atheist is a person who does not agrees with the concept of god as preached by religions and that includes the great architect, omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe which religions preach.


reply posted on 21-1-2011 @ 02:01 AM by Rockpuck
reply to post by vinay86


You forgot one of my favorite movies..

Full Metal Jacket .. at the very beginning the black guy shaving peoples heads at boot camp is wearing a masonic ring.

I never noticed things like that until I actually became a Mason, now I can spot symbols from a mile away.

Also True Grit, the new Western movie that came out a few weeks ago, the girl goes to get his only possessions, including a Masonic medallion and his Apron to be buried in.

Masonry is part of our Culture, whether you agree with it or not, that is your own business, but it has a very long tradition especially in the US and UK.


reply posted on 21-1-2011 @ 07:13 AM by network dude
reply to post by vinay86


at least speaking for my lodge, we would love some publicity. News coverage would mean more perspective members would see us and ask the right questions. Trouble is, what we do isn't very exciting to anyone other than us. So unless we kill someone, we will not see the front page.


reply posted on 21-1-2011 @ 12:21 PM by Rockpuck
reply to post by vinay86


I think you get the idea from the other Brothas, we could show case every little thing every lodge does..... but people just wouldn't care. They'd be like "ok ...... and?"

Though if we do something absolutely huge, it's usually covered because damnit, we want to show off. Take for instance the Ohio Special Olympics, it is nearly entirely paid for by all the lodges in the state. We then have a parade of thousands of Masons through the Capital, to the stadium and perform the opening ceremonies, usually with key speakers like the Governor and so on.

But no one wants to hear about so and so being initiated, or this week Lodge #103 donated $200 to a local relief fund etc etc.. it's menial. What would we "report" .. as the others have said, our actual meeting times, places and so on are public knowledge, and what we discuss at the meeting, from all the lodges I've attended, are the same everywhere -- read some petitions, pay some bills, have an argument with the Temple Management then go for a drink.
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