Originally posted by Getsmart
It is merely modeled after the Secret Society YOU belong to.

No, it's nothing like the Freemasons at all, really.

RULE NUMBER ONE
Threaten to Murder anyone who talks!

Freemasonry makes no such threats. The traditional penalties for violating the obligation are not threats. The way they're written, the person giving the oath says "I would be willing to have my throat cut" etc, but nobody is saying "I WILL have my throat cut." There's a difference. Basically the obligation says, if I break my word, I'm not worth anything. That's all.

RULE NUMBER TWO
Compartmentalize it so that only YOU know it all

Freemasonry is not compartmentalized like that.

RULE NUMBER THREE
Invent a Myth about the Secret Society, so that Very Few Inside Know the Real Secret.

And what Real Secret™ are we hiding? You never seem to answer that question!

RULE NUMBER FOUR
Compel members to spend times spewing disinformation in places like ATS.

Freemasonry doesn't do that at all. In fact, it recommends quite the opposite:

neither are you to suffer your zeal for the institution to lead you into argument with those who, through ignorance, may ridicule it.

From the charge to the Entered Apprentice Mason.

RULE NUMBER FIVE
Compromise members so deeply with monstrous practices so that none dares go mainstream.

There are no monstrous practices; there is no compromising postion any member is placed in.

RULE NUMBER SIX
Murder Anyone seeking to leave the group or anyone Revealing the Secret.

And how many murders can you name? At best, William Morgan and that british banker. That's what, 2 in 300 years?

RULE NUMBER SEVEN
Lie to Everyone inside and outside of the group to Keep Everyone in the Dark.

We don't lie. To do so would be dishonorable.

RULE NUMBER EIGHT
Corrupt Members to better Control them and Corrupt Outsiders to better Subvert them.

There is no corruption; there is no subversion.

RULE NUMBER NINE
Spy on Everyone and Blackmail Everyone to Wield a Powerful Lobby.

There is no spying; Masonry has no lobbying power.

Originally posted by Skyfloating

Originally posted by getreadyalready
If a conspiracy is hatched in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

A zen koan!

edit on 4-1-2012 by Skyfloating because: (no reason given)

Yes it makes a sound that nobody can hear.....


If a baby craps his diaper.......and nobody is around to smell it, does that mean that the diaper does not smell ?

of course not....it's just that nobody is around...

ask yourself this.

Did the earth exist before you were born?

Originally posted by LucidDreamer85
Did the earth exist before you were born?

Yes, but it was rather boring.

Originally posted by jNormal
I'm not interested in doing it, I just wanted to know...

How hard would it be, what do you need to do it, how you would go about doing it, and stuff like that?

First the reason it will be secret, others need to be like minded, xchange e-mails leads to eventual meetings, changing one of FOREST Gumps famous quotes a bit to, people are like a box of chocolate be watchful who you pick. Peace.
Old is so not acceptable, the globe needs adjustments