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Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by TheKeyMaster
If it's known then it isn't a secret... so why did a high ranking Freemason say they were a society with secrets if there were no longer any secrets...
Technically they are 'secret' because I will not tell them to you or confirm them.
Our lodge minutes are published in the local state universities library, as a 501:3:C we must file a tax return, where would we be hiding secrets?
Don't blame others for taking your own representatives at their word.... we aren't the ones claiming secrets...
You are claiming secrets. Ones that do not exist. What do you think we are hiding?
Originally posted by TheKeyMaster
You just told me they were freely available.. now you are saying you won't reveal them to me.. even though you just told me they were freely available.. if you are not allowed to give away secrets then why should I trust that you are revealing everything? And you accused me of being vague...
This whole conversation is loony... your organization is not being put in a good light based on this conversation.
What does this have to do with not being able to keep secrets?
Honestly my impression now is that you could be under some kind of mind control.... your whole line of reasoning makes no logical sense to me.
I am only claiming them because your own representative said they were a society with secrets.... that was not my initial claim it was your own representative's.
Some people connected to Freemasonry are hiding knowledge - they aren't making it easily available. Knowledge is the most valuable thing in life... and knowledge is power.
Originally posted by thePharaoh
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hes also katts road manager.
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but blatantly sent to pick up the broken katt.
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stay safe katt your a living legend as of now
peaceedit on 6-4-2013 by thePharaoh because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ParanoidAmerican
reply to post by TheKeyMaster
You are struggling to understand what he has said to you....
The secrets he hold are the signs, token and grips of the society.
Which is all available online, he will not reveal anything that would violate his oath as that would bring into question his integrity and break the trust of fellow Brothers.
As I pointed out to you and Augustus has as well you need to read over some Masonic Monitors I provided you a link to find all of them for free. He has not done or said anything to paint the Mason's in a negative manner.
Mind Control....really? This tactic is a personal attack and is used to divert the conversation.
I will ask as well what secrets do you think we conceal?
Obtaining knowledge should be the goal of every person, that knowledge should also be shared which it is.
New York The obelisk arrived in New York in July i88o. A site was finally agreed — in Central Park near the Metropolitan Museum — and a ceremony to fit the occasion was arranged for 9 October. This was a brazenly Masonic affair. Nine thousand Freemasons marched with bands through the streets to Greywacke Knoll where Jesse Anthony, the Grand Master of New York Masons, laid the 7-ton cornerstone. After extolling Egypt as the birthplace of science, astronomy, literature and art, he told his enthralled audience that Masons needed to revise their thinking on the origins of their order: ‘There can be no question but that in the secret societies of Egypt are to be found some elements now embraced in the principles or symbolism of Masonry.’ It took another four months to drag the obelisk from its landing stage to its 50—ton pedestal, also shipped from Alexandria. When it was finally erected in January i88x, the tune of Martin Luther’s hymn 'Ein Feste Burg’ was sung with specially written words, whose significance no Mason could miss:
Originally posted by ParanoidAmerican
Lodges represent Salomon's Temple not a coffin.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by ParanoidAmerican
Lodges represent Salomon's Temple not a coffin.
The building he is mistakenly refering to as a sarcophagus is the Scottish Rite House of the Temple and he also seems to be ignoring the fact that it is a replica of the Tomb of Mausolos.
Originally posted by TheKeyMaster
Nothing you provide, in any form, can explain away how one of your high ranking members claims Freemasons are a society with secrets then another reveals these supposed secrets yet you claim that doesn't break the rules....
You also accept that Freemasonry uses Egyptian symbols... so why do you deny Freemasonry has ties to ancient Egypt?
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by TheKeyMaster
Nothing you provide, in any form, can explain away how one of your high ranking members claims Freemasons are a society with secrets then another reveals these supposed secrets yet you claim that doesn't break the rules....
Who revealed them? I told you to go look them up if feel the need to know what the passwords and grips are.
You also accept that Freemasonry uses Egyptian symbols... so why do you deny Freemasonry has ties to ancient Egypt?
There are also many more lodges with Roman and Greek architecture, does that mean there are also ties to the Ancient Greeks and Romans?
Originally posted by TheKeyMaster
And how do you know the tomb of Mausolos also wasn't based on the Egyptian sarcophagus?
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by TheKeyMaster
And how do you know the tomb of Mausolos also wasn't based on the Egyptian sarcophagus?
How do you know that they did not base it on a pink unicorn named Buffy?
Because the two architects, Pythius and Satyros, were Greek and it had the classic stylistic cues of Greek architecture.
Originally posted by TheKeyMaster
Yes... Freemasonry and it's teachings have been passed down all through the history of society even if it wasn't called Freemasonry,, that's the point...
So now you seem to be claiming the symbols you denied were Egyptian have any relevance even though they are Egyptian... once again you are not putting your group in a good light.
Originally posted by TheKeyMaster
Pythagoras was Greek as well and his knowledge came from the Egyptians.
And it doesn't look exactly like a pink unicorn.. it looks exactly like an egyptian sarcophagus...
How could someone make such an argument unless they were deliberately trying to mislead OR incapable of thinking for themselves?
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Just because you do not understand architecture does not mean everyone else does not either.
edit on 7-4-2013 by AugustusMasonicus because: networkdude has no beer
Originally posted by TheKeyMaster
I am sure if I read Freemason literature I will see that the Masonic sarcophagus looks like a pink unicorn and the masonic Sphynx looks like Cher...