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originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
"hurhurhur violence 'n' titties".
originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
"hurhurhur violence 'n' titties".
what channel is that on? it sounds right up my alley!
I apologize, misunderstood the point. Was actually defending Mason's, gran pappy was a Shriner.
originally posted by: KSigMason
a reply to: JoshuaCox
Well, Freemasonry is not a secret society. It's a private fraternal organization. There's nothing in Freemasonry that says we cannot "advertise" that one is a Mason. I, for one, am very proud to be a Freemason.
a reply to: TheLaughingGod
Freemasonry is not about any "hero syndrome".
originally posted by: TheLaughingGod
a reply to: JoshuaCox
You clearly have no understanding of how these societies or networks work, they're heavily into causing chaos so they can then swoop in to establish order. They more than likely adhere to hermetic principles: the principle of polarity and the principle of rhythm are important to understand here.
It's almost like they're conducting alchemical experiments on the population, transforming their states through continued dialetical processes and conditioning. They do large scale rituals and use their knowledge of the occult in practical matters. They also seem to have a very strong theme of inversion, again a gradual transformation.
Well, that's the hypothesis and how it looks to me.
Then there are all the implications that would come with a "magical" consciousness based world-view.
originally posted by: network dude
a reply to: JoshuaCox
if you do the math, it's a bit more than half. just sayin.
originally posted by: KSigMason
a reply to: JoshuaCox
Some older Masons, like your grandfather, who were more tight lipped about being a Mason than younger Masons today are.
a reply to: JoshuaCox
Many of the Founding Fathers were Masons: www.travelingtemplar.com...
You can't argue logically with anti-Masons. They want it both ways and they don't want to have to provide any evidence for their accusations.
originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
a reply to: JoshuaCox
That "culling of the herd" NWO theory didn't really begin to take traction until the 1990's if my memory serves.
It's relatively recent, and first began circulating around certain hard-line and pessimist subcultures about the same time.
If you read the actual work of the Bavarian Illuminati, upon who's namesake this modern bull# built itself on, you begin to see that the viral nature of "doom porn and bad news" gained traction with the advent of the internet and the more impressionable and lackluster students for whom a soundtrack of "Clubbed to Death" began the defacto "NWO Hype" most of us know today.
Honestly and in all fairness, I seriously doubt an initiative of that nature would be able to manifest anywhere outside the collective imaginations of paranoid theorists.
But hey, it takes all types so who am I to say?
originally posted by: network dude
a reply to: JoshuaCox
Kids still believe in the boogyman, or the monster under their bed. So the ebil Illuminati will likely always be around in conspiracy land. But it does serve a higher purpose. A select few will become interested in this topic, and an even smaller few of them will be intelligent enough to research and learn about the real Illuminati and may in fact be set on a life long quest for hidden knowledge. (which isn't hidden, you just have to ask for it)
Just like the blood thirsty masons who worship Satan and eat small children with onions and garlic. (and a little butter) They aren't anything like that in reality, but the stories and fabrications that continue are enough to get a few people to look into what it is really, and I think that keeps the new membership alive, along with other avenues.
I doubt I would have joined had it not been for conspiracies, but I couldn't be happier that I did join now. Next week I get to run my own small country.