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Originally posted by AdesteFideles
Originally posted by network dude
reply to post by AdesteFideles
I do have a question for you.
In this post it seems you have no idea of the title a 33rd degree Scottish Rite mason holds. Could you please clarify your confusion?
That reply was a joke, as was the next reply in that thread. I assumed that was obvious.
Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by whenandwhere
I can study on my own for free . I also left because all these other bodies and clubs I was a member was getting in the way of my dedication to my two Craft lodges .
That's what I have seen. The SR has devalued itself by making the 4th through 32nd too easy to attain, and therefore holding no value. I knew a guy that went through and didn't remember much of anything from the whirlwind work, and he was left to study on his own afterwards. Many men are choosing to focus on their Blue Lodge, because the Blue Lodges are also suffering from the economy.
It's just like the Blue Lodge in that you get out what you put in. But we all know you cannot hold a job, have a family, and give full attention to all the side bodies as well.
Originally posted by iwan2ski
I'm not here to attack anyone or their beliefs. However, I wanted to point out that many Masons on this thread have in the past congradulated ATS member "AdesteFideles" for some of his past posts and easly accepted him as a fellow brother (post by network dude & post by W3RLIED2 for example) without any proof, but when he makes a thread that goes against their beliefs they now want "Bono Fides".
Again, I'm not taking sides just pointing out that after reading many other post from AdesteFideles, no one questioned him untill he had something negative to say.
Originally posted by getreadyalready
Originally posted by iwan2ski
I'm not here to attack anyone or their beliefs. However, I wanted to point out that many Masons on this thread have in the past congradulated ATS member "AdesteFideles" for some of his past posts and easly accepted him as a fellow brother (post by network dude & post by W3RLIED2 for example) without any proof, but when he makes a thread that goes against their beliefs they now want "Bono Fides".
Again, I'm not taking sides just pointing out that after reading many other post from AdesteFideles, no one questioned him untill he had something negative to say.
True. I'd like to make a defense against that, but it is just true.
BUT, at the time, he wasn't saying much of anything of consequence positive or negative, it was just a silly joke. Now, that rank he claims to have attained is of more consequence to what he is saying, so he needs to back it up. Its a small defense. If he really is what he says he is, then his opinion is valid, and nobody wants to hear it more than we do, but if he is just some poser trying to stir the pot, then everyone here has a right to know.edit on 6-8-2012 by getreadyalready because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Fitzgibbon
reply to post by iwan2ski
FWIW, for the most part his posting history is pretty vanilla unremarkable and under circumstances such as that, it isn't unreasonable to presume that the person is what he claims to be.
Then out of the blue two months after joining, BAM! A dog feces mystery thread.
Why's a second look all that remarkable? Add in a backstory suspiciously similar to another poster (who coincidentally hasn't posted since 5 days before this 'new' arrival joined) and things begin to smell of Rattus norvegicus.
We're human; we've been known to take people at their word. The alternative is to suspect every Mason of being a 'Mason'.
Not worth the stress
Fitz
Originally posted by iwan2ski
I'm not here to attack anyone or their beliefs. However, I wanted to point out that many Masons on this thread have in the past congradulated ATS member "AdesteFideles" for some of his past posts and easly accepted him as a fellow brother (post by network dude & post by W3RLIED2 for example) without any proof, but when he makes a thread that goes against their beliefs they now want "Bono Fides".
Again, I'm not taking sides just pointing out that after reading many other post from AdesteFideles, no one questioned him untill he had something negative to say.