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Are there any Freemasons here? If so, message me. I have a few questions.

Thanks.

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The first rule of being a Freemason is never let anyone know you're a Freemason! :lol

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No, it is not.

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To be one, ask one.

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Talk to just about any cop, a lot of them are Masons. Judges and politicians, too.

Might explain a few things...

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Explains nothing.

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Explains almost everything, actually.

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Go on... I'm listening.

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que the dark evil music

cops and judges are freemasons.

dum dum dum dum...

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Lol. Wasn't your grandfather a Freemason?

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:-)

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Master. as was his father... and his father.... all extremely good men.
as was my dad who stopped being one when he got the HG in the 60s. has since kind of made some contacts.... never saw the reason to leave it, but did so in obedience.

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My grandfather was a mason, my cousin was one...my grandmother was a Eastern Star...but I don't know much about masons...they told me Solomon was one!

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seriously a link to some internet sight isn't proof of anything.

I truly hate googleresearch

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I've been trying to research (using Google). There's a lot of weird info out there. I was fortunate enough to come across a site where masons answer questions from those not in the fraternity.

I had a lengthy conversation (3 hours) yesterday morning with the guy that gave me the app

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So, the text of Duncan's isn't "proof of anything"?

(Not that anything was being " proved" anyway...)

So, if it's published online it automatically has no value, right?

Well, your summary dismissal of something you probably didn't even read IS proof of one thing: your lack of interest in learning anything that doesn't confirm what you already believe.

Whatever.

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Christians cannot make the Freemason's oath: http://www.emfj.org/oaths.htm

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C, stay away from it.

They are deists, they believe in a higher power but not necessarily Christ.

Their symbols and ceremonies include a lot of occult stuff.

Hexagrams, pentagrams, lucifer's apron kind of stuff. Joe Smith was a mason, Brigham young built the SLC temple with masonic occult symbols.

Again, much occult stuff. A discerning Christian has no need for it.

Lots of people are drawn to it because of the apparent power that they imagine they get from it, also the support. Yet it has it's costs.

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I'm looking into it... I can't find anything that substantiates this. Nothing that is verifiable.

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Read the links I posted. Read the writings of current and former Freemasons.

It's not the Rotary Club.

Masonic belief is based on kaballah. It teaches Hiram Abiff, King of Tyre, died and resurrected, and he is the chief example Masons are supposed to follow. It requires oaths and swearing in contradiction to the Lord's express commands. It teaches all religions worship the same God. It requires favoritism and respect of persons, which is sinful. It is clandestine and members are forbidden to reveal its "secrets", which makes it Biblically qualified as "darkness" and a cover for "evil". It is steeped in ritual, borrowed from medieval Jewish and catholic occultism and pagan Baal worship. It is nothing less than a modern day "mystery religion".

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I have read the links.... I know what they teach about Hiram. I see it as a myth... like Santa Clause. I think you're approaching it as if it is a religion. It is not (or so is the claim).

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Of course it's a myth. What do you think occultism is based on and uses? Myths are used as vehicles or symbols of ideas.

Regardless, becoming a Freemason requires you to sin against Christ, as I already demonstrated. But some professing Christians are willing to do that in exchange for the social and financial benefits they think they will get from membership in the Lodge.

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From a friend. :eek: