My Dad was one and tried to recruit me. Just wasn't for me. I do know that my Dad was not a Satan worshiper. And I know that the Masons do tons of charity work, at least the Shriner branch does.
And I saw a video once where they hid a huge treasure in Washington D.C., but it was found with the help of a map on the back of the Declaration of Independence and a guy being able to decipher their symbols.
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My Dad was one and tried to recruit me. Just wasn't for me. I do know that my Dad was not a Satan worshiper. And I know that the Masons do tons of charity work, at least the Shriner branch does.
And I saw a video once where they hid a huge treasure in Washington D.C., but it was found with the help of a map on the back of the Declaration of Independence and a guy being able to decipher their symbols.
I was under the impression that was a documentary.
I don't join anything outside the body of Christ that requires me to come in blindfolded and state that I am in darkness and need light nor do I agree to anything that says I will have my throat cut from ear to ear if I reveal their secrets.
The whole subject of the Masons/Shriners is something that Christians do not agree on. Some Christians belong and do not believe it is wrong. Others see it as satanic, occultic, and a non-Jesus type of religion and being yoked with unrighteousness, darkness, satan, idolatry, etc.
Would you believe that Sherri is way more conservative than me on this issue?
Not a Freemason but my dad was for a while and my Grandpa was all his adult life.
niether were satan worshippers.
My grandpa was very high up. as was his father.
Now, now, now Ferd. You SAY there is no neferious connection in your family but if you will recall, several months ago I outed you.
This is a direct quote of our prior discussion on "Could Barak Obama be the Anti Christ?) dated 11-21-08
FERD,
Do not try to cover your connection to all this.
I just did a quick "evaluation" of your name...amazing.
FERD
F is the 6th letter of the alphabet.
E the 5th
R the 18th
D the 4th
Add all these together and what do you get? 33! (How old was Jesus when he began his ministry?)
Take 33 plus the 4 letters in your name equals 37.
Take 37 and divide it by 6 and you get 6.16666!!
The "1" is there just to throw off the "uninformed" because you are the 1!!
This fellow does seem to way out in somethings but this is very interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWPqa3MUYj4
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People who are always looking for fault,can find it easily all they have to do,is look into their mirror.
There they can find plenty of fault.
I was a DeMolay when I was a kid. My uncle George was a freemason his whole life.
Almost all the founders of the US wee freemasons, the most prolific document on the tenets of freemasonry just might be the constitution. It isn't over the top to think of them as the architects of our country.
They are more open and publically active today than they were 200 years ago, more of a civic organization thsn a secret society.
One key to sucees back then was become a freemason. And you had to be of good charachter and be invted and approved, but once in your ticket to good things was carved in stone. Even today my uncle's masonry connections helped him a great deal in his career.
Real ties back to the templars? maybe,i don't know, they were pretty much wiped out by the pope in the 14th century.
I really dig renaissance fairs (how heathern of me) always wanted to go as a crusader templar knight....
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