Freemasons.....

[Captain America]

Highly unlikely unless your were asked to join a clandestine group. In mainstream Freemasonry, women cannot be members; it is only open to men. And if as you maintain, they dont want you to ask questions, then they must have been a clandestine group. There are a couple of hundred groups claiming to be Freemasons, but are fakes.

http://www.masonicinfo.com/member.htm

A mason will not ask you to join. You have to ask them.

Masonry is a fraternity. Eastern Star is the affailaited soriority for the women.

[MMC]

I can't seem to find Part 2 or more of it.

[Captain America]

Nope. I see people with lodge bumper stickers and they donate around here quite a bit from what I understand. I don't personally know any Masons though

Mason are like the "quite" company. They give around 3 million a day to charities. They just don't plaster it up on billboards seeking praise for it. You ever heard of Shriner Hospitals? Burn centers? You gotta be a master mason before you can be a Shriner.

'Nuff said.

[Captain America]

So what do you know about them? I am sure that guy can join and let us know some things. But I doubt he can tell me what you know.

Just what do you WANT to know about masonry? If you are that curious, PM me.

[MMC]

Just what do you WANT to know about masonry? If you are that curious, PM me.

I was just getting a Convo going in the history Room as we saw we has a member with KSig. We pretty much let you guys tell us. I figured I throw up some stuff that people hear about them. Let you guys take it from there.

[Captain America]

Ok I will try to explain. Paganistic religion has been a large contributor to masonic ritual. but so has what you would call maybe religious undertones. Religious undertones doesn't always mean Christ. I am not saying that a Christian cannot be a member if you have a friend that is. Ask them questions first because I am leery of having to swear an oath of silence to any place. Ask them their views on the scripture. As them if they follow Jesus.

Yes, my husband I were asked to join around around 20 years ago and yes I know some. Asking questions helps one determine if you want to join or not. We chose not to but at first it sounded good. Most of the time they don't want you to ask too many questions.

But I repeat I am not saying a friend of your ect is bad if they are a member just saying ask questions.

If you and your wife were asked to join, it was a "clandestine" lodge and not an official lodge of Free and Accepted Masons.

Free Masonry is not a religion. We leave that up to churches. In lodge, the guy to your left might be Catholic and the guy to your right might be Baptist and the guy sitting behind you might be a Buddist or whatever.

The reason religion and politics are not discussed in lodge is because the topics tend to create discord. "harmony and strength are the support of all institutions. More especially of ours."

That being said, one cannot profess to be an "atheist" and be allowed to join. If you profess that you know that there is no God, Creator, Great Architect of the Universe, or whatever, then you must think that you already know it all. There is nothing we can teach you. You will never be asked what religion you follow. Doesn't matter.

[MMC]

Decoded by Tony Robinson. Part 1.

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Part 2. By Robinson

[Captain America]

I was just getting a Convo going in the history Room as we saw we has a member with KSig. We pretty much let you guys tell us. I figured I throw up some stuff that people hear about them. Let you guys take it from there.

I've heard it all. Most people who claim they "know all about" Freemasonry have never stepped foot in the lodge. Actually, we sorta get a kick out of some of the "things" we have heard about us. It can be quite humorous.

Put simply, only a mason knows what we are, or are not. Anyone else is just blowing smoke. And we just let 'em.

[MMC]

Part 3.....by Robinson.