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thekingalrock wrote:

ShnickyShnack wrote:

I've heard that most of the old-skool secret societies have been experiencing declining membership for quite some time. The Masons, the Rosicrucians, the Catholic Church, you name it.

I think that people joined back in the old days because of the way society was at that time -- for example, conformist and classist -- and those conditions have changed.

The Catholic Church is experience a decline in membership? That surprises me.

Our culture isn't classist any more? That's news to me. I'd say we're conformist too.

Of course, hardly anyone seems to be showing up to see the Pope.

www.masonicinfo.com

Jack Chick Publications usually has a wealth of religious right spin on many issues including freemasonry (and from what I have been reading at the online tract, there is very little "free" anything in freemasonry)...

Chick Publications wrote:

Information on Masonry

The most complete source of information on Masonry is Masonry, Beyond the Light by William Schnoebelen.

Additional information on Masonry:

Can a Christian be a mason?
Here are actual case histories of what happened when a Christian tried to be on both sides of this fence.
 
Who is Masonry's God?
Many think Masonry is a Christian organization. But here is why no Christian should get involved with it.
 
The witchcraft side of Masonry.
The Lodge has always attracted sorcerers. The list of occultists and witches in the last century who were Freemasons reads like a Who's Who of 20th century occultism.


 
Masonry and the "Curse of Baphomet." (online tract)
A Mason discovers the truth behind his lodge.
 
http://www.saintsalive.com/freemasonry.html

And what is all this nonsense about Shriners "raising" money for crippled and burned children?  It seems to me that these guys are pretty adept about panhandling spare money while standing within lanes of moving traffic...

Last edited by Watauga_River (2005-05-01 3:03 am)

Freezer mac wrote:

i've been in a masonic temple...

edit: to see a concert.

I've been in one as well, to take a photograph for a newspaper about some ~$200 scholarship or something.

I have to admit, the place was creepy.

Warin wrote:

more or less wrote:

i am starting to think our government is a secret society.  chock full o' nuts.

and corrupting your precious bodily fluids!

My greatgrandfather was a mason. I have his lodge ring somewhere..

Wear it and sneak in.  Report back when you have intel.

Interesting read on Freemasonry... 
I am a Freemason... have been for awhile, participate regularly and would be glad to answer the question why I became one...  I beleive in the phillosophy and I want to be a better man. 

Hope this helps

Oh well...  worth a shot  *grin

*smile
Perhaps you could be more specific with the question then?  What answer are you looking for?