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<<"I don't have anything against Masons," he said. "They are not in agreement with the way we, as a church, believe.">>

They probably are saying they don’t respect others religions as we do..

wow. i've been out for a while, but i'm glad i have a minute to comment.
Jimmy, i don't know you from Adam, so i'll try to be as even as i can.
that said, i'll probably be leaving this tribe.


"He is quoted out of context or miss quoted so often that he has no credit left. He may have been a genius in his time but now his is a millstone."
"All I was trying to say is that when you take this book out of the time it was writen for and viewed by people with little or no masonic background it is a bomb in thier hands."

genius is not subject to time, and your second statement had nothing to do with the first. it's an ad hominem attack, plain and simple. his ideas are up for grabs. taking potshots at a dead man is hardly good debate.



"Have no fear of me every joining the Scottish Rite. It is to full of Cliques and pompus blow hards who think they know things that they clearly do not that I have vowed never to join."

WOW. now you're psychic? they "think they know things that they clearly do not" ... that is really interesting. please elaborate.



"If some asshole shows up outside your lodge bugging you about a book from the 1800's that no one reads or cares about ask them to leave, when they don't, call the cops."

does this happen frequently? or do you have one or two mentally ill people in your town who have had too much internet access at the library?

"Anti masons are one of the reasons I joined freemasonry so I could find out for myself."
i'm guessing you didn't take the same route with homophobes. what a silly thing to say.

'Now that I know I have little time for those who dont and dont want to learn."
"But I would give you 10 mins to talk to them before I called the cops and had then hauled off property."

ten whole minutes? way to look behind and extend your hand. have you forgotten that once you were as hoodwinked?


"On of the assistant chiefs of police will be master next year of the one lodge I belong to. His father is president of City Council. It would be and easy thing to have a phone call made. That is the real power of freemasonry...knowing who to call for help."

absolutely disgusting! an abuse of fraternity. this implies that the law is worthless, the enforcers corrupt and untrustworthy, and your arguments too weak to sway a random stranger.


"I can only coclude that they must be athiests if they "don't agree with masonic beliefs". I say burn down the damn church and show them what we do to witches.... "

freemasons respect any religion except for no religion. steal that one from the muslims?

*shakes head* ... i can only hope that whomever reads this can tell by your arguments (let alone spelling/grammar) that this is not the best that masonry has to offer.

divisive, elitist attitudes are the main reason i have not, and most likely will not, join a lodge.

with an attitude like what you've shown here, i couldn't call you brother.



I'll leave you with another quote, which I hope you contemplate to a fuller understanding.

"Now you see the danger in Fundementalists...they know they know and they dont care what answers you give they know better than you. "