Anybody here a freemason?

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Screening a novel that's about freemasonry and conspiracy. Fun stuff, well written and worth publishing. There've been a lot of conjectures about Masons over the past couple hundred years. Is there anyone here that's involved? What's with the secrecy? It has persisted a long time for something purportedly a mere social organization, and there's a lot of restrictions for something only social.

<---- has fun with conspiracy theory on a sunny Sunday morning.
 

Walleye

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Originally posted by: Hatari Chic
Screening a novel that's about freemasonry and conspiracy. Fun stuff, well written and worth publishing. There've been a lot of conjectures about Masons over the past couple hundred years. Is there anyone here that's involved? What's with the secrecy? It has persisted a long time for something purportedly a mere social organization, and there's a lot of restrictions for something only social.

<---- has fun with conspiracy theory on a sunny Sunday morning.

no, but i am a member of the vast right wing conspiracy. :p
 

loup garou

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Originally posted by: Hatari Chic
Originally posted by: werk
Have you seen or read From Hell?

Never heard of it, what's it about?
It's a graphic novel/movie about one theory of who Jack the Ripper was and a possible Freemason connection. Great movie (albeit very violent), I highly recommend renting it.
 

ElFenix

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Originally posted by: Hatari Chic
So, are you guys making fun of it to avoid answering the question? :p

they're sworn to secrecy and won't tell
 

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What was that guys name who started the Ilumanti in 1776? Cant remember his name. Wasnt he a grandmaster?
 

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: Hatari Chic
So, are you guys making fun of it to avoid answering the question? :p

they're sworn to secrecy and won't tell

yeah, I know, which renders this thread a nef thread from the beginning. But (shhhh) I'm a member of the nef!
 

amnesiac

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My half-sister had been doing intensive research on the links between the Freemasons and the Illuminati for 19 years when i saw her last. I don't doubt she's still at it, assuming she got away from the people that were trying to kill her. Seriously; she had to leave her home and stayed with us for a couple weeks; while she was away, four of her friends died from "accidents" (Hit by truck, drowned in own pool, etc..)
 

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Originally posted by: amnesiac
My half-sister had been doing intensive research on the links between the Freemasons and the Illuminati for 19 years when i saw her last. I don't doubt she's still at it, assuming she got away from the people that were trying to kill her. Seriously; she had to leave her home and stayed with us for a couple weeks; while she was away, four of her friends died from "accidents" (Hit by truck, drowned in own pool, etc..)

She didn't write a book and is trying to get it published, did she? That resembles what I'm reading.
 

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Originally posted by: Hatari Chic
Originally posted by: Moralpanic
Originally posted by: mpitts
I'm not.

Both my dad and my father-in-law are, though.

Do they really wear special rings and those funky hats?

Uhhh, aren't the hats a KKK thing?

no, those are hoods. But i remember seeing some freemason in a movie or cartoon that wore a funky hat... didn't the Simpsons episode where Homer joins the Stonecutter have one of those hats too? I remember Flintstones did. Of course, all my knowledge comes from cartoons, so i'm probably wrong.
 

amnesiac

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Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: mpitts
I'm not.

Both my dad and my father-in-law are, though.

wouldn't that automatically make you a member too?

Nope. Membership isn't hereditary. It makes it easier for you to get in though. You can't join unless you have a sponsor.
 

ElFenix

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they wear fezes. the shriners are a freemason organization as well.
 

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Originally posted by: amnesiac
Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: mpitts
I'm not.

Both my dad and my father-in-law are, though.

wouldn't that automatically make you a member too?

Nope. Membership isn't hereditary. It makes it easier for you to get in though. You can't join unless you have a sponsor.

Do you know a little about the organization? What else do you know about it?