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Share Your Thoughts on the Freemasons

Posted September 11, 2009
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From U.S. presidents to top athletes, Founding Fathers to legendary writers, Freemasons can be found in almost every field.

The fraternal order has long been the target of conspiracy theories and hoaxes, and not many people know the real story.

What do you think of this secretive organization? Check out our slideshows on places in Washington that are important to the Masons and famous Freemasons, then share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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freemasonry is about making men better within themselves. there is a lodge within ourselves and the physical lodge where we meet.many never understand the difference because once the degrees are obtained many forget to live it,reread the degrees and heed the lessons within themselves and never return to the lodge.masonry is work on self and it is work.many do not like work.it is a subject but you are the subject and we learn from each other. but everyday whether within or without a mason lives within his lodge and outside there should be no differences.why become a mason. the uniform? a waste.

as far as a religion goes many try to mix it like buying a cross over car/suv. it is not. masonry is about learning about becoming a better person here on earth. religion is about salvation,redemption and preparation for the next journey.

masonry is one's journey on earth. Religion is the preparation for the next journey hereafter. if masonry helps man prepare for that next journey,great too. but if on earth that person becomes a better person within himself,his companion, his neighbour,this is also a real learning of the lessons but to mix the two is stupid wrong because they are not mixable unless one is not being true to one's self. so Masonry is earth's journey and religion is preparing for the next. live both but live them separately.so one journey leads to the next like one street leads to the next to get to one's destination. having a destination is ideal but the learning on the journey makes the destination just like finishing a great cigar, or a child's hugg everyone has a thought here to insert and then in the end saying yes it is all worth it. most masons i know say yes it is worth it and those that live it live it well both within and without the lodge of learning to become better men.

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Well someone has to control the out come of the world, but a new begining has come, a time to think bigger, instead of depopulation we should be sending people to Mars and other planets, this will ensure Human survival, The most important time in Human history is this moment, It's long over due, plus their is vast wealth to be mined, Time to wake before the other countries assume tottal control over space, You must send many into space before 2010 to have a full advantage, Never lose sight of the big picture, As someone with a gift of sight you might thank me for getting you to speed up our future, not to mention all the advancements that can be made in the testing on Humans that go to other planets, plus this will bring a larger focus as you can test so many more things on other planets, plus most planets have the basic forms of life, where their is heat their is oxygen, most rocks do have water in them, you may have to dig deeper underground but you will find I am 100% right,

it does not take much to change another planet to make it more habitable for Humans, plus you might find something more about our past history, maybe Humans lived on Mars before, The mission to Mars would be very easy if you set up about 6 more space stations along the way, like a transportation system,

So many scientist yet so much waste of time trying to get somewhere, where is the common sense, bring the basic things Humans need to set up a livable habitat, the Mars soil should be a very close match as they do have sand rich soil that is very good for growing, but if radiation is a factor then make underground bases or cities and everything will be fine,but this is not a hard thing to do, so plan things out better and make some interesting history cause people on earth need a real change and real hope of our future in space

Hope this helps the NWO

Thoughtrs on Freemasonry

Secret? Not really. Information on Freemasons can be found in nearly every library, and certainly on-line. If they were truly a "secret society", they'd have to change their passwords every few days.

Unfortunately, our fathers, uncles, brothers at one time thought they could not say ANYTHING about freemasonry, but in reality, all the lectures and many parts of the fraternity activities are written, so they can be discussed openly. Its really only information concerning voting on new applicants and opening and closing the Lodge that is not openly discussed.

As far as silly names, hats, etc., those are in fraternal associations one may think as being graduates from the principal and essential bedrock of Freemasonry, the Blue Lodge.

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