Because Freemasonry, by philosophy, is a woo-filled deist boys’ club who thinks they are more enlightened than the rest of the world simply because they believe in a more friendly, cosmopolitan woo. In action, this means that the Masons are nice guys. Philosophically, mythical crap is mythical crap.
I thought the first rule of fight club was “don’t talk about fight club.”
That is to say, my dad was a Mason, but all I ever learned about it was from the ring and the little initiation certificate or whatever it was. Maybe it was because he tended to eschew woo, and had grown disenchanted by the time I came along.
I’ll never know, because he never said anything about it.
Well, I am permitted to discuss the symbolism of out order, since the symbols aren’t secret, but things like modes of recognition, motions, and words MUST be kept secret. Think we’re the only ones with secrets? The Catholic Church has secrets, especially when they elect a new Pope. During the Conclave, The College of Cardinals are locked in the Sistine Chapel, and nobody know what goes on in there, all we know is that when they walk out, one of them is the new Pope.
Enough with this book already, It ludicrous to take that book seriously. This brother figure seem like a real jerkoff-artist. Ask him about Noahs Ark, that is a good test to see what caliber of an idiot he is. But you should probably stay away from the poor sod.
Humanafterall: you seem awfully proud to be a mason, why?
The whole thing is absurd. From the Christian perspective, you could read the Bible a million times and not get it. The Bible is the inspired word of God and you can only “get it” through faith. If the Holy Spirit isn’t in your “heart”, all the reading in the world isn’t going to get you there.
Even if you somehow achieved “complete” historical context, you still don’t “understand” the Bible.
Well, for me, it’s part family tradition, because my grandfather wanted it for me, and part because I wanted to be a part of something. that old human instinct to belong to something, you know?
That’s precisely the reason I refused when I was asked to attend by my father-in-law. I don’t like groupthink, I’m not a joiner, and human clannishness is destructive.