Submitted by Terence Blackett
“A Personal Christian View Regarding Freemasonry”
The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek, therefore, not to find out Who You Are, seek to determine Who You Want to Become.
– Ancient Script
I believe many Freemasons are deceived. This path for many is a way into secret societies where initiation, rites and ceremonies brings with it social prestige and standing amongst your peers and contemporaries. However, the question must be asked, what is Freemasonry? What are their beliefs? Are those beliefs compatible with our Christian ethos and values? And can we continue to turn a blind eye to what could be a fatal flaw of judgment?
As a former British colony and protectorate, Barbados came under Masonic influence in 1740 when the Provincial Grand Lodge of Barbados was founded in that same year. So for almost 270 years Freemasonry has been embedded on our shores as a rite of passage for the upwardly mobile in our small society.
In the book ‘The Illustrious Manly P. Hall’ probably ‘Masonry’s Greatest Philosopher’, says that “the world is a far better place because of Manly Palmer Hall, and we are better persons for having known him and his work”. The said Manly P. Hall states that, “Freemasonry is a fraternity within a fraternity…an outer organization concealing an inner brotherhood of the elect” …
What do these statements mean in context?
Let us turn to the definitive Masonic author, writing in the book, “Morals and Dogma”, which is the training manual for each of the 33 degrees of Freemasonry. This is the man to who much praise and adulation has been given by subsequent Masonic authors. His name is Albert Pike. He is the man whose large statute graces the Masonic Temple in Washington, D.C.; Pike is the man lauded by Kessinger Occult & Freemason Publisher as saying, “if you want to understand Freemasonry, you must understand Albert Pike”.
Many well-meaning men are members of this visible freemasonry society with no knowledge whatsoever of the inner workings of the invisible society. In fact, Albert Pike had some things to say about the brethren in the visible society. This is what he says: “Masonry, like all the Religions, all the Mysteries, Hermeticism, and Alchemy, conceals its secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be mislead; to conceal the Truth, which it calls light, and draw them away from it.” [Morals and Dogma, p. 104-5, 3rd Degree]
Did you hear these key words from Albert Pike? Masonry is a religion after all, after the order of the Satanic Mysteries, the equally Satanic Hermetic Philosophy, and Alchemy! Masonry conceals its secrets from the brethren in the outer visible society, no matter their rank; only the Elect in the inner invisible society ever know the truth. The poor brethren in the visible society are spoon-fed “false explanations and misinterpretations” of its symbols”; and for what reason? So that those poor guys in the visible society “deserve only to be mislead”.
Pike then completes his instructions to intentionally mislead those members of the visible society, by saying: “So Masonry jealously conceals its secrets and intentionally leads conceited interpreters astray.” [Ibid. p. 105]
If a man were known to revere Jesus Christ in the beginning of his membership within Masonry, he would be immediately shunted into the visible society, and would never, ever learn the truth. You would never be considered an Adept, or a Sage, or one of the Elect, for those terms are reserved for the members of the “invisible society”. You would be one of those who were deliberately lied to about the doctrines of Masonry, and given deliberate misinterpretations of its symbols, so that you would merely THINK you knew the truth.
Members of the visible society are referred to as the ‘masses’, and you do comprise 95% of all Masons. Listen to what Pike says about telling the truth of the organization to the ‘masses’: “A Spirit”, he said, “that loves wisdom and contemplates the Truth close at hand, is forced to disguise it, to induce the multitudes [that is you] to accept it … Fictions are necessary to the people, and the “Truth” becomes deadly to those who are not strong enough to contemplate it in all its brilliance.” [Morals and Dogma, p. 103, 3rd Degree; (Emphasis supplied are mine)]
If a person is not capable of accepting the Truth that inner-core, invisible Freemasonry really worships and serves Satan, and then such truth would become “deadly” to you. Therefore, “fictions are necessary” so visible Masons would not be so devastated that they would leave Freemasonry and expose its inner secrets.
A book written ten years ago also speaks of these two organizations. David Ovason, a noted astrologer, has written a book published in 1999, entitled, “The Secret Architecture of our Nation’s Capital: The Masons and the Building of Washington, D.C”, and New Age author, Bill Cooper book “Behold A Pale Horse”.
So let us hear what Albert Pike says about Freemasonry and also what he says about Christianity. Albert Pike states that “the Apocalypse is, to those who receive the 19th Degree, the Apotheosis of that Sublime Faith which aspires to God alone, and despises all the pomps and works of Lucifer.”
In other words, “that mean old dirty God, the equal but opposite of Satan, despises all the pomps and works of Lucifer”. On page 567 of Morals and Dogma, Pike states that, while Satan created this world, the soul of man emanated from God, thus setting up a very long conflict between God and Satan.
Then, Pike launches into a defiant and glorious defense of Lucifer, by saying: “Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual or selfish souls? Doubt it not! For traditions are full of Divine Revelations and Inspirations: and Inspiration is not of one Age or of one Creed. Plato and Philo also, were inspired.” [Morals and Dogma, p. 321; Lucifer similarly glorified on page 567]
Right here, Masonry is proven to be NON-Christian, as Jesus said so emphatically: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.” [John 14:6] You cannot believe other religions are as valid as Christianity based on this statement of fact and still think you are a Christian; on the other hand, you can certainly “think” you are a Christian, but whether you get into Heaven depends upon whether the Lord Jesus Christ recognizes you as His own. Either way, Jesus’ words are either the Ultimate Truth or the ultimate lie – we must choose!
In the Bible, the Word of God tells us in 2 John 1:7 that “many deceivers (false prophets) are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. (KJV)
Whatever our belief structure on this matter – one thing is indivisibly clear and that is – Freemasonry and “Biblical Christianity” are wholly synergistically opposed to one another both in terms of aporia, or apophthegm, and in sententious utterance.
We must choose where we want to stand!!!
109 responses to “Why A Temple On The Hill Of St. George: “Masons” – Friends Or Foes? – Part I”
There are too many persons who feel that the knowledge they get as members of lodges is all that they need. Suck knowledge might get you a job and promotions and the correct nod, wink and handshake might win you friends locally and internationally.
If you do not have real skills in areas such as engineering, accounting, agriculture, economics, sociology,etc you will never solve the problems confronting the society and economy.
@TMB
All religions without exception are based on a particular structure and follow simple rules of thumb. For example, leadership is revered when it is shrouded in a certain mystery or mystic; even magic.
Then there is the use of symbols as a means of identity or to identify (Standard or Flag or coat of arms) and ritual in the observance of rites (rights); even privileges. Therefore the ruler can do anything and get away with it; the idea of the “Divine Right of Kings”.
Even today, politicians utilise these little mechanisms which capture the imagination of the masses; colour to identify party and in some cases a logo. Promises to get things done that were not done before; we talk about the genius of our PMs over the years and say that we were blessed to have such good men. Then there is the notion of “Primus Inter Pares”; I mean, if you are blessed or divine, you would have to be above the rest. One can say that the more things change the more they remain the same.
It has long been accepted that these are the things that capture men’s imaginations and to this extent, men have played on the minds of other men, making themselves mystic and pushing up their status among men.
However, I really want to talk about Lucifer. We ought to re-examine the propaganda about Lucifer, later dubbed Satan and to my mind, wrongly accused of being a demon; much the same way that the cold war allowed the two sides to demonise one another among their respective populations.
What gave me a better understanding of Lucifer was the Forgotten Books of Eden. Amidst all the colourful language about Satan, what caught me was his words in this verse:
“For in our world we have no God; but we all are gods; we all are of the light, heavenly, powerful, strong and glorious.”
Now juxtaposed with this is the Egyptian story of the war in heaven between satan and god. The bible has it that god threw satan out of heaven, but was it really that easy? Other peoples spoke of a war in heaven including the Mayans.
The story related that every angel was called to arms against satan and they had left the earth to engage in the war.
Another curious thing was the name Lucifer meaning light, yet referred to as darkness and he was stigmatised and demonised by the use of the word satan.
I must say that this was one of my most compelling leads in my early search and one of the principles I have learned is that we are socialised in apposition to the reality.
Therefore, this quote from you above is very relevant to the structure of religion:
“…Fictions are necessary to the people, and the “Truth” becomes deadly to those who are not strong enough to contemplate it in all its brilliance.”
Freemasonry, the brotherhood, was
infiltrated by the Killuminati!
@ TB
“The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek, therefore, not to find out Who You Are, seek to determine Who You Want to Become.”
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I would really like to know where you got that quote. That is much too profound to be anything but inspired.
…life is indeed a process of creation… but Bush Tea’s theory is well documented…..
On the matter of the St George Temple, I do not expect a lot of comment. ….mashing too many corns.
The lodge mentality is one of the main barriers to national productivity and is the cause of many square pegs in round holes, and of many ‘strange goings on’ in court, business, banking even in the church….
It is clearly the satanic counter to the true church. The ‘rewards’ are reminiscent of the time of Jesus’s temptations when he was offered many worldly things….
Obviously large numbers of Bajans do not have the discipline (or wisdom) to say ‘get thee behind me…’
The BU household has good information to stand by the comment that our judiciary is riddled with men who belong to the Lodge. Is it unreasonable for a fraternity to depart from certain behaviours when confronted in other spheres of endeavour?
As a former member of the Order of Mechanics, I can say that the organization that I was part of was a society of friends who sought to become better people through our associations with one another. Its watchwords were fellowship, integrity, and good citizenship.
“…Brethren of our friendly order
Honor to her court invites”
I do however agree with Bush Tea on how it is used in Barbados. I think that England had a problem with wide spread patronage in the corporate sector and with in government that it might have led to legislation to curtail the practices.
Namaste Terence.
I never saw nor practice freemasonary as a religion, although many Christian ideas and ideals are important to Masons. It is what we call a fraternal order, whose basic tenets are brotherly love and relief.
I do not know of the hermetic philosophy never saw anything pertaining to or reference as such in my “monitors”. However I have heard of the Heramic legend, one of many legends in Freemasonary.
I have never had much respect for the only 3 masons I knew when I was growing up. Maybe there are better masons out there but I haven’t met them yet.
One had a wife and several children; and an outside woman and even more children. Nothing so unusual about that in 1950’s Barbados; except that the mason father never acknowledged his outside children even though the the outside family lived in the next gap. Even when one of the children of the outside woman died the mason father did not attend his own child’s funeral.
The other mason, poor soul, could not even manage his own household. His wife put a monster horn on him and gave birth to a child (not his) even while being married to him.
The 3rd mason abandoned his girlfriend and 2 children and moved to England (again nothing so unusual about that in 195o’s Barbados); then in England married father 2 other children, and abandoned those also; then married a Jamaican woman who had already abandoned her 7 children in Jamaica. Maybe the 2 of them deserved each other.
So no I have not been impressed by the free-masons I have known.
Maybe there are are free-masons who are good fathers to ALL their children.
Maybe there are free-masons in good loving marriages.
If so they should cease hiding in the shadows and come into the light.
Because let me tell you some mason that I have known do nothing but give the organization a bad name.
Oh and I never did get the nonsense about dressing up in a wool jacket and tie to go to in meeting in the heat and humidity of Barbados. I mean how can intelligent grown men SLAVE-ishly follow ye olde English custom and expect to gain bright young members?
My guess is that the lodges are dying.
In some jurisdictions the rules are simple and lead to transparency eg the UK:
“Reasons which lead a judge to excuse himself or herself from judging a case include:
* Friendship with or animosity towards one of the non-legal parties in the case ( although simply knowing them does not count as bias)
* Financial interest
* Family relationships to anyone involved in the case.
It is inevitable that some judges will belong to the Freemasons. However, the oath given by the judges on appointment – ” I will do right to all manner of people after the laws and usages of this Realm, without fear or favour, affection or ill-will ensures that the judge explicitly acknowledges that he or she is primarily accountable to the law which he or she must administer. There is no question that membership of the Freemasons would have any effect whatsoever on the outcome of a case.
Since 1998 anyone offered a full or part-time salaried judicial appointment for the first time has also been asked as a condition of appointment whether he or she belongs to the Freemasons and, if not, that he or she notifies the Lord Chancellor in the event that he or she subsequently joins them.”
The same applies to Magistrates.
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_sociopol_brotherhoodsecretsocieties.htm#Books_-_Treaties
More to come.
Yardbroom, point read and taken, BUT you rely that the oath will be followed dutifully, by a human, correct?
I am not making allegations or casting aspersions, but merely stating the obvious, in response.
Maybe similar oaths are taken in Freemasonry, so which one takes precedence?
Just being devil’s advocate, of course (No pun intended).
Generally however, membership of such organisations should be disclosed wherever there can be a situation, where a decision can impact daily life, say, awarding a contract.
It is not enough to say, that ‘we are clean’, you are also human.
Peace
@Yardbroom
If you can you can please go further to cite any instances how allegiance to a job was compromised by being a Freemason.
In Barbados given our small size and also our proclivity to operate based on status on class, we can only shudder at the opportunities to…
“Did you hear these key words from Albert Pike? Masonry is a religion after all, after the order of the Satanic Mysteries, the equally Satanic Hermetic Philosophy, and Alchemy!”
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TB,
If you read Pike’s words carefully, it is difficult to draw that conclusion. He is saying that Masonry, like religion, conceals its secrets from conceited interpreters… a popular religious example would be “Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.” Are there ‘Masons’ who don’t fully understand the origin and meaning of some of their symbols and practices? Yes, just as there are many ‘Christians’ who don’t fully understand theirs. Does sharing this trait in common with religion make Masonry a religion? No.
Religions claim to offer their members a path to salvation. Masonry does not make this claim.
You would be on better ground if you focused on issues of cronyism and corruption that potentially arise out of membership in such organisations, rather than make illogical claims based on poorly researched information.
@MME
Good comparison?
Is it not true the Bible has language which emanate from a period which would naturally confuse ordinary folks i.e.Shakespearean verse?
The Freemasons on the other hand…
@Bush Tea
I would really like to know where you got that quote. That is much too profound to be anything but inspired
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“The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek therefore, not to find out Who You Are, but seek to determine Who You Want to Be.”
— Neale Donald Walsch
@Micro Mock Engineer
” Masonry does not make this claim… You would be on better ground if you focused on issues of cronyism and corruption that potentially arise out of membership in such organizations, rather than make illogical claims based on poorly researched information….”
My question to you is this –
WHY ARE YOU DEFENDING FREEMASONRY?
Is someone standing on your toes?
Here’s some homework for you seeing that the “BASIC” information written by “PIKE” himself which is open to analysis has NOT* been done justice according to you – maybe the below link which will provide you will all the research material you will need to form a solid, intellectual conclusion…
Don’t forget knowledge does cost something!!!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0910311544/qid=1070949074/sr=1-13/ref=sr_1_13/102-7854250-0400153?v=glance&s=books
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060931841/ref=pd_sim_books_5/102-7854250-0400153?v=glance&s=books
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0910311641/ref=pd_sim_books_1/102-7854250-0400153?v=glance&s=books
Under the Sign of the Scorpion by:
Juri Lina published by Referent Publishing, Stockholm: ISBN 91-972897-1-X
Have a look at books that few will ever read HERE* at one of the most controversial websites in the USA:-
http://www.midnight-emissary.com/illum.htm
If you are still not satisfied – then there is PART 2 of the above article…
Blessings!!!
How boring life would be without a dash of conspiracy theory to spice things up!
@ CHRISTOPHER HALSALL
“Namaste”….
So you are doing an AL GORE, my friend?
Hope u r well?
Sorry about the tone of the article but I have been discussing with Pastor S. Moore – a personal friend and colleague the colossus which stands “Positioned” [on] the heart of Barbados.
The question I posed to the goodly Pastor* was – “are you aware that the geographical and physical building of the temple there in St. George is by no means an accident, or by chance – but a carefully laid out mathematical formula based on the science of longitude and latitude positioning along a specific line of parallel based on the mystical tenets of “FREEMASONRY”???
Just as the major government buildings in Washington DC and other major cities of the US have strategic occultic prominence – so does the temple there in Barbados…
Just as the Temple of Diana during its heyday, (31AD – 100AD) covered 130 x 60 yards. Each of the Temple of Diana’s 127 massive ionic columns were 60 feet tall.
Deemed one of the seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Temple of Diana was 4 times larger than the Parthenon in Athens.
The Temple of Diana actually started as the Temple of Artemis, the Greek goddess.
By the 1st century AD, however, Romans ruled Ephesus and substituted their goddess Diana for Artemis.
The substitution of Diana appears to have been fine with Ephesus’ silversmiths as long as they could continue to peddle miniature copies of the Temple of Diana / Artemis.
Their profit margin appears to have been squeezed, however, when Paul came to Ephesus and preached against idolatry:
“And about that time there arose a great commotion about the Way. For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no small profit to the craftsmen. He called them together with the workers of similar occupation, and said: “Men, you know that we have our prosperity by this trade. Moreover you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands. So not only is this trade of ours in danger of falling into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Diana may be despised and her magnificence destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship.” Now when they heard this, they were full of wrath and cried out, saying, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!”” (Acts 19:23-28)
So right down through historical antiquity, one finds a paralleled world of pagan idolatry, a satanic schism based on a fundamental hermetic philosophy that says we ought to be worshiping LUCIFER* and his false, diabolical world system as against a TRUE CREATOR* who has been bridled with all the blame, rancor and malfeasance that any created being can throw at HIM*…
@ Anonymous
“How boring life would be without a dash of conspiracy theory to spice things up!”
When George Orwell wrote “Animal Farm & then 1984 what was the reaction to his theses?
Though Animal Farm depicts a Utopian dream slipping away, Orwell’s does a better job with 1984, where he plunges us headlong into the anti-utopia of totalitarianism. 1984 champions the individual who battles for his sanity against an overwhelmingly powerful state…
Do many today fear that Orwell was right all along? Is BIG BRUV* dictating too much of our lives? And what about the ongoing infringements on our civil liberties based on pseudo notions of global protection, terrorism and the like?
C’mon guys – people do conspire… Probably about as often as we all perspire. The problem comes with the fact that those who do, for obvious reasons, do their best to conceal any and all evidence, plant decoys and false leads, to mislead, create subterfuge and embellish denial.
According to one of cyber colleagues -“denial is powerful. People in the grips of denial don’t even realize how irrational they appear to others. They will also attack you simply for posing questions…”
“Executive Order 12631–Working Group on Financial Markets, is part of the public record and can be found at the National Archives.”
“This executive order established the Plunge Protection Team as well as procedures for its operation and funding. Please watch the CNBC clip below.”
“Incredibly, even though the existence of the PPT is documented in the public record, the CNBC talking heads try to make the existence of the PPT a ‘conspiracy theory’.”
“This attitude of crushing anyone who thinks logically outside the box of accepted mainstream media reality is very disturbing to me. (Listen closely for the disingenuous cackling in the background, meant to ridicule and discredit their very astute guest Scott Nations, President of Fortress Trading in Chicago.)” ref:Rapidcity Journal
It’s time to wake up folks…
@Micro Mock Engineer
” Masonry does not make this claim… You would be on better ground if you focused on issues of cronyism and corruption that potentially arise out of membership in such organizations, rather than make illogical claims based on poorly researched information….”
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I agree with you MME. My sojourn in the Lodge was good for the most part. It reinforce many practices that my parents, school, and the church had taught me. One of which is to put my heart in my hands, in other words to do all my good deeds from the heart.
J also touches on some of my experiences as well. The Lodge like any other organization that is made up of humans, will be as strong or weak as it’s members.
For starters there is nothing evil nor satanic about Alchemy nor the teaching of Thoth[called Hermes by the invading Greeks]. Thoth was the Black Master Scribe, the same Black being from whom we derive the word THOUGHT. Alchemy is the science practised by our Black Ancestors.
However, getting back to that infiltration of the Masons by the illuminati, we must go back to the Original Source of all this Knowledge.
Our Black Ankhcestors, the Original Masters of the Universe possessed an innate intelligence and by xtension knowledge which equaled 360′..the complete circle. The Black Man’s abilities were developed in the Mystery Schools of Ancient Egypt [Khmet]. But sadly when the marauding Greeks invaded and ransacked Khmet, they destroyed a lot of this Knowledge, but not before they deceived some of the Ancients into letting them in on some of the secrets. They then took this back to Europe with them.
But whitey in his limited compartmentalised brain was unable to fuse the science, hence the secrets and was only able to attain 33 degrees of that ‘knowledge.’ So go figure who is the MAN!
The original Freemasons were a brotherhood which worshipped a God whom they called the Great Architect of the Universe, hence their symbol of a compass and a square. But as usual, with everything else, when certain people get their hands on anything they pervert and corrupt it and that’s what has happened with Freemasonry.
Then along came Adam Weishaupt [a `jew’] and founder of this modern-day Illuminati and infiltrated the Masons. Weishaupt stated that…
“The great strength of our order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.”
He also stated that
“None is fitter that the 3 lower degrees of Freemasonry, the public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it. The purpose of the Order is to RULE the world. To achieve this it is necessary for the Order to destroy all religion, overthrow all governments and abolish private property.”
And that’s exactly what we are facing today.
So, my frienenemies, there you have the filthy stench of the rotting, maggot-infested corpse that is polluting and destroying the world today.
Black Brothers and Sister, don’t be deceived into believing that because you were `educated’ at some highfalluting, euro-centric institution or achieved some degree in academia, that you have KNOWLEDGE. What you have is western indoctrination. What small degree of `REAL KNOWLEDGE’ the invaders were able to attain is kept out of circulation.
What we see here is nothing compared to the `Adepts and Sages’ our Ancient foreparents. They were able to attain the full circle of 360* as opposed to Pike’s mere 33*
Look at the Vatican. Its the smallest and most independent state within a state that is heavily fortified. Here they possess some of the Black Man’s Blue Prints – his knowledge as well as his wealth. All that security is not there to protect God.
In the Masonic halls there is the North Corner and the East Corner. The North represents darkness and the East represent light. Now on this earth today, which people are from the East and which people are from the North?
So to have REAL KNOWLEDGE we must return to the Original Source, to Our BLACK ANKHCESTORS!
So when you see these little buffons like Barat and his ilk, masquerading with some illusion of power it is just a SHAM. They control nothing. Just like those `little boys’ there in Barbados [whose loyalty is with some semi-secret org, which affords them a few privileges] who deceive, corrupt and oppress the society with lies and distortions, simply because they too have that illusion of power and will do anything to maintain it.
But its all an illusion.
“The lips of Wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding.”
The Lodge has some good teachings. All organisations must have some good teachings, how will they capture adherents if they taught 100% falsehood?
However, for the most part, lodges are used as a MEANS TO CLIMB THE SOCIAL LADDER-BY WHATEVER MEANS POSSIBLE!
I tend to agee with J in part.
Many lodge members (not all) do injustice to their organisation by their life styles.
These bastards are corrupt to the core..just for profit look how they outlawed Marijuana just so they can make millions in every aspect of life..scumbags..all of them.
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@ Rumplestilskin
The point you made is quite fair to be human is to err and, that includes those who are and are not Freemasons.
I mentioned the UK not because they are better people than us but because of the transparency there. Barbados because of its size needs Judges and Magistrates who are beyond reproach and the level of integrity needed here is even higher because of our size…I am not suggesting they are not I have no “evidence” of that.
@ David
The problem in Barbados is the social network of Judges and Magistrates, because of size they will encounter people and interact with some having met them at a social event…that is the danger…integrity should then kick in, if it does not the wrong person has been appointed.
To the specific point you made, it is when the Judge or Magistrate tries to convince himself or others – despite the evidence – that the person before him being one of “his own” would not have committed what he has been charged with.
The position comes with great responsibility, thus the integrity needed is of a very high order. Indeed some brilliant people in many other spheres are not suited to it.
All i hope is that the few faggots that join to make their lives better here in Barbados realise that the white boys don’t give 2 f***s about none of you and they are just using you to keep the population towing the sheep line,that is why some will prosper and some will suffer but the real winners will be the Elites who have their pawns worldwide,so don’t be fooled with a few trinkets or be like a rabbit with a carrot dangling in front of it LOL.
@Yardbroom
“Barbados because of its size needs Judges and Magistrates who are beyond reproach and the level of integrity needed here is even higher because of our size…”
Point well taken my friend – but we all accept the fact that when a fellow lodge member is to be prosecuted for a crime (white collar or not) often times it will never reach the court room…
When it does happen – the case is dismissed on some savvy legal technicality based on some back scratching and back-room dealing…
This is the morbid underworld of secret societies…
@HOPI
“Just like those `little boys’ there in Barbados [whose loyalty is with some semi-secret org, which affords them a few privileges] who deceive, corrupt and oppress the society with lies and distortions, simply because they too have that illusion of power and will do anything to maintain it…”
Hopi – regardless of how you “SPIN” the historical record – somethings can’t be changed or altered…
The whole ethos of “FREEMASONRY” is an antithesis to the pure teaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ or to the founding values of the Christian faith…
Here are some resources that would help:-
(1) ADAM WEISHAUPT: A HUMAN DEVIL by Gerald Winrod. Study of the founder of Illuminism in Bavaria, circa 1776.
(2) CHARACTER, CLAIMS & PRACTICAL WORKINGS OF FREEMASONRY by Charles Finney. A minister sounds a warning regarding the tomfoolery of Freemasonry, revealing the need for repentance, and a return to the precept of Jesus Christ.
(3) FREEMASONRY (An Interpretation) by Martin L. Wagner. 563 pages of Masonic practices show it to be an ecumenical RELIGION (at least in the “accepted” lodges), antithetical to true, first century Christianity.
(4) FRENCH REVOLUTION by Nesta Webster. They cried “Liberty, equality, fraternity…” in the streets of Paris. What they discovered was slavery, enmity, monotony, intrigue and murder. Read the real story behind the event which launched “Democracy” as a political concept in Western Europe and North America.
(5) GNOSTIC EMPIRE STRIKES BACK by Peter Jones. A childhood chum of former Beatles John Lennon, now a Christian, reveals his first-hand experiences with gnosticism and occultism.
(6) HIDDEN POWER BEHIND FREEMASONRY by Jack Mohr. A rebuke of the hidden hand in world politics. The author, a decorated Korean War veteran, shows not only WHO is behind Freemasonry today, but for what purpose. Well-illustrated, including a map showing the Masonic design of US Capitol!
(7) ILLUSTRATIONS OF MASONRY (Freemasonry Exposed) by Capt. William Morgan. Written by “one of the fraternity,” this gives one a glimpse behind the lodge door: signs, grips, passwords, blood oaths, etc.
(8) LIGHT BEARERS OF DARKNESS by Inquire Within (Miss Stoddard). Political intrigue behind the lodge doors.
(9) LURE OF THE CULTS by Ronald Enroth. Why cults attract the unwary and the unprincipled. Learn what you can do to stop this trend.
(10) MASONIC RITES AND WRONGS by Steven Tsoukalas. Research and testimony concerning Freemasonry: the Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite, Council of Kadosh, the Consistory, masonic burials, and much more. Well-documented. Bibliography.
(11) MYSTERY OF FREEMASONRY REVEALED by Caro Rodriguez (Cardinal of Chile). Reference work on the deceits and manipulations of Freemasonry in its undermining of Christian civilization.
(12) OCCULT THEOCRASY by Lady Queensborough. A 740-page treasury of knowledge on the mysteries of Freemasonry. Indexed.
(13) PLANNED DECEPTION (Revised) by Constance Cumbey. Exposes the forces behind the New Age plans for their “messiah”.
(14) SECRET SOCIETIES AND SUBVERSIVE MOVEMENTS by Nesta Webster. Covers all the important movements in history, such as the Knights Templar, Illuminism, Cabalism, Golden Circle, and how they work toward a common goal, another Babylonian “tower,” enshrining Man as God.
(15) SHOULD A CHRISTIAN BE A MASON? By E.M. Storm. With a foreword by former 33rd degree Mason, the Rev. Jim Shaw, this powerful little book exposes the false egalitarianism of Masonry. Includes a famous sermon on the subject by Dr. A.J. McClain, founder of Grace Theological Seminary. A great gift for a friend considering (or having already) joining a lodge.
(16) TEXE MARR’S BOOK OF NEW AGE CULTS & RELIGIONS by Texe Marrs. Though we don’t always agree with Texe, this is a good reference book on the numerous cults and religious sects springing up around the rotting corpse of “Judeo-Christianity”. Don’t be fooled by terms and theologies…look them up, and check them out!
(17) TRAIL OF THE SERPENT by Inquire Within (Miss Stoddard).
(18) WORLD ORDER, THE (Updated Election Edition) by Eustace Mullins. A comprehensive examination of secret societies down through the ages.
(19) WORLD REVOLUTION by Nesta Webster. Subtitled The Plot Against Civilization, this book traces conspiracies for a secular humanist global government from Bavarian Illuminism, through the Bolshevik Revolution.
Any of these resource material can be had for a few bucks…
@TB, I concur completely with your submission on the Masonic Order (Lodge) and the source(s) you reference.
I do, however, not agree with your captioned quote from ‘Ancient Script’ as its choice of words, somehow have a ring that’s not biblical!
Otherwise, everything else you posted is entirely correct. And I speak as a someone who ‘knows’ from having been there.
No LIE, or deception of any kind, is more dangerous and deadly, than when it is ‘couched’ ‘veneered’ and ‘presented’ in some degree of plausibility, exactly what emanates from within the ‘Order’ or for that matter, other false religions!
A LIE always has to get a ‘piggyback’ ride of some truth, in order to gain any momentum.
Do continue your expose’ on this subject matter, most welcomed!
@ZOE
Thank you… I appreciate your comments and take on board your admonitions…
@TB…….For you to quote me and then call that SPIN is dishonest. What am I spinning? The original precepts of Freemasonry were contaminated when the invaders got a hold of it. They have perverted it. And don’t even try to compare the Knowledge of the Ancients with some gospel in a whitewashed book called the Bible. First find out where those who gave you that Bible got some of their knowings from. And then we can talk about SPIN!
@HOPI
“For you to quote me and then call that SPIN is dishonest….”The original precepts of Freemasonry were contaminated when the invaders got a hold of it. They have perverted it….And don’t even try to compare the Knowledge of the Ancients…”
Well you are entitled to your opinion and so am I, with all due respect…
We do NOT* have to agree…
You continue t0 use the term “KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENTS”… Are referencing “post” or “pre” Egyptological periods?
If you are speaking in regards to the period before what we term as the EGYPTOLOGY period – then where is your evidence?
The BIBLE which you “DISCOUNT” flagrantly speaks clearly of this period in very certain terms – proof being the artifacts of the DEAD SEA SCROLLS and basic info which I have seen with my own eyes in the British Library and in the Shrine of the Book at the Israeli Museum in Jerusalem…
Most archeologists, paleontologists, and ancients artifact researchers can agree on the authenticity of the written record and the ancient finds – but it is of no real use to ask my BAJAN* brothers to get on a plane or maybe several planes and come do some SERIOUS* research instead of sitting behind their computers and coughing up all kinds of weird and wonderful theories which has no real bearing either in (SCIENCE*) or within the discipline of Biblical history…
It is EASY* to say “I DON’T BELIEVE”…
It is much more difficult to say with an OPEN MIND – let me do a scientific as well as a philosophical investigation of what men are claiming is TRUTH for myself…
BY GOD – I have for the last 40 years been doing just that – to discover the more I think I know – the more I am yet to have revealed …
But in the wise words of that great king Solomon – with much study, the reading of much books comes a weariness of the mind (Ecc. 12:12)…
My question to you is:-
“WHO IS THE ANCIENT OF DAYS?”
Who possesses the ultimate knowledge of the Ancient of Days?
Is your “ancient” and mine one and the same or is there a conceptual rift in knowledge here???
Where are these persons who possess the knowledge you speak of and how has it changed the world our for better?
SIMPLE questions!!!
@Yardbroom, ‘The problem in Barbados is the social network of Judges and Magistrates, because of size they will encounter people and interact with some having met them at a social event…that is the danger…integrity should then kick in, if it does not the wrong person has been appointed.’ This sort of incidence is not unique to Barbados. It could even be less of an issue in a place that is small, and therefore ‘misdeeds’ more obvious. The same is true of any ‘select’ group who may then become powerful: Oxbridge/Etonians in the UK (see Parliament, finance and industry); Ivy Leaguers in the USA (see Obama and the Harvard connection, as a recent instance and now with the race issue for added spice); ENA-rques in France (pillars of politics, industry, finance; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_nationale_d%27administration, for a quick tour); ‘family’ connections (Sicilian Mafia); ‘triads’; ‘gangs’; etc.
Your argument almost suggests that the need for integrity is inversely related to national size, if read a certain way, which could not possibly make sense.
@ Rickey George
My reference to size: If two fleas are in a timble the chances of them bumping into each other are greater than if they are in a cricket stadium…but I could be wrong I contend – in this context – that size does matter.
As regards select groups Oxbridge/Etonians I vy Leaguers in the USA, yes connections do matter. However, Judges and Magistrates are in a “unique” position as the decisions they make are on the societal range – all the people – even on the Oxbridge/Etonians and Ivy Leaguers…that is just my opinion it is possible you are right – you have taken a view on how to read my premise- I will now rest my case.
@YARDBROOM
“If two fleas are in a thimble the chances of them bumping into each other are greater than if they are in a cricket stadium…but I could be wrong I contend – in this context – that size does matter…”
LOL…. POWERFUL statement!!!
Permit me, to have electronic use of your words… reference will be duly noted!!!
Tough!!!
The world can be a small place. I have found it incredible that the mentor of the second female US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was Josef Korbel. He happened to also be the father of Madeleine Albright , the first female Secretary of State and that Rice was Bush’s appointee while Albright was Clinton’s adds to my amazement. To give the conspiracy buffs a kick, Kordel was a Czech and Jewish.
@TB…………The Ancients of whom I speak are not Arabian. They are the BLACK ANKHCESTORS from the land of Khemet.
Since you saw the` Dead Sea Scrolls’ with your own two eyes, what did they say?
Name one weird theory that Hopi coughed up on this thread!
In any of my logs on this particular thread, did I ever say that I believe or don’t believe?
“It is much more difficult to say with an OPEN MIND – let me do a scientific as well as a philosophical investigation of what men are claiming is TRUTH for myself…” Was that so difficult for you?
And after 40 years of research what is this great TRUTH that you have concluded?
Your ancients and mine are NOT the same.
I told you earlier that the persons who possessed this KNOWLEDGE were murdered and deracinated by the marauding europain invaders. And had the knowledge that they possessed been in practise today, there would be no need to CHANGE the world for the better. But it was all corrupted, bastardized and prostituted by the euro-marauders.
Now you can go study that and come back and it will not take you 40 years.
@Anony……This is exactly how most of this planet is run. By shit all made-up to bamboozle the sheep but when you remove the make-up all you see are maggots feasting on carrion and force-feeding the sheeple, who are more than too damn happy to bloat their bowels and go back for seconds.
@ Terence M. Blackett
Given.
Yardbroom
@ David
“Is it not true the Bible has language which emanate from a period which would naturally confuse ordinary folks i.e.Shakespearean verse? The Freemasons on the other hand…”
Why didn’t you finish the sentence David? What period does Freemasonry symbolism and allegory emanate from?
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@TB
“WHY ARE YOU DEFENDING FREEMASONRY?”
I am not defending freemasonry… I am defending reason and critical thought. You could post links to 100 books, and your interpretation of Pike’s quotation would still be illogical. For example, if I said politics, like religion, only breeds hatred and ignorance of the truth, would that make politics a religion?
Secret fraternities present many potential problems, particularly in small societies, but you lose credibility when you abandon critical thought and make illogical arguments.
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@Zoe
“And I speak as a someone who ‘knows’ from having been there.”
… or, maybe you are just a ‘conceited interpreter’. LOL
@Hopi
“The Ancients of whom I speak are not Arabian… Name one weird theory that Hopi coughed up on this thread!”
This discourse has now become lost in translation…
I am fully aware of your symbiotic reference to the Kemetic Historical records…
That is the reason why I asked for the plank of history upon which you stood – “Pre” or “Post” Egyptology…
That hasn’t been answered in the affirmative!!!
For one, if you know your history well – kemetic philosophy believes that “blackness” laid the foundation stones for modern theology – a journey back to where all civilizations began where African scholars attempt to engage and research what was stolen and lost from “The Original Africans.”
These efforts are all done in the “Spirit of Sankofa” an Akran word meaning…to go back and retrieve that which was lost…
HOPI – you have your beliefs in this area, so does many of my Ghanaian, Nigerian, Botswanan, Ethi0pian, Sudanese, Eritrean and other brothers in the faith who hold even more radical and off the wall views of their history…
Suffice it to say – “to each his own”…
I have NOT* been convinced by the arguments – historically, metaphysically or genealogically where my brothers are claiming a 10,000 year KEMET* civilization ruled by the goddess (AUSET) Isis and all the fluff that goes with it…
But that a battle for another day…
Time to hit the sack, Jack…
Good nite and blessings on you HOPI***
@Micro Mock Engineer
“Secret fraternities present many potential problems, particularly in small societies, but you lose credibility when you abandon critical thought and make illogical arguments….”
It would be very interesting for you to elucidate and enlighten the BU FAMILY* on the (and I quote) “potential problems caused by secret fraternities in small societies” …
Have those same problems not been existent in larger society and if NOT* so – why?
Final question:-
Are YOU* a MASON? Have you taken your journey to the East?
Goodnite folks!!!
Yardbroom // September 21, 2009 at 3:07 PM
@ Rickey George
My reference to size: If two fleas are in a timble the chances of them bumping into each other are greater than if they are in a cricket stadium…but I could be wrong I contend – in this context – that size does matter.
As regards select groups Oxbridge/Etonians I vy Leaguers in the USA, yes connections do matter. However, Judges and Magistrates are in a “unique” position as the decisions they make are on the societal range – all the people – even on the Oxbridge/Etonians and Ivy Leaguers…that is just my opinion it is possible you are right – you have taken a view on how to read my premise- I will now rest my case.
Your thimble reference is valid and part of the character of select groups is that they know in which thimble to be, even if it is inside a cricket stadium. Whether that is through codes or common interests that are developed over time, the effects are similar.
If you look at the groups I mention, each of them have significant societal impacts, often much more than the legal profession. They are often across all levels of decision making, not just the judicary, and some would say that if you can control all of the Estates then you are home and clear.
I’m not concerned to win a point but to show that your concerns are often just a given in the way most societies are ordered.
@TB……..Just make sure you fluff those pillows and don’t bring any back to this thread tomorrow.
Hotep!
@TB
“Have those same problems not been existent in larger society and if NOT* so – why?”
Wasn’t Yardbroom’s explanation on the impact a size of a society has on the potential problem clear enough for you?
“Are YOU* a MASON? Have you taken your journey to the East?”
(a) ‘Yes I am.’
(b) ‘No I’m not.’
Choose the answer that makes your interpretation of Pike’s statement logical.
@MME, Come on Bro’ answer TB’s question!
Are you a Mason?
Are you still in search of light?
Masons are in a never ending search of light!
“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I AM the LIGHT of the world, he that followeth Me, shall NOT walk in darkness, but shall have the LIGHT of LIFE.” (John 8: 12) emphasis added.
Hopi, Where you reside, there are no pillows to ‘fluff’ just flames of anguish, hatred, deceit, etc., etc., from the diabolical world of Satan and his Occultic fumes, rising from all that he deceived your Ankcestors with, and still continues to deceive across the face of the earth, with NO shade of colour exempt!
Is anyone willing to confront the lies in Christianity and all other established organised religions???
And do those lies water down or devalue the symbolism, the message and the way of life that they encourage?
WHAT IS FREEMASONARY?
“Freemasonary is a charitable, benevolent, educational and RELIGIOUS society…It is educational, in that it teaches by prescribed ceremonials a system of morality and brotherhood based upon the Sacred Law. It is religious in that the Volume of the Sacred Law (OT) is open upon its altars whenever a Lodge is in session; reverence for god is ever present in its ceremonial, and to its brethren are constantly addressed lessons of morality; yet it is not sectarian or theological.”
“To that end, it teaches and stands for the worship of God; truth and justice…”
(The Master Mason, Printed for the Lodges by THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND).
Having declared that “…it teaches and stands for the worship of God; truth and justice…”
At NO time is anyone allowed or permitted to offer a prayer in the name of The Lord Jesus Christ, as this would be offensive to the Jewish Mason, or the Muslim Mason, or the Hindu Mason, hence why a belief in ‘A’ god is required to be accepted in Masonary, BUT, this god is not defined in any way.
Yet, men of the Anglican and Methodist persuasion, were very active in Freemasonary in Barbados; including a former Dean of St. Michael’s Cathedral, as well as a former Canon in the Anglican church, (now deceased).
Freemasonary is absolutely incompatible with Christianity, the god of the Lodge is ‘Satan’ but, the majority of Masons do NOT realize nor understand this, the ritual is cleaverly worded, all glossed over in what appears to be so good, morally, philosophically, and even spiritually, for the express purpose of deceiving!
I KNOW what I am saying!
Man MME, I see that the men pull you out of hiding and administer some stiff licks …. looks like you have the keys to the place in St George LOL.
…no doubt peer pressure would have contributed to your induction…
Personally, Bush Tea does not see any real difference between the lodge and the so called ‘church’ …
Certainly in Barbados everyone knows that one joins the lodge if one hopes to ‘get through’ in life. Hardly anyone knows, researches, asks or even cares what the institution stands for, worships, means or is about…. as long as they are ‘looked after’ by the brethren…
..similarly, one joins the church if one wants to establish an air of ‘respectability’, If one is insecure and needs something to believe in, If one needs to establish a social network…. or if a teenager wants an excuse to meet the opposite sex without undue suspicion from parents. (likely GP’s scenario at Ch Ch – LOL)
Few if any of these ‘church people’ know, research, ask or even care what their institution stands for, worships, means or is about…. as long as their specific needs are achieved.
The true church – those who are pursuing the real objectives of our life experience as set out by the creator of the project- would represent a completely different situation.
Such would be focused on the ‘process of creation rather that on the process of discovery…’, on building character rather than accumulating the best that this life has to offer….. on the long term rather than this short temporary life..
It is amazing that so many persons just follow the crowd and accept the status quo, or accept not knowing or understanding such basic issues….
…on that point, I am still awaiting GP and Zoe to explain to the BU family why the creator would have created the devil….
If a brilliant professor like GP can accept not understanding such a basic issue, it is no wonder that the average man would accept the lodge at face value..