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SimonChris posted:http://freemasonsunited.online/ Don't think I'll be submitting my name and info to a random website on the Internet about Freemasons 
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A pretty fair article: http://www.break.com/article/20-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-freemasonry-3037478
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Jul 27, 2016 22:58
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We don't formally care about kinship one way or the other, although I'm sure plenty of Brothers would love to talk about it. You don't have to be related to a Mason to be one.
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Sep 28, 2016 15:10
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It doesn't count as cheating with the goat
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Sep 28, 2016 15:23
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They really weren't, it's been pretty open forever. I should do some research on when it changed, but my guess would be in the mid-19th century during the anti-Masonic fever. And then only until that nonsense passed.
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Sep 28, 2016 15:43
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Half naked, even
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Oct 3, 2016 14:26
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The completely historically accurate documentary National Treasure.
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Oct 14, 2016 12:41
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Rest in Peace, Bro. Glenn
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Dec 9, 2016 03:11
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Loomer posted:On the note of multiple candidates, that's one thing I sure as hell won't countenance in my Lodge I I ever take the chair. No one does the third degree from the sidelines. Yeah, I'm not a fan of it either. They do it a lot here, but not where I was raised. It was jarring when I first saw it, and I feel like it takes away from the experience.
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Dec 14, 2016 13:37
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Old Dirty Cumburgs posted:Ritual isn't everyone's thing. I don't think anyone joins for that reason. I did, but more because of its ties to history (I went through the same ritual that Geo. Washington did).
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Jan 28, 2017 13:02
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I wore a suit but, technically, the only thing you ought be concerned with wearing is clean underwear.
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Mar 13, 2017 19:13
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CountFosco posted:What does the G stand for? God. Or Geometry.
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May 21, 2017 00:24
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I like the one I got from http://prolinedesigns.com/
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Sep 3, 2017 13:01
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Probably the just before Industrial Revolution, which is also probably the major reason for its decline. There was a resurgence in the post-WW2 era, but then in the 60s kids didn't want to do what dad did.
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Nov 8, 2017 13:18
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I've been having the same issues. I mean, I'm way behind on dues anyway, but I'm not really motivated to get caught up and listen to Fox News parroted everywhere around me.
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Mar 15, 2018 16:57
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I joined primarily for the link to history, so it's extra sad for me knowing that the Brothers of the American Revolution were the liberals of their day, and the Brothers of today who pretend to hold their predecessors in high esteem would have instead supported the King.
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Mar 15, 2018 17:21
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Yes, that's certainly true.
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Mar 15, 2018 18:04
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It isn't like that in lodge at all, no. That's absolutely forbidden. Unfortunately most lodge nights are also boring business meetings, and the fun is more the meal beforehand where the politics comes out. And it's all over Facebook. For me, obviously. I'm sure there are more liberal lodges... somewhere.
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Mar 16, 2018 00:58
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Head Bee Guy posted:By the way, why did y'all decide to become Masons? Particularly those of you who are more liberal than your lodges? I love the American Revolutionary era, so to tie myself better to that period, I joined the Freemasons. I also happened to be much more libertarian than leftist back then. I'm in my late 30s, yes, and I started the process before my wedding but postponed it until afterwards as I was just too busy with a wedding to do all this Masonry stuff.
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Apr 16, 2018 00:27
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The idea that nothing has changed in 1200 years or whatever annoys me so much. It clearly did, since every jurisdiction has their own language that's close but not quite identical. And then there's the "G".... E: And we have a T.O. lodge here that does the work like it existed in the 1880s, but that's not really "traditional" either. Let's go back to the 1700s and make me a happy Colonial!
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May 28, 2018 12:53
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The politics starts after the Masonic meeting closes, and the Sons of Liberty meeting opens.
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May 29, 2018 01:35
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Unfortunately going to be a lot of black cubes 
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Aug 2, 2018 23:12
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There's occasional racist scandals in the US, but nothing illegal.
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