tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post115565871299358733..comments2023-10-09T12:55:26.688-04:00Comments on The Burning Taper: Grand Lodge of Georgia violates own rules by promoting sectarian ChristianityWidow's Sonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05135009678671539418noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1071483702706034892014-03-13T13:53:09.073-04:002014-03-13T13:53:09.073-04:00Thank You for publishing you opinions of Freemason...Thank You for publishing you opinions of Freemasonry. But you always have to remember what the true rules are. You have to obey the rule and guide of our faith and practice (what ever book is on the holy alter of your lodge, and the laws of this country. Which states freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and liberty. Liberty means freedom from all unnecessary repression. Which your UN-christian views are doing. Just because your lodge wants this it doesn't mean all lodges have to with this. The only way masons are going to grow in numbers are to remember what we stand for freedom, peace and harmony. This is what makes us strong. Every brother has the right to state what ever he pleases in a lodge that is what makes us masons. That is what makes us brothers. Remember there nothing wrong with a mason being a Christian, Muslim, or Jew. Racism is being anti-christian too. So you (the pot) quit calling the kettle black.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18322001350816229914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-61050856405949832852011-11-24T12:10:33.997-05:002011-11-24T12:10:33.997-05:00Until the 1800s and for more than a thousand years...Until the 1800s and for more than a thousand years prior the majority of Operative Freestone Masons were Trinitarian Christians and always gave their Prayers in the Name of the Holy Father Holy Son Holy Ghost, and thus latter Speculative Freemasons did the same, and within the American South known as the Bible Belt Southern Freemasons still in their Masonic Lodges and even in Grand Lodge give their Prayers in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ. This is in line with the established Ancient Landmarks of Masonry.<br /><br />In the 1800s the United Grand of England unlawfully disregarded the Ancient Landmark of the Christian Holy Trinity as being the ONLY - GAOTU, many other<br />Grand Lodges followed their unmasonic example requiring only a belief in a Supreme Being for membership, and so if a man calls his out house a Supreme Being, and called it his god he would qualify for membership by Masonic Grand Lodge Jurisdictions having such a ridicules standard as only requiring a belief in a Supreme Being.<br /><br />The Grande Lodge of Sweden still requires its members to be Trinitarian Christians in accordance to the established Ancient Landmarks of Freemasonry.Lodge Masterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715258167990729369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-59493725868560465782009-06-15T07:20:43.733-04:002009-06-15T07:20:43.733-04:00Bro Tim,
Thank You for your enlightenment.
For you...Bro Tim,<br />Thank You for your enlightenment.<br />For your enlightenment:<br /><br />“Judge not, that ye be not judged (Matthew 7:1).”<br /><br />“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers”<br /><br /> Voltaire <br /><br />“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”<br /><br /> Mother Teresa of Calcutta <br /><br />“Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives”<br /><br /> unknown<br /><br />“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”<br /><br /> Paulo Coelho<br /><br />“If you judge, investigate”<br /><br /> Seneca<br /><br />“The more one judges, the less one loves.”<br /><br /> Honore de BalzacTubal Cainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00704479584240584425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-30652219213636152032009-06-13T10:20:38.810-04:002009-06-13T10:20:38.810-04:00Bro. Tim - are you aware that you have been commen...Bro. Tim - are you aware that you have been commenting on posts that are two or three years old? <br /><br />Before you get too worked up, I suggest that you subdue your passions and read some of the newer articles.Tom Accuostihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005315193581153959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-44303945535990379332009-06-12T23:19:22.468-04:002009-06-12T23:19:22.468-04:00TubelCain420:
Are you serious? Are you sure that ...TubelCain420:<br /> Are you serious? Are you sure that you are a Sir Knight? One of the requisitions in this body is to express a belief in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, that is what the Commandry is all about! The operative Knight Templars gave safe passage to Christians on their pilgrimage to the Holy Land and to give battle to infidel muslims who attempted to stop them. <br />Mary and the widow's son: Please do ua a favor and just jump off the boat. You are too much of a hypocrite to be a true freemason.Tim Prosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04143889581563583695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-90401029604935794802007-10-05T17:16:00.000-04:002007-10-05T17:16:00.000-04:00Not only was that a sermon but this brother did su...Not only was that a sermon but this brother did suffer his zeal for the defense of the Institution against ingnorance that ridicules us. Thanks brother for fighting the good fight, Masonry survived on its mystic rights since antiquity and they will not be defeated now.Rhitlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05123742366681821295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1155681064840782782006-08-15T18:31:00.000-04:002006-08-15T18:31:00.000-04:00Folks such as our "Anonymous" little friend are si...Folks such as our "Anonymous" little friend are simply symptoms of the problem.<BR/><BR/>(*I think It's Josh the Ignorant leper messiah! You know...he's probably pretty lonely since he no longer allows free speech on his "Impractical Theological Soliloquy Blog"... I mean, how can you have a discussion when you're the only one talking???)<BR/><BR/>The Blue Lodge needs to quit trying to buddy up to the "fundy-whackos" and get back to basics. I didn't join Masonry to listen to some snake-oil and hell-fire sermon from some inbred, Baptist, Christian-wanna-be! <BR/>I'm glad that the UGLA is NOTHING like that!!!<BR/><BR/>Darren<BR/>Most Wanted by the F.B.I (Fundamentalist Bureau of Inquisition)<BR/>"God... Save me from your followers..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1155678996901937982006-08-15T17:56:00.000-04:002006-08-15T17:56:00.000-04:00Eris ever spreads her arms wide to lovingly devour...<I>Eris ever spreads her arms wide to lovingly devour new souls into salvation from pre-conceived order and dogma.</I><BR/><BR/>I was a Discordian before I was a Mason. Maybe I should have called my blog:<BR/><A HREF="http://masonictao.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">The Sacred Chao of Masonry</A>Tom Accuostihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005315193581153959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1155676068245867332006-08-15T17:07:00.000-04:002006-08-15T17:07:00.000-04:00ANYONE WITH A BRAIN IS PUZZLED BROTHER!ANYONE WITH A BRAIN IS PUZZLED BROTHER!Tubal Cainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00704479584240584425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1155676012388263012006-08-15T17:06:00.000-04:002006-08-15T17:06:00.000-04:00//Masonry got your T-Square a little askew? //Dish...//Masonry got your T-Square a little askew? <BR/><BR/>//Disheartened by your Lodge as you dutifully face East while your brothers falsely face West?<BR/><BR/>//Tired of always being led with a rope around your neck?<BR/><BR/>Wear aprons no more! Become a <A HREF="http://veindance.com/veindance/eieio/warning.html" REL="nofollow">Discordian</A>! Hail Eris!<BR/><BR/>Eris ever spreads her arms wide to lovingly devour new souls into salvation from pre-conceived order and dogma.<BR/><BR/>A new life awaits you in the Off-World colonies.<BR/><BR/>THE ONLY "FAITH" THAT PROMISES ACTION - THRILLS - SUCCESS IN SEX AND BUSINESS! <A HREF="http://www.principiadiscordia.com/book/1.php" REL="nofollow">THE PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA</A> --or, How I Found the Goddess and What I Did To Her When I Found Her THE MAGNUM OPIATE OF MALACLYPSE THE YOUNGER Wherein Is Explained Absolutely Everything Worth Knowing About Absolutely Anything<BR/><BR/>Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.grouchogandhi.com" REL="nofollow">Grouchogandhi</A>, congealed as The Great Milky Wey finnegan Fenderson of the First Church of Binary Consciousness. Dig it!Grouchogandhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313525695162718988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1155675358115999252006-08-15T16:55:00.000-04:002006-08-15T16:55:00.000-04:00Would an official Masonic magazine in your state e...<I>Would an official Masonic magazine in your state ever print something like W. Bro. Hattaway's article?</I><BR/><BR/>I can answer with some authority that, no, it would not happen. I happen to know both the previous and he current GCs, and both are what you would call "stand-up guys", and very understanding of the wide range of religious and spiritual faiths represented in the Craft. <BR/><BR/>Understand, though, that Conn is a fairly small state, but also very diverse. We have several lodges in the state that some brothers refer to as "the jewish lodge" - often by their own members. That said, I've also seen chaplains and older PMs recite a quick prayer that's obviously Christian, but I've never seen anyone get upset or insulted; you can tell that it was done in a moment of comfort and relaxation and not our of a desire to convert the pagans. <BR/><BR/>A few years ago, someone in another lodge in my district and I became friends - all the better when we discovered that we each held the smae positions in our respective lodges. We affiliated with each other's lodge. He's Jewish and belongs to one of those "Jewish" lodges, which merged with another lodge. They have Xmas parties and Seders. It's all good. And I think that they would be puzzled by what you're describing down South.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://masonictao.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">The Tao of Masonry</A>Tom Accuostihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005315193581153959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1155673040327258422006-08-15T16:17:00.000-04:002006-08-15T16:17:00.000-04:00My local anonymous visitor asked "So when are you ...My local anonymous visitor asked "So when are you going to drop your lodge membership?"<BR/><BR/>Who wants to know? Why should I drop my lodge membership? Can I not effect more change within than without? It is not I who is wrong, but they.<BR/><BR/>Should one jump overboard and leave rats to capsize a ship, or should he try to rid the vessel of its vermin and guide the ship back onto its true course?<BR/><BR/><BR/>— W.S.Widow's Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05135009678671539418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1155671581136466952006-08-15T15:53:00.000-04:002006-08-15T15:53:00.000-04:00Nice post.When I recieved the templar degree, I wo...Nice post.<BR/>When I recieved the templar degree, I wondered myself about the oath I signed. I felt it leaned toward christianity and bothered me a bit. This is from a catholic.<BR/>I've been to other lodges where the opening prayer has had a christian tint to it, some of my brothers looked astonished, and as I claimed, we do it our way, they do it theirs. As long as no one complains, no harm no foul, i guess.<BR/> As one who believes in a god, and having an understanding of how the three major religions really got a foothold on society, I am rather disturbed as an individual when it is present in Lodge. But to keep harmony with the majority on this one, I would keep quiet and just move on, look at the middle east to see what happens when one tries to get between man and his religion. And masonry is no different, as the other stated before, racism is no different religion, there is o place for that in ANY form of a masonic group.<BR/><BR/>If you wave the flag of masonry over your group, "THE POWERS TO BE" should stomp you out if you bring either into any lodge! <BR/> The one sacred place on this god forsaken planet where we(mankind) should be level/equal.Tubal Cainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00704479584240584425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1155671506203206702006-08-15T15:51:00.000-04:002006-08-15T15:51:00.000-04:00So when are you going to drop your lodge membershi...So when are you going to drop your lodge membership?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1155669329005903372006-08-15T15:15:00.000-04:002006-08-15T15:15:00.000-04:00Bro. Tom,Would an official Masonic magazine in you...Bro. Tom,<BR/><BR/>Would an official Masonic magazine in your state ever print something like W. Bro. Hattaway's article?<BR/><BR/><BR/>— W.S.Widow's Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05135009678671539418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1155669254411454122006-08-15T15:14:00.000-04:002006-08-15T15:14:00.000-04:00Bro. Tom,Can you ask your Grand Lodge to put some ...Bro. Tom,<BR/><BR/>Can you ask your Grand Lodge to put some fraternal pressure on the Holy Rollers down here at the GL of GA to get back to Masonry?<BR/><BR/>You more enlightened northern brethren could be of great help in dragging the southern Grand Lodges into the 21st Century on matters of religion and race.<BR/><BR/><BR/>— W.S.Widow's Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05135009678671539418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1155668755496758382006-08-15T15:05:00.000-04:002006-08-15T15:05:00.000-04:00Antients no longer know how to seperate religion f...<I>Antients no longer know how to seperate religion from their Masonry.</I><BR/><BR/>*ahem*<BR/><BR/>I've said this before: I understand that you're frustrated by your experiences. It's a sad situation, and you have my complete sympathy. <BR/><BR/>But remember that your experience of Freemasonry is not universal in that respect. Please don't tar the rest of us with the same brush.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://masonictao.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">The Tao of Masonry</A>Tom Accuostihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005315193581153959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15872122.post-1155666231010116962006-08-15T14:23:00.000-04:002006-08-15T14:23:00.000-04:00Great post! I hear you and agree with your stance...Great post! I hear you and agree with your stance, that is one of the reasons I left my lodge and ultimately the GL of AL, the other being on the basis of my ethical stance against racists. I was witnessed to like a pagan fresh out of the woods, in the lodge building no-less. That type of polarization and intolerance should never be found in a lodge or GL.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026381370229478417noreply@blogger.com