Re: The EU and Freemasonry
Originally Posted by
Aerolor
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Are you seriously trying to tell us you met someone on a cruise who disclosed to you that he was a worshipful master of a masonic lodge and he was prepared to recommend you to join
Not the way these things work I am afraid.
You're very wrong Aerolor. In fact on our dining table throughout the cruise there were 3 other couples and 2 of those husbands were masons, one being the WM. Many Masons don't keep their affinity secret these days. In terms of those on my cruise they were wearing masonic cufflinks and other symbolised things like rings etc. If you recognise those things then you know they are Masons and hence I struck up conversations about it. Once they knew that I already knew a hell of a lot about the Craft they were happy to engage.
I was told at that time that I would make a good mason, but I simply took that as typical (and TBH rather lame) flattery approach to recruitment.
I assure you he was the WM and having established our friendship on the cruise and subsequently having stayed weekends at his and his wife's house a number of times, I of course took the opportunity at times to press him for information.
Unfortunately as you will know, masons will not tell you anything of much substance having sworn solemn oaths not to reveal things. What you get instead is similar to what you get from Christians who are wholly unable to objectively defend their beliefs and the available evidence which is essentially just a testimony of what Masonry means to them, what they got from it etc.
Truth is hard to come by unfortunately. There are good things about Freemasonry and there are bad things. Same with most collective groups. Most people know the bad involves huge levels of corruption which pervade just about every important facet of our society. The police, judiciary, councils, governments, public industries, politicians and so on. I've personally had 30 years of IT career seeing over and over the most inept technically useless people being promoted over very gifted capable people because they were "in the club". Many here will have witnessed the same in their own careers. Where I worked, management was utterly dire, so incestuous in its operation looking after its own.
These things might be far from the true heart and intention of Freemasonry, and yet the Craft remains infested with such issues and has been so for many many years. Again the same can be said of other collectives and many religions to boot.
Whatever we think, the fact is that Freemasons the world over are beavering away hard to further the Masonic agendas. The problem is, those on the outer layers of the "onion" are clueless as to what those true agendas are in the innermost layers. Information is released to members very gradually, drip by drip. And that's a core problem.
If you are required to take solemn oaths about giving your loyalty to such a group and to never reveal its secrets, then you really need a very comprehensive understanding of exactly who they are and what they do. At least that's my opinion. I would personally deem it foolish and irresponsible to take any such oath in a frivolous manner and without properly understanding what I was joining.
As a result of what I have learned over many years, and as a result of the information I am not able to uncover, I have refrained from journeying.
I believe if we are to progress as a society, we need to put aside notions of being elite and special and accept that we are all equal and all essentially the same. Knowledge should be shared freely, not kept hidden by a select few.