CLewey44
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I would think a history debate would be moot (although no doubt interesting). Freemasonry's ceremonies take inspiration from all sort of "history" but presented as "traditional history" or myth. What someone thought when composing the ceremonies of appendant orders or indeed the Craft itself, might not survive historic examination, the Orders of Freemasonry are narratives and delivery tools for values and stories, they are not "history". That's why I've not got a problem that early Craft Freemasonry switched from the story of Noah to the building of King Solomon's Temple.
Excellent points, brother.