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I want to belong to something more

Preston H

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I take interest in history and believe history not studied is history doomed to repeat itself. I have studied religion and its many books and find it fascinating subject of intrest.


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Pointwithinacircle3

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Freemasonry is NOT a religion: it is a fraternal organization
Of course the possibility exists that it used to be a third thing, a thing lost to today's Masons. The possibility exists that it was once a great school where men learned not only science and understanding of the physical world but also the best way to think and reason. But yeah, today it is pretty much just a fraternity.
 

Matt L

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Of course the possibility exists that it used to be a third thing, a thing lost to today's Masons. The possibility exists that it was once a great school where men learned not only science and understanding of the physical world but also the best way to think and reason. But yeah, today it is pretty much just a fraternity.

Freemasonry still encourages its members to study the arts and sciences.
 

David612

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In my view in 1717 Freemasonry lost its connection to the brethren that had the genuine secrets and only had a drip feed for a few years before being cut off.

For example the breakaway GL did not have the 3rd degree and when they got it in 1723 it only lasted 2 years before the Noah version was replaced with the Hiram version.

And by 1750 Masonic literature no longer referred to the Blazing Star as if there was no one left that could read Greek. It was some decades before the star reappeared in the literature.
Any chance you have good reference material for Noah version James?
 
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