Origins of the Freemasons

Kevin K. Main takes us back to a time during the Middle Ages where organized lodges for operative masons served as trade guilds and where the first Grand Lodge in London in 1717 is the official start of current Freemasonry.

[sharontalley]

My grandfather was a 32nd degree mason. He lived in the Dallas TX area. He was a long-time employee of John E. Mitchell Company in Dallas. He's responsible for creating the prototype of the popular iced drink machine, called a "slushie" machine, as part of his work with John E. Mitchell Company. I always admired him for his exceptional character and kindness. Through his association with freemasonry he introduced my grandmother to the masons and she became a member of the Eastern Star.

[billbates]

Many things start with the best of intentions, but they are compromised and infiltrated by evil intent.
Power corrupts as well as money.

[sarahjane]

My experience with freemason's is through my grandparents .My grandfather & grandmother were both Navy veterans. My grandfather was a Shriner, we'd go to the circus every year and he'd drive a mini car with other men wearing the funny hats at the circus. We'd go to the lodge on weekends and eat, us kids would sing karaoke, Etc. My grandparents would take us to church every Sunday, but I'm not sure if they were religious they never talked about their beliefs. My grandparents would take us to Disney magic Kingdom every year, they loved us very much. So from a perspective of growing up around this, i still find it problematic to be involved in a secret society "brotherhood". If my grandfather was still alive i would have many questions for him.

[michaelbaimbridgejr.]

Here is an idea about Symbolism and Masonry....early masons could not read. Symbols imparted knowledge when coupled with the appropriate oration regarding their specific meaning/use. If you can't read but can recognize images and can hear the stories associated with those images then it is a form of learning.

[stevenlovell]

Freemasons are not permitted to share anything about what goes on inside the club with people that are outside the club.

[pappabearnofux]

First 5 minuets- we are good and working together to influece the world to make it what we want.

[byronlee]

Here to tell us about masonry....A Mason...The First Rule of Fight Club is Don't talk About Fight Club, B.S!

[michaelstowbridge]

Bill Armstrong owned 'Bill's Burgers', and he hired me to cook, which meant washing dishes, scrubbing floors, polishing windows, sweeping the lot, and cooking. He had a big ring, like a high school ring. He said he recieved the ring when he achieved the final degree of freemasonry. He recalled sobbing after the experience, like a revelation had occurred. He said it was the best thing he ever did. I remember him as a father figure, a great man.

[vigirlioblanco]

The truth will not be heard here!! It's much deeper than he can let be known.

[wednesdayschild]

I was told by a close family member, who was a Mason, as was his father, that he could not tell me ANYTHING about freemasonry. That it was just not allowed. I have to wonder about the speaker.

[ewg]

But you're a mason. So nothing you say can be believed.

[guidedmeditation]

It always amuses me how entire libraries about freemasonry have been written and thousands of hours of videos have been produced about them yet they all tell you absolutely nothing about what they are really about.

[broadcastdepth]

Outside of my belief in God, Freemasonry has done more to help me become a better human being than anything else, ever, in my life. That is the shortest explanation I could ever give. If becoming wiser and closer to God is somehow "evil", I will stand with God take whatever faces me on this earth.

[RickDelmonico]

A freestone is a type of stone used in masonry for molding, tracery and other replication work required to be worked with the chisel. Freestone, so named because it can be freely cut in any direction, must be fine-grained, uniform and soft enough to be cut easily without shattering or splitting.

[AshtonMotana]

Symbols are a shortcut to the subconscious mind and can trigger, if programmed, physiological and behavioral responses.

[samgray]

Take a sip of your drink of choice every time he touches his nose (IMPOSSIBLE, YOU WILL FAIL).

[skyant]

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.(A) 25 He chose to be mistreated(B) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace(C) for the sake of Christ(D) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.(E)

[DNoneya-cowi]

If masonry helps you master your quality of character/self and your life....
then why do most of these guys look like they can't even master their addiction to fast food?
Most I've seen look like their health is completely out of control.

[vaticanjesuitNWO]

"The stone which you builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner."

[expressoevangelism]

My dear son was encouraged into the masons by his father-in-law. After about 4 years he decided to leave, as he became disenchanted with it.

Looking back at the following years it became obvious to me that he was living under a curse for the rest of his life.

His funeral will be on the 1st December, after committing suicide on the 7th November.

I have studied through very thorough teaching by Derek Prince, and I recognised the obvious effects and oppression of the curses he was living under.

Masons swear allegiance to Yabulon, which I believe is supposed to be an agreed combination of Yahweh, Mohamed and Buddha.

They are playing with evil and mask it all over as being a good force.

Anything that rules and manipulates, under the threat of a curse is evil, and this originates from Satan.

I advise anyone considering joining in with this band of ‘brothers’ is playing a very dangerous game.