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Campfire 'Bwana
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Perfectly normal. Hope you go for it. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/RZmgJPJF/8019038246-04a842118e-z.jpg) That's the Loyal Order of Flintstones.. Buffalo!
"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!"
--- Kid Rock 2022
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Campfire Outfitter
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Masons, Scottish and York rite, and Shriners are great folks!
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Campfire Tracker
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My father has been a Mason for 67 years, Shriner, Jester and Legion of Honor! Great organization!
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Masons, Scottish and York rite, and Shriners are great folks! They are all of the same fraternity.
Maker of the Frankenstud Sling Keeper
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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We were at a Shrine-sponsored high school football all-star game with an older friend who was a mason. There had been much ceremony involving Potentates at half-time. Later, a few fez-topped fellows came by us. Our friend pointed out that "Them's just plain Tates."
This same friend (gone now, and missed as great deal - he was my 500 partner), once lived in Germany, where his wife was teaching at a DOD's school. One day, a tourist, somehow recognizing our friend as a fellow mason asked him, "Have you traveled far?" Our friend, missing his cue, replied, "Nah, we live over here."
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Masons, Scottish and York rite, and Shriners are great folks! They are all of the same fraternity. Ted, wonder why I know that?
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!"
--- Kid Rock 2022
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Campfire Ranger
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Perfectly normal. Hope you go for it. It appears there's a minimum weight requirement for joining. Where do I sign up? Those two in the middle need a "fashion friend".
What fresh Hell is this?
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Campfire Regular
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I usually avoid these discussions for fear of inadvertently divulging secrets I took an oath to keep. Number one the biggest Secret in Freemasonry is there is no secret! It is a fraternity of good men. Their mission is to take a good man and make him better. Freemasonry in all it's forms is simply the Brotherhood of Man under the Fatherhood of God. We worship the God off our choice in the manner of our choice. It is not a cult or bunch of devil worshippers; that couldn't be farther from the truth.
PA Bear Hunter, NRA Benefactor Member
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Campfire Regular
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We're having trick or treat this afternoon at our lodge for any kid that wants to come.
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Campfire Ranger
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my wife's grandfather was a 32 degree mason, church deacon, cattle farmer and dabbled in a little land trading from time to time.
he approved of trick or treating, as long as it was gentle, kind, and not out of hand.
and also approved of easter egg hunts on the sunday pm after easter.
on easter pm usually the sun was shining, the grass green and fresh.
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Campfire Ranger
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Masons NEVER invite people to join, quite the opposite you have to ask to join the Masons.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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Dad was a Shriner, still have his fez stored away.
My motorcycle passion started with his mini bike he rode in the local parades.
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Campfire Kahuna
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I asked to join as was given the opportunity to so so.
My father in law is a Mason......figured what the hell.
They sent out a traveling Mason to interview me and my family. Nice guy....had worked for us over the years off and on.
Of course neither he or my father in law would tell me anything about the Masons.....except for how great they were.
At the end of the interview the traveling Mason was very excited. He said he was very excited to finally get a Catholic to join.
He said that Catholics never join the Masons, they were against the organization.
I am not now nor was I then a very good Catholic......but I did ask him why the Catholics were against the Masons.........he wouldn't tell me.
I ended up declining. Became an Eagles member instead. No secrecy involved with those guys.
The Masons are no doubt a great outfit, at least judging by the men who are Masons that I know. Many of them I greatly respect.
Kinda like Obamacare....gotta join the Masons to find out what they are all about.
Just wasn't for me.
I am MAGA.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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I asked to join as was given the opportunity to so so.
My father in law is a Mason......figured what the hell.
They sent out a traveling Mason to interview me and my family. Nice guy....had worked for us over the years off and on.
Of course neither he or my father in law would tell me anything about the Masons.....except for how great they were.
At the end of the interview the traveling Mason was very excited. He said he was very excited to finally get a Catholic to join.
He said that Catholics never join the Masons, they were against the organization.
I am not now nor was I then a very good Catholic......but I did ask him why the Catholics were against the Masons.........he wouldn't tell me.
I ended up declining. Became an Eagles member instead. No secrecy involved with those guys.
The Masons are no doubt a great outfit, at least judging by the men who are Masons that I know. Many of them I greatly respect.
Kinda like Obamacare....gotta join the Masons to find out what they are all about.
Just wasn't for me. There's a clue in there somewhere.
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An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
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Campfire Sage
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Never paid much attention to the Masons but always knew about the good stuff the Shriners do. Just learned last night that they were connected. I was invited to join the Masons.
Did a little research and it's all over the place. Some churches abhor the Freemasons.
What's it all about?
Secret handshakes, codes, no wimmens, WTF? If there was magic underwear it would sound a little like Mormons.
Seriously, is it a good org or a cult of some sort?
It's Kabbalah for gentiles.
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i don't really know what a good mason is, since i are not one.
lot's of hidden cults out there operating in plain sight.
i just hate cults that require lot's of rituals.
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Campfire Sage
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Perfectly normal. Hope you go for it. That's the Loyal Order of Flintstones.. Loyal Order of Water Buffalo.
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I am a Master Mason and a Shriner
You can't be in the Shrine until you are at least a Master Mason
All Shriners are Masons My mother's brother was a 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner. He got the full Shriner funeral when he died. Quite a spectacle. I remember all the pictures of him with his fez hat at his house. It was pretty central to his life.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Masons NEVER invite people to join, quite the opposite you have to ask to join the Masons. Wow, these other guys are liars big time. Thanks for clearing that up for us.
"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!"
--- Kid Rock 2022
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