I didn't read all that crap on your last link, but my father was a Mason and a Shriner, and my mom was an Easter Star. Many other members of my family were also in the Masons.
I think this stuff is full of SH!T. They were the best and most giving people that I ever knew and were loved by all.
Damn! I get tired of reading this crap on FR!! Get a GRIP!
I have no ill feelings against Mason, Shriner, nor Easter Star.
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I am inquiring about Cyclops and Polyshemus and Sheets (AKA) Robert Bird the one eye all seeing Senator!
Some of our true Presidents were Masons!>{? George Washington for ONE!:)
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The History study I have done lead me to believe that there are always infiltrations into every great organization...its has always been like that from the beganning of time!
My main focus here is where does Sheets bird fit in and these symbols?
On this time these symbols never really have been clarified they are there in high places yet the mystery continues and there are times such Cyclops Bird makes me think of these things!
read my tagline is there anything in Masonry
about Cyclops..... LOL!Positive things about Masons!Excerts...
We can study Freemasonry for years and each time we think about the things we see and hear we will find new meaning and inspiration. Each time this happens we see more of what Freemasonry is and for what it is intended. Great men have devoted many years to the cause of Freemasonry and when their work is finished they have realized that they have only begun to see the light and that they have only started to uncover the truths contained within our ritual. I do not believe that any man has fully understood all of the lessons that it teaches.
The meaning of being a Mason rests in education and character forming. While it may be accepted as an innermost desire, followed by obligations that makes us members, yet in a larger sense, a man is never a Freemason until he truthfully and loyally lives up to his obligations. He cannot do that until he understands them and begins to learn their scope and meaning.
There is something inherently good about being a mason. Freemasonry has stood through the years with the shining light of its membership as a beacon to the world. The greatness of the fraternity is not due to secret teachings, mysteries or deeds. It is due to the lessons taught to its members by its ritual and the comfort, inspiration and enlightenment brought to all who will study it.
Through this study men learn more about how to live up to the obligations that they have taken when they became members of the Fraternity. They learn to better control their passions, prejudices, angers and tongues. The Freemason is different than most of the people around him for he has the lessons of the Fraternity within him as he walks through life. He truly learns who he is and what he is on this earth for.
Freemasonry offers comfort to those who sorrow, hope for those who despair, counsel for those who err, and joy and contentment to all who genuinely practice it. The philosophies of the fraternity provide a simple but profound solution to the problems of human relationships. It is accepted that it is a way of life to the MM who is interested enough to appraise and value what is his, and his alone because he is a MM. Freemasonry has a solid foundation in unchanging principles. It is an excellent training ground for ethical living and moral behavior. The true masons word is his bond. What he says, he means. He practices fairness and honesty in all his dealings.
There are three kinds of honesty practiced in this world. Cash register honesty, business honesty and personal honesty. The MM makes no distinctions. He only knows one honesty. That is the lesson taught by all religions. Do unto others as you would that they do unto you. This makes the mason different from most people in this world. He is respected and revered by those around him. It matters not whether he is a maintenance worker or the president of the company. The actions are the same.
When we put all of these things together we arrive at the bottom line. This is the simple explanation that a Mason is a good man who, by the teachings of the Fraternity is working to become a better man and the Fraternity is all the Masons working, one with the other, toward the same goal.