[sinkspur]

I went after a Catholic who is trashing the American bishops' position on immigration. Except that this Catholic is violating a long-standing proscription against membership in the Masons while he does this.

Nobody's putting anybody in hell. The Shriners do a lot of good work, but the tenets of the Masonic Lodge are at variance with Catholic teaching.

You are free to join in any discussion you desire on FR.

[nopardons]

You USED the Mason to try to trash another poster, for NO reasons having to do with this thread nor the topic at hand. And, by doing so, YOU impugned ALL Masons; living and dead; thereby earning not only my wrath and scorn, but that of many others.

You want to debate/argue this topic ? Be my guest; I couldn't care bless if I tried to. But for goodness sakes, stop with the damned personal attacks and especially an attack on an entire group of people who 1)were not on this thread 2) aren't Catholics 3) if it weren't for, this nation would either never have come into existence and/or most certainly would NOYT be anything at all like it is.

FYI.....though all Masons are NOT Shriners, ALL Shriners are very high degree Masons.

Yes, one of the tenets ( IT'S CALLED AN IDEAL, IN FREEMASONRY; IT IS NOT A RELIGION! )of Masonry is TOLERANCE ( i.e. regarding men of different religions ), something which the Catholic Church has been completely lacking in, for millennia.