re: Any Freemasons on the OT? I have some questions.

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There is not one globalist faction but many, each jockeying for global dominance. When they’re all acting in unison, you know that whatever it is is really really bad for ordinary folks.

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Remember how easily John Roberts was confirmed?

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To answer your question, go online and look for Masonic Lodge near you. You might have to go to Grand Lodge of Louisiana for example, or just insert the state you're in or in D. C., for example. You can call the Grand Lodge in your state and they will gladly tell you of Lodges nearby and put you in contact with an officer or someone in that particular Lodge.

To further answer, that Lodge will give you a petition to complete and turn in. There'll be a small fee for each of the three, Blue Lodge degrees. After each degree you will be required to pass an examination on what you've learned in each degree. Some states do not require an exam after the third, or Master Mason degree.

After you've completed the 3rd Degree, you can then proceed to further degrees either by the York or Scottish Rites. Most Blue Lodges are York but there are some Scottish Blue Lodges. Just differences in tradition but all with the same teachings or goals.

Once you've completed either or, you can petition to join Shriners.

Personally, I've gone both York and Scottish routes. York Rite is geared more toward Christianity but either require a belief in a Supreme Being.

Yearly dues vary from $25 to $100, maybe more, depending on what the individual Lodge sets.

I know of no Masonic organization, including those for women such as Eastern Star, that do not do good work geared toward charity, which is the chief cornerstone of all Masonry.

The Shriners Hospitals across the country are all operated on donations, fundraising, and have never required any child or family to pay one dime out of pocket.

Another charity performed by many Lodges is educational scholarships.

I was sitting in a Lodge meeting once when it was learned that a family had lost it all in a fire, none of that family had any connection to any Lodge. About 15 Masons in attendance opened their wallets and gave them about $2 grand that night, unsolicited.

Another meeting I was at, it was brought up that a grandmother was taking care of three grandchildren after both parents had abandoned them. As she was living on a $400 a month SS check and had not yet applied for any government assistance, those same wallets opened up and got her $1,000 that night. Again, unsolicited.

I know I've been long and I realize you didn't ask for all this but I can assure you that Freemasonry is good and most Freemasons are good men. Like the church, the bank, the school, the Rotary Club, or any other group of people, you find bad apples. You also find a lot of idiots talking trash about it but none of those same idiots have a clue.

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Just curious but why did you choose Scottish rites and not York?

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alajones2 informed me that 2 lodges were enough.

Most of the big wigs that run Scottish Rite in Shreveport are from my home lodge. So it was kind of a no brainer.