Comments on: A Brief Defense of Masonry http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/a-brief-defense-of-masonry/ programming, politics, & other religious issues Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Upped The Recent Post/Popular Post Widget Count | Enfranchised Mind http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/a-brief-defense-of-masonry/#comment-33667 Upped The Recent Post/Popular Post Widget Count | Enfranchised Mind Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:33:06 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/archive/2007/09/02/336#comment-33667 [...] A Brief Defense of Masonry [...] [...] A Brief Defense of Masonry [...]

]]> By: Enfranchised Mind » Another Mason for Ron Paul http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/a-brief-defense-of-masonry/#comment-32072 Enfranchised Mind » Another Mason for Ron Paul Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:31:10 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/archive/2007/09/02/336#comment-32072 [...] may remember the Burning Taper Blog from my “A Brief Defense of Masonry” post, or from just being one of the best Masonic blogs on the [...] [...] may remember the Burning Taper Blog from my “A Brief Defense of Masonry” post, or from just being one of the best Masonic blogs on the [...]

]]> By: Brian http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/a-brief-defense-of-masonry/#comment-31648 Brian Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:04:26 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/archive/2007/09/02/336#comment-31648 I think there is another category of organizations besides just the binary "good" (helps society at large) and "bad" (hurts society at large) categorizations. There are also "neutral" organizations- organizations with no real effect on the society at large. If you want to belong to a performance art troupe with a common parking problem, that really doesn't affect me. I don't know of any wars Masonics started, or were blamed on Masonics, nor any crimes. You can float conspiracy theorys all you like- but the truth of the matter is that controlling a small group of influential people isn't sufficient to get a real war going. A side note here- the exception which proves the rule is Iraq. Here we have a small number of influential people (the neocons) getting the US into a war. But notice the implicit deal they had with the American people- they could have their war <EM>so long as it didn't cost us (the people) anything</EM>. A quick, cheap, victorious war? Sure, no problem. Knock yourself out. Once it started turning into a long, drawn out, expensive war, that's when you started seeing the real war opposition come out. And note that the apparent cost of the Iraq war hasn't been that large so far (unless you have family/friends in the military). Also note that we know who the neocons are. So, if you're going to commit a big crime (the sort of crime that still matters 150 years later), you have to be public and, to a certain extent, above board about it. The only war I'm aware of that has any Masonic connection at all is the American Revolutionary War, with the Masons on the side of the founding fathers. Which I have a hard time painting as a bad thing. I think there is another category of organizations besides just the binary “good” (helps society at large) and “bad” (hurts society at large) categorizations. There are also “neutral” organizations- organizations with no real effect on the society at large. If you want to belong to a performance art troupe with a common parking problem, that really doesn’t affect me.

I don’t know of any wars Masonics started, or were blamed on Masonics, nor any crimes. You can float conspiracy theorys all you like- but the truth of the matter is that controlling a small group of influential people isn’t sufficient to get a real war going.

A side note here- the exception which proves the rule is Iraq. Here we have a small number of influential people (the neocons) getting the US into a war. But notice the implicit deal they had with the American people- they could have their war so long as it didn’t cost us (the people) anything. A quick, cheap, victorious war? Sure, no problem. Knock yourself out. Once it started turning into a long, drawn out, expensive war, that’s when you started seeing the real war opposition come out. And note that the apparent cost of the Iraq war hasn’t been that large so far (unless you have family/friends in the military). Also note that we know who the neocons are.

So, if you’re going to commit a big crime (the sort of crime that still matters 150 years later), you have to be public and, to a certain extent, above board about it.

The only war I’m aware of that has any Masonic connection at all is the American Revolutionary War, with the Masons on the side of the founding fathers. Which I have a hard time painting as a bad thing.

]]> By: Robert Fischer http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/a-brief-defense-of-masonry/#comment-31641 Robert Fischer Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:13:34 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/archive/2007/09/02/336#comment-31641 Uh, I apparently messed up my e-mail address when I updated my profile a few weeks ago. Problem between keyboard and chair. Uh, I apparently messed up my e-mail address when I updated my profile a few weeks ago.

Problem between keyboard and chair.

]]> By: Karl http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/posts/a-brief-defense-of-masonry/#comment-31640 Karl Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:08:59 +0000 http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/archive/2007/09/02/336#comment-31640 If your referring to the email you get when someone posts a comment, I got mine. If your referring to the email you get when someone posts a comment, I got mine.

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