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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:35 AM Original message |
What do you know about the Knights Templar ? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. They are a popular conspiracy group |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. There is a group called Knights Bridge... |
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JAbuchan08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. They were a christian group who vowed their lives and swords |
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lanlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. fascinating group in history |
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JAbuchan08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. They were so trustworthy that noblemen who went on crusades |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. I could tell you, but... |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. There's a good explanation in the book.... |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. The Masonic rumors... |
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Crayson (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Msasons vs. Templars |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. York Rite Masons |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. There are many non Christian Masons... |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Scottish Rite, presumably |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Apron--lamb---Jesus... |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
63. when I think "apron" and "lamb" |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Blood Sacrifice |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. Without question, the symbolism of Masonry has an Esoteric meaning |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. The Masons are somewhat religious as well... |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. I disagree they are religious... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That doesn't mean they're not religious. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Disagree all you want, but... |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. No disagreement...as you see there is no religious requirement. n/t |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say... |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Have a petition for the Grand Lodge of Arkansas |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. I believe it is only the RCC |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
75. The LCMS along with WELS and ELS also forbid membership in the Masons. |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:12 AM Response to Reply #75 |
90. Lambskin |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
45. I would disagree..... |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
68. Hi Crayson!! |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
82. Masons are also influenced by the Kaballa.... |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Well they are not sinister... |
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Crayson (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. Order fallen of grace |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. They certainly went underground |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
88. A few errors in your post... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. That was an excellent movie. I thought the portrayal |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. FreeMasons |
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monobrau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. "direct institutional descendants" - uh, no. |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Opinions differ, I suppose |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
41. So by masons (originally) do you mean like construction worker types? |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Yeah, they were the contractors of yore |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Thanks for the info |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. You hit it right on the head... |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
14. They were warrior Knights who were sworn to chastity and poverty. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
15. A topic that makes for great reading |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. I know that every lunatic to concoct a hare-brained theory places them |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. Their vast treasure is hidden on Oak Island. Google it. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. But but but Francis Bacon is buried there! |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Bacon was Shakespeare... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. HAHAHAHAHAHA |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. Shakespeare and Jesus... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. No, they don't. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Well that happens in church too if you question Jesus... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. You're joking, right? |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Mark Twain is good company to be in... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. No, the cryptology has been completely refuted. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. I just love Twain's treatment of the subject... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I have spent years studying Shakespeare. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. Well that is the whole idea... |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
40. And Bacon's vault is buried in Bruton Parish Churchyard in |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
21. Our visual image of Satan comes from their persecution |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. And that was the beginning of the pentagram as an evil symbol.... |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
58. The pentagram actually used to be a GOOD symbol... |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
44. All that silly stuff is the result of... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. I'm not sure that's true. |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. The legend of Satan as the "fallen angel" who defied the Lord... |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. and let's not forget the bad luck of 13 and Friday the 13th, in |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
23. Read Wikipedia ... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
30. There are theories tying the Knights to the Masons |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
31. One of the |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
38. The Knights Templar visited Ethiopia because of the |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:13 AM Response to Reply #38 |
96. Thanks for the link to that site! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #96 |
98. I regret that I never visted there |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. Good book on the subject "Dungeon, Fire and Sword" |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
50. During the Crusades there were three main religious military orders. |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Curious |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
74. I find it odd that people claim that the Templar knights became masons |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. It was my understanding... |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
55. Most important point |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:02 AM Response to Reply #55 |
89. Yes, judge them by their works. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #55 |
92. There's much greater injustice in the world |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. You're right |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Don't put words in my mouth, thanks. |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
61. Kentuck, read "Holy Blood,Holy Grail"...an excellent book on the |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 05:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. The book is absolutely nonsense |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. I politely disagree...whether or not there is a "hoax" involved |
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Halliburton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
66. it was in that stupid movie National Treasure |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
70. Here |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
71. They are periodically resurrected in the form of blind, |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
78. You can purchase their silly ritual outfits from most... |
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Born Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
79. Masonic "Knights Templar" |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:49 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Nice summary! |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 06:21 AM Response to Reply #79 |
83. I'm sure the vast majority of masons are great people.... |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 06:58 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. ....and FreeRepublic is probably as good of a site as any |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:26 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. If you actually want to know ... |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:49 PM Response to Reply #85 |
95. I've also read that ancient Masonry..... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:33 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. So did Christianity :-) |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:29 AM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Delete |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:27 AM Response to Reply #79 |
86. So, when you say you are a "Knight Templar" |
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ozarkvet (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:19 AM Response to Reply #79 |
91. Great Article about Founding of USA |
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