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Originally Posted by Dottore
I asked this in another thread (and never got a serious answer), but is there any deep philosophical underpinning to the funny hats, secret handshakes, mysterious numbers, vows of secrecy and small cars?
Something of general interest perhaps? Something that would help all of us to live better lives?
Or are those things alone so interesting (in and of themselves) to practitioners of these arcane rites, that a meaningful underlying ethics or metaphysics would be redundant?
Just asking. Not trolling.
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I believe that you are not trolling with your question... However, a lot of things just can't be answered.... from your posts, I feel that you are a person of above average intelligence ( even though I disagree with a lot of your positions sometimes). I think that most of your questions could easily be answered through research... research the men in history that have been known Masons... research the Masons history.... research the York and Scottish Rite's history, and research the Shriner's history.... this will give you a clearer understanding of the organizations and their members... I have heard it said that the organizations in question are not secret organizations, but organizations with secrets. I have also heard it said that you can find the secrets easily at the library, but that I will not give them to you because I have given my word that I wouldn't......