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wow...appreciate the attempt to correct me (sarcasm)...but...proof is evidence.Comment
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And they are very similar to a regular handshake.
Trouble is, there are many types of 'regular' handshake. Not every hand shake is the same.
If someone reaches out to u with their knuckles facing up, u dont force them to shake normally. U oblige.
If ur left handed but someone goes to shake ur right hand, u oblige, but it is a bit awkward maybe, so it looks unusual.
If some has arthritis, they may have trouble with their hands, and thus their handshake is unusual.
U shake hands with ur friends differently than u would wiyth an elderly relative or stranger or the pope!
Its a long stretch to see a photo and suggest it shows a handshake that only belongs to a sinister organisation.
What did they do, sit around one afternoon trying out different handshakes? For what purpose?Comment
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I know members but I don't hang with them cos they are old folks and its not a scary secret society more of a Gentleman's club with member's only meetings. I'm not a fan and would never join but its seriously not a big deal. Below are some quotes from this article:
http://www.grandlodgescotland.com/in...sk=view&id=293
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Here's another quote:While some people still confuse Masonic lodges with the Orange Lodge, and a belief in "the Great Architect of the Universe" is a prerequisite of membership, Freemasonry recognises no distinction of religion, creed or colour, stresses Begg, who recalls having seen a *** and a ****** take their Masonic oaths side by side, one on the Torah, the other on the Koran. Mainstream Freemasonry remains "a society of gentlemen",
Stevenson's paper will stress how, in Scotland at least, freemasonry has remained "predominantly a social, moral and charitable organisation of skilled working men". He also describes its role in promoting egalitarian thinking, and suggests that freemasonry's once very public presence has diminished, "partly because it came to be attacked by both *******s and communists - Masons tend to argue that an organisation that was ruthlessly suppressed by both Hitler and Stalin can't be all bad."Hitler claimed that it was the ***s and the Freemasons who had brought Germany to its knees. The Grand Lodge of Scotland was first on the hit list if the ****s invaded the country... so you stopped telling people that you were a Mason." He grins: "I have no problem telling people - but then I'm a professional Freemason."
Yet his organisation has long laboured under an unenviable image - which its critics would say has been well-earned - from the much-parodied spectacle of men in aprons to disquieting concerns about networking within the police and judiciary, and even bringing down governments, as in the case of the Italian P2 Lodge scandal of 1981.
That irregular lodge was described by investigating Italian authorities as "a state within a state", its members including government ministers, members of parliament, secret-service heads, judges, defence chiefs and bankers - including Roberto Calvi, the former president of the Vatican's Banco Ambrosiano, who was found hanging from Blackfriar's Bridge, London, in 1982. Licio Gelli, the lodge's Grand Master, was eventually jailed in connection with the bank's fraudulent bankruptcy.
So far as that affair is concerned, says Cooper, "people forget that P2 started out as a Masonic lodge, but when the Grand Lodge of Italy realised what was going on, they closed it down. It continued illegally." The secrecy issue is, he argues, more in the perception than in the fact. "Does the Mafia, for instance, have a public museum like Freemason's Hall here, where people can go and see their history? It's just silly."Comment
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Professor Griff - Now we love these brothers but they're victims......of a diabolical plan.Comment
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