Freemason

[PBbombomlee]

Any Masonic people here? Pretty interesting Fraternity.

 

Or anyone interested, can discuss anything you know about this Fraternity..

Edited August 14, 2010 by PBbombomlee

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what the heck is a free mansion??

[Constructicon]

what the heck is a free mansion??

 

Deh...its Freemasonry.

Not free mansion, free condo, free HDB lah...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry

Edited May 23, 2010 by Constructicon

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Oh its a frat.... lol...

[slackspark]

Freemason is a "secretive groups" like knights . Mostly now is in the media industries like Hollywood . Not sure abt Bollywood thou..

[PBbombomlee]

Yeah.. Freemasonry.

 

Largest and oldest secret society in the world..

 

http://www.masoniclight.org/degrees.html

 

Interesting!

[Running_Man]

Freemason = B$hit.

[Pplater]

Maybe TS read too much Dan Brown already

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Maybe TS read too much Dan Brown already

 

LMAO!!! :lol:

 

Then how about sciencetology???

[antartica]

have seen the logo at a building behind Central Fire Station...

[BlurLing]

wad? english pls.

[PBbombomlee]

Maybe TS read too much Dan Brown already

 

His books are not too good.

 

Highly overrated.

[PBbombomlee]

Freemason = B$hit.

 

Maybe you can enlighten me more on why you think so?

[PBbombomlee]

have seen the logo at a building behind Central Fire Station...

 

Yes, it is a Freemason Hall. Next to Singapore Philatelic Museum.

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Square_compasses.svg/220px-Square_compasses.svg.png

Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around five million, including just under two million in the United States and around 480,000 in England, Scotland and Ireland.[1][2] The various forms all share moral and metaphysical ideals, which include, in most cases, a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being.[3]

The fraternity is administratively organised into Grand Lodges or sometimes Orients, each of which governs its own jurisdiction, which consists of subordinate (or constituent) Lodges. Grand Lodges recognise each other, or not, based upon adherence to landmarks (a Grand Lodge will usually deem other Grand Lodges who share common landmarks to be regular, and those that do not to be "irregular" or "clandestine").

There are also appendant bodies, which are organisations related to the main branch of Freemasonry, but with their own independent administration.

Freemasonry uses the metaphors of operative stonemasons' tools and implements, against the allegorical backdrop of the building of King Solomon's Temple, to convey what has been described by both Masons and critics as "a system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols."[4][5]

There we go......

[Pplater]

LMAO!!! :lol:

 

Then how about sciencetology???

 

Its Noetic Science.

 

His books are not too good.

 

Highly overrated.

 

I felt that the latest book, "The Lost Symbol" didn't quite measure up to the previous 4 books leh. Although he deserves credit for the same style of writing that always reflects very thorough research. Few fiction writers blend in so much facts, or myths.

[PBbombomlee]

There we go......

 

I also know how to wiki it.. haha. I just wanna hear what locals know about this Fraternity...

 

@Pplater, I haven't read his new book yet.. gotta go borrow it.

[s4dreamer]

I also know how to wiki it.. haha. I just wanna hear what locals know about this Fraternity...

 

@Pplater, I haven't read his new book yet.. gotta go borrow it.

 

Yup, better go reserve your copy now. Apparently, Pplater had to wait quite a while before he got his copy...

[PBbombomlee]

Yup, better go reserve your copy now. Apparently, Pplater had to wait quite a while before he got his copy...

 

I see the book all over bookstores.. Apparently, I'm reading Mein Kampf and can never read finish.. My little brain takes awhile to comprehend what Hitler was saying in a page.

[hepcobecker]

Freemason is a religion??

[PBbombomlee]

I think of it more as a philosophy.. Because members must follow certain rules and to enter, you must fulfill some stuff.

[lutein]

I felt that the latest book, "The Lost Symbol" didn't quite measure up to the previous 4 books leh. Although he deserves credit for the same style of writing that always reflects very thorough research. Few fiction writers blend in so much facts, or myths.

 

Dan Brown's books SUCK! I was so bored reading the Da Vinci Code. Finished it within 2 hours.

 

You should try reading Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum.

[Pplater]

Dan Brown's books SUCK! I was so bored reading the Da Vinci Code. Finished it within 2 hours.

 

You should try reading Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum.

 

wa lau eh sis, that book dates back to 1990 according to national library catalogue leh. U read it? Is it good? I wonder if the pages got mould already..

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Freemason is a religion??

 

maybe a cult.

[PBbombomlee]

If a cult survives for this long.. must be a extremely good cult man.

 

Wah siao.. topic on books. Keke..

 

OT, I was reading book on Sociology at AMK library.. rushed off intending to borrow the book the next time I come back. I came back and realised I forgot to take down the book's name!!! Hunted high and low.. but to no avail Hooked onto sociology now.. and semantics.