tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post629997387563846293..comments2024-03-26T12:05:58.591-04:00Comments on Freemasons For Dummies: Nude Trump Statues Appear With Masonic RingsChristopher Hodapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-88827451352025725452016-11-24T03:27:18.333-05:002016-11-24T03:27:18.333-05:00I am a Mason and am confused as to why one of the ...I am a Mason and am confused as to why one of the most well known global communities in the world is still considered a secret society. The artist's reasoning of using the ring as a cheeky way to imply Trump's association with secret societies seems inconsiderate to the reputation of Freemasonry and all the good work done by my brethren around the world. It has often been said that we are a not a secret society but a society with secrets but even that statement, with respect, is a little hard to accept, there is very little about Masonic rituals and rites that are not readily if not gladly shared. I believe the only true secret in Freemasonry can best be described by the Latin term 'Nosce te ipsum', a secret that we all carry to the grave unrevealed.Banterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618980540880585634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-77275023942807402432016-11-11T05:01:24.934-05:002016-11-11T05:01:24.934-05:00this photo proves nothingthis photo proves nothingTobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05618111236311342503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-48737909334664151992016-10-27T20:40:44.134-04:002016-10-27T20:40:44.134-04:00Women cannot be regular, recognized Masons. They D...Women cannot be <i>regular, recognized</i> Masons. They DO have unrecognized options. In case you think it's just not possible for some reason, more than 20% of the Masons in France are women. And UGLE has said that, apart from being women, the female grand lodges in England are otherwise regular.<br /><br />Just to be precise. :)Christopher Hodapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-4928981075902203982016-10-27T19:33:30.761-04:002016-10-27T19:33:30.761-04:00Women can not be masons. Order of eastern star, Jo...Women can not be masons. Order of eastern star, Jobs daughters or rainbow girls. That's about it.Cpt. Thomas Franklin USMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09075015931733632885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-74823810270482010462016-09-08T23:06:54.115-04:002016-09-08T23:06:54.115-04:00The guy would have got the same amount of fame wit...The guy would have got the same amount of fame without the ring added.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11563689086141935860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-36875659390504586612016-08-29T13:06:49.775-04:002016-08-29T13:06:49.775-04:00Dude... you didn't see her Masonic Ring?!Dude... you didn't see her Masonic Ring?!marchforlibertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515217031834246965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-66660472546282611622016-08-20T21:33:51.692-04:002016-08-20T21:33:51.692-04:00No, neither Bill Clinton nor President Obama are, ...No, neither Bill Clinton nor President Obama are, or ever have been, Freemasons, let alone 33° Scottish Rite Masons. Bill Clinton was a member of the Masonic youth group DeMolay as a teenager, but never went on to join the fraternity as an adult. And Obama has never been affiliated with Freemasonry at all throughout his life.<br /><br />The last U.S. president who was a Freemason was Gerald R. Ford. He was initiated on September 30, 1949, in Malta Lodge No. 465, in Grand Rapids Michigan, along with his half-brothers Thomas G. Ford, Richard A. Ford, and James F. Ford. His Fellow Craft and Master Mason degrees were conferred by Columbia Lodge No. 3, in Washington, D.C., on April 20 and May 18, 1951, as a courtesy to his lodge in Michigan. He was also a Scottish Rite Mason and made a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33rd degree in the Supreme Council A.A.S.R. Northern Jurisdiction at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, on September 26, 1962. He was also a Shriner.<br /><br />Public figures in the United States who are Masons are generally pretty forthcoming about their Masonic record, and in the case of Masonic presidents, their lodges and grand lodges are proud to be associated with them. <br /><br />What you think Hillary has to do with Freemasonry, I have no idea. But there is no record of her association with the fraternity anywhere that is a legitimate source of information.Christopher Hodapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-66759890420075283562016-08-20T19:46:49.473-04:002016-08-20T19:46:49.473-04:00I don't get this. Trump has not been connect...I don't get this. Trump has not been connected to freemasonry. Furthermore, both Obama and Bill Clinton are known 33 degree Master Masons, and Hillary wears a Phoenix emblem clutching the globe lapel pill most of he time. <br /><br />Strange that they would add the ring. Again, he is the only candidate in awhile we don't have proof is part of freemasonry. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06615795399744195927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-76649074633331150362016-08-19T16:44:41.708-04:002016-08-19T16:44:41.708-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05393275282417790751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-79366572119335949852016-08-19T16:10:08.996-04:002016-08-19T16:10:08.996-04:00What erection? What erection? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912406985963847668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-92123474058529831042016-08-18T23:59:23.818-04:002016-08-18T23:59:23.818-04:00Adding - the artist is Joshua Monroe of Las Vegas ...Adding - the artist is Joshua Monroe of Las Vegas NV<br /><br />http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/18/artist-behind-naked-trump-statues-says-he-d-love-to-make-a-hillary-statue.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583567475521324001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-47800433005792003012016-08-18T23:53:36.314-04:002016-08-18T23:53:36.314-04:00It appears that it's the same statue all aroun...It appears that it's the same statue all around the country with multiple copies. All have the ring.<br /><br />http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/18/12538672/nude-donald-trump-statues-union-square-los-angeles-indeclineAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583567475521324001noreply@blogger.com