Ever wonder why Shriners, professing to be Christians, wear that "fez" with an Islamic sword emblazoned on the front and asked to swear an oath to not reveal secrets and they don't even know what they are? A lot of people get involved in things they don't understand for business, social or religious reasons, much like the jw's, but they are nonetheless involved.
Discovery Chanel special on Freemasons
by feenx 11 Replies latest jw friends
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I have seen the Disscovery Channel program and it is fairly representative of what happens in Freemasonry.
There is a noose involved in the initiation ceremony, it is used for figurative purposes.
Freydi, you are right, not all masonic ritual is the same; for instance the ritual displayed in the Discovery Channel program was from American Freemasonry which I believe is York Rite. Each Constitution has slightly different rituals, side orders, signs and ways of doing things.
The shriners are a charitable organisation made up of freemasons, but not strictly a masonic organisation as such.