Sir Robert encouraged his friends and contacts to attend the weekly lecture, held by one of the bright stars of the Parliamentary scientists, Christopher Wren. It would seem that only two of the founder had no links to Freemasonry. These were Christopher Wren and Robert Boyle. They are recorded as being at the first meeting but have also been added to the list of members drawn up at the meeting to be the first to be invited to join. This omission can be explained if they had left before Moray and his Brother Masons got down to the detailed discussion of setting up a new society to study the Masonic objective of the hidden mysteries of nature and science. Although Wren almost certainly became a Freemason at a later date, Robert Boyle never joined the Craft as he would not take an oath under any circumstances.
Freemason Robert Boyle highlighted in March 2013 Awake! (page 14 & 15)
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transhuman68
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cantleave
You can buy an interesting book on the subject!
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2+2=5
I notice that Jeffro never comments on the Freemason threads......interesting.
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DATA-DOG
With so many Freemasons back then, wouldn't you have a hard time being totally separate from them? It's like being linked with Kevin Beacon. So if Mr. Well-to-do 100 years ago is a Freemason and I have a wedding reception at a building he owns, then I was assocoated with Freemasons.. That being said, I did find it strange that the WT had that article. Well, more annoying than strange. It is not new for the WTBTS to search the annals of history for any name similar to " Jehovah ". Anything that seems to remotely support their agenda is fair game. This was my favorite name so far, I mean " Iehobhah "??!! LOL!!! Where is the Y and the W in that !? The I is a J, which doesn't exist in Hebrew and the B.. what the heck is that even doing there?
My vote is for " Iehoboken " because it has the word hobo in it. Obviously the God of the WTBTS is broke. Also Hoboken figured prominently in one of CTR's prophecies about furlongs. So Jehoboken is perfect!
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slimboyfat
Seems like anyone who mentions the word "freemason" on this board is immediately attacked and insulted. Why is that?
Yeah yeah we are all green lizards too. You got everything well sussed out.
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Phizzy
It has been a while since we had a watchtower and freemasonry thread, like, at least two days.
What if they do have "links" ? Would that suddenly prove the WT is a false relgion ?
You don't need tenuous links like that to prove the WT is nothing but a scam, in fact you would do yourself a disservice, Freemasonry is at least what it claims to be, a Society of Secrets, so linking the WT with a legitimate Organization that is what it claims to be, does not do the anti-WT argument any favours.
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Finkelstein
If you want a bit more insight to Robert Boyle who he was and what he was involved in,
this book goes into explaining the creation of the Royal Society .
Click on the Look Inside icon to scroll through the book itself.
http://www.amazon.ca/Freemasonry-Birth-Modern-Science-Robert/dp/1592330118
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Finkelstein
The most likely reason the WTS. has an article on Robert Boyle is that he was a known prolific scientist but that he also was a known
supporter of promoting the bible into print. See even known scientist are true and real believers of the bible. Of course the WTS. doesn't
take note that this man lived 300 years ago at a time where their still much ignorance of the world and universe or that he might have
juxtaposition himself intensionally as religious supporter to keep the very powerful clergy from intermingling with his free thinking open
mindedness scientific endeavors.
A MAN OF SCIENCE
Boyle has been described as the father of chemistry. He took a completely different approach from that of the alchemists of his day. They kept their findings secret or else wrote them in obscure terms that few people outside their closed circle could understand. In contrast, Boyle openly published all the details of his work. Further, instead of simply accepting long-held hypotheses, he championed the use of controlled experiments to establish the facts.
Boyle’s experiments supported the idea that matter was composed of what he called corpuscles, particles of some kind, that combined in different ways to form different substances.
Boyle’s approach to scientific research is summed up well in his famous book The Sceptical Chymist. There he recommends that scientists avoid being arrogant or dogmatic and be willing to admit mistakes. Boyle insisted that those with strong opinions should carefully distinguish between the things they knew to be true and the things they thought to be true.
Boyle insisted that those with strong opinions should carefully distinguish between the things they knew to be true and those they thought to be true
A MAN OF FAITH
Boyle took the same approach when it came to spiritual matters. What he discovered about the universe and the marvelous construction of living creatures convinced him that there must be a Designer and Creator. So he rejected the growing spirit of atheism among the intelligentsia of his day. No one who used his power of reason honestly, Boyle concluded, could fail to believe in God.
However, Boyle did not think that human reason alone was the way to true enlightenment. He saw the need for some kind of revelation from God. That revelation, he said, was God’s Word, the Bible.
Boyle was troubled to see that many were unfamiliar with Bible teachings and seemed to have no solid foundation for their religious beliefs. How can it be right, he asked, that a person’s religious beliefs be based solely on what his parents believed or on where he happened to be born? Boyle developed an intense desire to help people deepen their knowledge of the Bible.
To this end, Boyle gave money to support the publishing of the Bible in many languages. These included some of the languages of native North Americans, as well as Arabic, Irish, Malay, and Turkish. Robert Boyle thus proved himself to be a gifted yet humble man with an insatiable desire to find the truth in all matters and to help others do the same.
QUICK FACTS:
- Born in Ireland in 1627.
- Called the father of chemistry.
- The first scientist of note to publish detailed descriptions of his methods for conducting controlled experiments.
- His writings greatly influenced Sir Isaac Newton, a younger contemporary.
- Promoted the translation of the Bible into many languages.
- Died in England in 1691 at the age of 64.
THE BIBLE IN IRISH
Robert Boyle was aware that as far back as 1573, a group of scholars had started to translate parts of the Bible into Irish. In 1602, they published in Irish the part that is commonly known as the New Testament. Later, in 1640, the Irish translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, commonly called the Old Testament, was completed. This particular version was not printed until 1685, after Boyle gave his financial support to the project. Interestingly, the books of the Apocrypha had also been translated into Irish. The Apocrypha is a collection of non-Biblical writings often bound with the Bible and published with it as one book. However, Boyle, being a lover of truth, refused to publish those spurious books.
