Freemasons and Other Fraternities

[werebear]

Just a little story about a Shriner who saved my cousin's life.

On the very day that I was born, July 16th, 1990, a cousin of mine was burned severely by hot water. Somewhere around sixty percent of her skin, from about mid-chest down, was melted off. This includes her lower arms and fingers. The doctors didn't think she would ever have children( She has three!), she was at most four years old. She only recently had her last skin graft. So on to the nice Shriner. In my local county hospital they had no idea what to do and where considering amputating her arms and legs, when a Shriner simply walked by the room, heard the discussion and recomended the Shriner Burn Center in Cincinnatti, OH. So off they went, and today, thanks to that wonderful Shriner who suggested it and the doctors at the hospital, my cousin has all her fingers and toes. So to you Shriners on this forum, thank you and may the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob bless you all the days of your life. In Christ's name, Amen.

Would someone evil have done this?

 

[txbeerboy]

I belong to Joe Werner Lodge #553 in Trinity, TX. I was raised to a master in 1990. I was sure proud! I once had a supervisor that hated us masons because of his religion. It had something to do with the checkered pavement. I can only assume he thinks the symbolism is bad, but he would be wrong. I have a preach (or had) that wouldn't baptize me because I am a mason.

 

[frank13]

I am an independent in matters of politics, groups, fraternities, religions, etc. I've never been a joiner. I have a relationship with God, but always kinda' figured that was between the two of us. The last thing I joined was the US Army. Served as a medic (flight medic and SF), for six years and attained the rank of Sergeant. Got to see lots of exciting places... Upon my honorable discharge and my return to the United States, I was a deputy sheriff with an outfit in Tennessee. I live in a fairly conservative area of California now, and mostly just like being fairly anonymous and left alone. I tend to think that Henry David Thoreau had the right idea. ;-)

 

[fishingandpipes]

I'm a Grand Master Flash

 

[ravkesef]

Forty-five years a Mason, and Past Master of Temple Lodge #16, Cheshire, Connecticut. In all that time, I have never seen or read or experienced anything in Masonry as harsh and critical about any group as what Comrade Stalin said about us. Freemasonry's motto is "Making Good Man Better," and every bit of my experience in masonry I has served only to underscore that motto. This is as gentle and kind a group as you could ever hope to find. I am proud to be a Mason, and wouldn't trade my experiences for anything. My experience has taught me that anyone who shows a negative word about Freemasonry either doesn't know what he's talking about, or is himself a very vile person.

 

[condorlover1]

Live and let live - this is difference between us as a society and the other lot that go around cutting peoples heads off!

 

[frank13]

Right on, Condor. ::

 

[meerschaummatt]

I'm in the Knights of Columbus. I am Catholic too but have no problem with the Masons. I actually have a lot of gratitude for them because, as a kid, I had a lot of treatment and surgery at Shriner's Hospital.

 

[easterntraveler]

I am a member of Wayzata lodge 205 of which I will be installed as Master on Dec 14th this year.