What does this mean to you?

I am a mason. Many of y'all know that. I have an emblem on the back of my truck and someone at a red light today told me I was racist because I am a Mason. I just laughed.
Is anyone here a mason?
What does the picture mean to you?
What do you know about it?
Were any of your relatives one?

 

It's the symbol for the Masons. Unless someone is saying that the Masons are racists (which is new to me), you ran into someone ignorant.

I'm not a Mason, but my dad is a sometime member. I think that my maternal great-grandfather was a fairly high level Mason, though.

There are lots of conspiracy theories surrounding the Masons, but I've never heard racism as being one of them.

 

I'll be honest, I don't know much about the Masons.

I DO know that Jack Chick (of Chick Tract fame...or is that infamy?) despises Masons, so I'm probably pretty okay with them.

 

the_jazz yeah racisim is not one of our things. Yeah they were ignorant.


CinnamonGirl why did he dispiase us?

 

Masons can't be athiests right? They have to believe in a supreme being? Does the spaghetti monster count?

 

Yes we have to believe in a supreme being. No the spaghett monster dint count.

 

:-(

 

He apparently thinks being a Mason means being a Satanist. Or a witch. I'm not sure which one. But he also thinks Dungeons and Dragons is a gateway to Satanism, Catholics are evil, and Halloween tempts children into witchcraft, so that should give you an idea of the kind of things he believes.

 

Its funny how people think we have satanic rituals

 

Ummmmmm no.

 

My dad was a Mason and we're Jewish so it's definitely not a christian-only club.
All I can remember is charitable events he participated in. I must have missed all the good stuff, like racism and Satan worship.

 

Do you know how long your dad was a mason?

 

My father and my grandfather were Masons. But I don't recall either of them doing much in the organization.

 

Why aren't you? Just courious.

 

I suspect blacks were excluded from becoming Masons throughout much of the organization's history as were women (still?). But certainly, the Masons arent alone is these practices.

Personally, I'm not one for organizations with rituals (secret passwords, handshakes, oaths, blackballing prospective members, etc), but to each his own.

I agree they do some fine charitable work.