Lord Xnut Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 [center] [img]http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/4126/glbadge5yrs.png[/img] [size=4][b]As the Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of Freemasons I'm proud to announce that today, on the eight day of December in the year two thousand and twelve the lodge have existed for five years.[/b][/size] [img]http://www.square-n-compass.net/forum/images/flags/GLOFCeremony.png[/img][/center] We will be celebrating on our forum so everyone is invited to visit us on our forum [url="http://www.square-n-compass.net"]http://www.square-n-compass.net[/url] Also, we merged with Colossus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salsabeast1 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Congrats to an amazing alliance. Cheers for another 5, and you got some great folks in Colossus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Havok Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Where is kuhnini and Alaric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vukland Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Congratulations on your 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeology Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 congrats on 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayzie Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 For anyone looking for raids, Colossus is under the protection of GLOF & most probably our other former allies indefinitely. Grats on 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theophilos Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Congrats guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurthwaite Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 5 years is impressive. Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igumen Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 [b]Christians of Planet Bob, and more particularly confessed Christians of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons, please read the following statement, offered in love.[/b] [size=5]Official Statement of the Bishops and Abbots of the Free Land of Cathari regarding Freemasonry:[/size] [size=6]F[/size]reemasonry is not simply a philanthropic union or a philosophical school, but constitutes a mystagogical system which reminds us of the ancient heathen mystery-religions and cults—from which it descends and is their continuation and regeneration. This is not only admitted by prominent teachers in the lodges, but they declare it with pride, affirming literally: "Freemasonry is the only survival of the ancient mysteries and can be called the guardian of them;" Freemasonry is a direct offspring of the Egyptian mysteries; "the humble workshop of the Masonic Lodge is nothing else than the caves and the darkness of the cedars of India and the unknown depths of the Pyramids and the crypts of the magnificent temples of Isis; in the Greek mysteries of Freemasonry, having passed along the luminous roads of knowledge under the mysteriarchs Prometheus, Dionysus and Orpheus, formulated the eternal laws of the Universe! "Such a link between Freemasonry and the ancient idolatrous mysteries is also manifested by all that is enacted and performed at the initiations. As in the rites of the ancient idolatrous mysteries the drama of the labors and death of the mystery god was repeated, and in the imitative repetition of this drama the initiate dies together with the patron of the mystery religion, who was always a mythical person symbolizing the Sun of nature which dies in winter and is regenerated in spring, so it is also, in the initiation of the third degree, of the patron of Freemasonry Hiram and a kind of repetition of his death, in which the initiate suffers with him, struck by the same instruments and on the same parts of the body as Hiram. According to the confession of a prominent teacher of Freemasonry Hiram is "as Osiris, as Mithra, and as Bacchus, one of the personifications of the Sun." "Thus Freemasonry is, as granted, a mystery-religion, quite different, separate, and alien to the Christian faith. This is shown without any doubt by the fact that it possesses its own temples with altars, which are characterized by prominent teachers as "workshops which cannot have less history and holiness than the Church" and as temples of virtue and wisdom where the Supreme Being is worshipped and the truth is taught. It possesses its own religious ceremonies, such as the ceremony of adoption or the masonic baptism, the ceremony of conjugal acknowledgement or the masonic marriage, the masonic memorial service, the consecration of the masonic temple, and so on. It possesses its own initiations, its own ceremonial ritual, its own hierarchical order and a definite discipline. As may be concluded from the masonic agapes and from the feasting of the winter and summer solstices with religious meals and general rejoicings, it is a physiolatric religion. "It is true that it may seem at first that Freemasonry can be reconciled with every other religion, because it is not interested directly in the religion to which its initiates belong. This is, however, explained by its syncretistic character and proves that in this point also it is an offspring and a continuation of ancient idolatrous mysteries which accepted for initiation worshippers of all gods. But as the mystery religions, in spite of the apparent spirit of tolerance and acceptance of foreign gods, lead to a syncretism which undermined and gradually shook confidence in other religions, thus Freemasonry today, which seeks to embrace in itself gradually all mankind and which promises to give moral perfection and knowledge of truth, is lifting itself to the position of a kind of super-religion, looking on all religions (without excepting Christianity) as inferior to itself. Thus it develops in its initiates the idea that only in masonic lodges is performed the shaping and the smoothing of the unsmoothed and unhewn stone. And the fact alone that Freemasonry creates a brotherhood excluding all other brotherhoods outside it (which are considered by Freemasonry as "uninstructed", even when they are Christian) proves clearly its pretensions to be a super-religion. This means that by masonic initiation, a Christian becomes a brother of the Muslim, the Buddhist, or any kind of rationalist, while the Christian not initiated in Freemasonry becomes to him an outsider. "On the other hand, Freemasonry in prominently exalting knowledge and in helping free research as "putting no limit in the search of truth" (according to its rituals and constitution), and more than this by adopting the so-called natural ethic, shows itself in this sense to be in sharp contradiction with the Christian religion. For the Christian religion exalts faith above all, confining human reason to the limits traced by Divine Revelation and leading to holiness through the supernatural action of grace. In other words, which Christianity, as a religion of Revelation, possessing its rational and superrational dogmas and truths, asks for faith first, and grounds its moral structure on the super-natural Divine Grace, Freemasonry has only natural truth and brings to the knowledge of its initiates free thinking and investigation through reason only. It bases its moral structure only on the natural forces of man, and has only natural aims. "Thus, the incompatible contradiction between Christianity and Freemasonry is quite clear. Freemasonry cannot be at all compatible with Christianity as far as it is a secret organization, acting and teaching in mystery and secret and deifying rationalism. Freemasonry accepts as its members not only Christians, but also Jews and Muslims. Consequently clergymen cannot be permitted to take part in this association. I consider as worthy of degradation every clergyman who does so. It is necessary to urge upon all who entered it without due thought and without examining what Freemasonry is, to sever all connections with it, for Christianity alone is the religion which teaches absolute truth and fulfills the religious and moral needs of men. Unanimously and with one voice all the Abbots of Cathari have approved what was said, and we declare that all the faithful children of the Church must stand apart from Freemasonry. With unshaken faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ [i]"in whom we have our redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our sins, according to the riches of His Grace, whereby He abounds to us in all wisdom and prudence" [/i](Ephes. 1, 7-9) possessing the truth revealed by Him and preached by the Apostles, "not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in the partaking in the Divine Sacraments through which we are sanctified and saved by eternal life, we must not fall from the grace of Christ by becoming partakers of other mysteries. It is not lawful to belong at the same time to Christ and to search for redemption and moral perfection outside Him. For these reasons true Christianity is incompatible with Freemasonry. "Therefore, all who have become involved in the initiations of masonic mysteries must from this moment sever all relations with masonic lodges and activities, being sure that they are thereby of a certainty renewing their links with our one Lord and Savior which were weakened by ignorance and by a wrong sense of values. The Assembly expects this particularly and with love from the initiates of the lodges, being convinced that most of them have received masonic initiation not realizing that by it they were passing into another religion, but on the contrary from ignorance, thinking that they had done nothing contrary to the faith of their fathers. Recommending them to the sympathy, and in no wise to the hostility or hatred of the faithful children of the Church, the Assembly calls them to pray with her from the heart in Christian love, that the one Lord Jesus Christ [i]"the way, the truth and the life" may illumine and return to the truth who in ignorance have gone astray."[/i] [right][size=2]Adapted from: Freemasonry: [url="http://orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/masonry.aspx"][b]Official Statement of the Church of Greece (1933)[/b][/url][/size][/right] [b]To the rest of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons I congratulate your survival in the cruel climate of the Cyberverse, and pray that you continue your existence on this rapidly dying world at peace with your own conscience and without fear of the Truth and Light, incarnated in the person of Our Lord Jesus Christ.[/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogal Dorn Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 congratulations GLOF! this is quite the achievement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penedono Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 [quote name='Igumen' timestamp='1354911914' post='3061507'] [b]Christians of Planet Bob, and more particularly confessed Christians of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons, please read the following statement, offered in love.[/b] [size=5]Official Statement of the Bishops and Abbots of the Free Land of Cathari regarding Freemasonry:[/size] [size=6]F[/size]reemasonry is not simply a philanthropic union or a philosophical school, but constitutes a mystagogical system which reminds us of the ancient heathen mystery-religions and cults—from which it descends and is their continuation and regeneration. This is not only admitted by prominent teachers in the lodges, but they declare it with pride, affirming literally:.. ...Recommending them to the sympathy, and in no wise to the hostility or hatred of the faithful children of the Church, the Assembly calls them to pray with her from the heart in Christian love, that the one Lord Jesus Christ [i]"the way, the truth and the life" may illumine and return to the truth who in ignorance have gone astray."[/i] [right][size=2]Adapted from: Freemasonry: [url="http://orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/masonry.aspx"][b]Official Statement of the Church of Greece (1933)[/b][/url][/size][/right] [b]To the rest of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons I congratulate your survival in the cruel climate of the Cyberverse, and pray that you continue your existence on this rapidly dying world at peace with your own conscience and without fear of the Truth and Light, incarnated in the person of Our Lord Jesus Christ.[/b] [/quote] tl;dr - The Church of Greece: Share only an alphabet with Greek system fraternities... evidently does not party (Who knew religion could be such a buzzkill? I'm gonna need to sit down for a minute... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Smurf Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Did AB officially decide not to merge as well or is that still in discussion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Bad Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Congrats GLOF thats is nice long run. May it continue for another 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daikos Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Had a good time fighting you guys back in the day. Glad to see some of you still kicking around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwin90 Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 all hail glof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythicknight Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Congrats GLOF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdcchn Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 congrats old friends!What a great display of Equality and Solidarity; may Liberty prevail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfonse Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Those GOLF fellas are cool. Edited December 8, 2012 by Alfonse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahenshah Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Congrats guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arno Minion Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Igumen' timestamp='1354911914' post='3061507'] [b]Christians of Planet Bob, and more particularly confessed Christians of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons, please read the following statement, offered in love.[/b] [size=5]blah blah blah...[/size] [b]To the rest of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons I congratulate your survival in the cruel climate of the Cyberverse, and pray that you continue your existence on this rapidly dying world at peace with your own conscience and without fear of the Truth and Light, incarnated in the person of Our Lord Jesus Christ.[/b] [/quote] How dare you sully our thread with your negative views. At least your information is up to date; 1933?! I'll save you for later when I need some target practice. Edited December 8, 2012 by Arno Minion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Congrats. Here's to many more years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuiNur Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 needs less auctor. congrats though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
President S O Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Congrats guys! Though ya'll are even more quiet these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfox Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 It is good to see the lodge still alive and kicking. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurdanak Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Congratulations! o7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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