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>any sort of positive prayer involving repetition
repetition is the bedrock of all authentic art
>most of what is said on the internet about masonry is not true
That's really just your opinion.
>I researched freemasonry for 2 decades before joining.
In Soviet America, Masonry researches YOU
Look, I get that you're loyal–to whatever–and I admire that. However, you're not presenting anything whatsoever that addresses the obvious notion that you've simply been lied to.
Let me know when the Shriners are working to address the global scourge of ritualized infant mutilation, and then you've got some traction. Until then–not impressed, Chief. Not by a long chalk.
>you’re the one telling me I’ve been lied to
nice Straw Man. You sure seem like a real Mason, alright.
Once again, for the cheap seats: I didn't tell you that you were lied to; I said that what you're saying is indistinguishable from that.
If you're hoping to use reason to persuade us here, it's not working out well. THINK MIRROR.
>What part of this don’t you get?
I think it's the part where you just can't imagine life without a barrel of apples, and everyone else is putting on boots to make applesauce in the street.
>Should the bad spoil the bunch?
Take off and nuke the site from orbit–it's the only way to be sure.
Everything you're saying here is exactly what someone who had been lied to would say. Reconcile.