2007-01-22 09:02:38 · 10 answers · asked by polarbearcasino 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
think he was called Weishaupt
2007-01-22 09:05:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real stonemasons established an exclusive trade association back in the Middle Ages primarily to protect their jobs. They insisted that stonecutters and bricklayers be trained and experienced, and to ensure that, they made their trade association secret and came up with a number of ways a mason could make his talents known to other masons, such as a secret handshake. The organization has changed and grown over the centuries, often being a mark of the gentry as well as that of a master crafts trade. George Washington was a Mason, as was Robert E. Lee and a great many other especially noteworthy Americans.
2007-01-22 17:11:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first Grand Lodge formed in Freemasonry was The Grand Lodge of England (GLE), founded in 1717, when four existing London Lodges met for a joint dinner. This rapidly expanded into a regulatory body, which almost all English Lodges joined. From the 1750s onwards, two competing English Grand Lodges vied for supremacy - the "Moderns" (GLE) and "Ancients" (sometimes spelled "Antients") Grand Lodges. They finally united in 1813 to form the present United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE).
2007-01-25 14:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knights Templar
2007-01-22 17:04:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free Mason started 1400s was founded on brotherly love among its members. They are self righteous - and therefore judgmental.
It is a well known secret that Jack the Ripper who murdered prostitutes was a Free Mason.
Christ on the other- hand forgave a prostitute - and said "go and sin no more"..
2007-01-22 17:20:55 · answer #5 · answered by Charles H 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
freemasons was a group started by a group of masons who knew special "tricks" of the trade. it began later that the wealthy people wanted to apart of this "secret society" so they bought their way in. later it reformed to be what it is today.
its very interesting, i watched one of those learning channel documentaries on it.
2007-01-22 17:05:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the freemasons are a fraternal organization whose beliefs are based on moral and metaphysical ideals based on the belief in a supreme being anyway for more information here's the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry
2007-01-22 17:13:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A very wealthy bricklayer who did it for fun
2007-01-22 17:07:52 · answer #8 · answered by KIB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read somewhere sometimes it was the builders of the pyramids
2007-01-22 17:06:13 · answer #9 · answered by revdauphinee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the knights templer
2007-01-22 17:07:11 · answer #10 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋