Mona Pereth wrote:
To Fnord: Thanks very much for your posts in this thread! (My late grandfather was a Mason.)
You are welcome.Mona Pereth wrote:
Question: How do most of today's Freemasons feel about the endless parade of conspiracy claims? Do they mostly just find the claims amusing, or do they now see the ever-more-popular grand conspiracy ideology as a potentially very dangerous blood libel?
Contrary to what some may believe, individual Freemasons are not mere components of a larger telepathic hive mind, so I can speak only for myself when I say that I feel some emotional compulsion to point out the sheer stupidity of those conspiracy theories.
Otherwise, I have not noted any discussion of conspiracy theories among my fellows at all ... a little eye-rolling and head-shaking, but no discussion.
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