tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909814477098868440.post7864492483301201066..comments2023-12-26T13:33:07.730-06:00Comments on The Midnight Freemasons: "UPROXX" Style MasonryTodd E. Creasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12966451416841599132noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909814477098868440.post-10056890176208653112015-03-03T10:06:45.849-06:002015-03-03T10:06:45.849-06:00The article posted was a breath of fresh air. Than...The article posted was a breath of fresh air. Thank you for providing an alternative explanation of some of the events during the building of the temple. The Hiramic legend is not meant to be taken as factual but merely used as a tool for teaching the brother the lessons of integrity and the mortality of man. <br /><br />Totally enjoyed it. I will be s hiring with the craft. blanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797716380856207491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909814477098868440.post-47224869242018733092015-03-01T14:31:17.356-06:002015-03-01T14:31:17.356-06:00Mr. Barrett, thank you for you comment, and thank ...Mr. Barrett, thank you for you comment, and thank you for you opinion. I believe the sources of this article were previously cited. If you have a problem with the facts, take it up with the original source as it was previously suggested. You're more than welcome to comment in the future, but if you do so, I would appreciate you demonstrate a higher level of civility and respect. There was no reason to strike that tone, and your points may have been better received if you'd framed them as an argument rather than an attack. If you can't be polite, I'll block your ability to comment on here at all. There is no excuse for bad behavior. Thank you. Todd E. Creasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966451416841599132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909814477098868440.post-50158845063320831112015-03-01T14:15:18.218-06:002015-03-01T14:15:18.218-06:00http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6335-fr...http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6335-freemasonryWCYPODCASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550845537256450502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909814477098868440.post-5469139007679569452015-03-01T13:54:55.382-06:002015-03-01T13:54:55.382-06:00It is clear that you did not read the reference re...It is clear that you did not read the reference re Ginsburg and thus repeat a misnomer. It reads as follows:<br />According to the measure of the zeal displayed by Solomon were the help and favor shown him by God. During the seven years it took to build the Temple, not a single workman died who was employed about it, nor even did a single one fall sick. And as the workmen were sound and robust from first to last, so the perfection of their tools remained unimpaired until the building stood complete. Thus the work suffered no sort of interruption.<br />After the dedication of the Temple, however, the workmen died off, lest they build similar structures for the heathen and their gods. Their wages they were to receive from God in the world to come, and the master workman, Hiram, was rewarded by being permitted to reach Paradise alive.<br />Your quote, taken from another source, was a continuation of an antiSemitic twist to the legend. Solomon did not kill any workmen.dbdenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047456566326211860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909814477098868440.post-82163187724250150552015-03-01T09:08:59.475-06:002015-03-01T09:08:59.475-06:00First of all, there is nothing copied. That source...First of all, there is nothing copied. That source was read in it's entirety, and compiled for the reader. It was sourced as well. Second, the sources for these are what had been listed in the full text, and so I would suggest to you, if you have an issue with the Talmud used as a reference, I might get in contact with the original author, perhaps through the MSA who publishes the Short Talk Bulletins. Calling me "unmasonic" is a cheap shot. Thanks for reading the article, even though you feel it was "absurd". I appreciate your zeal and even your misanthropic attitude, but perhaps it is misdirected. <br /><br />WCYPODCASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550845537256450502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909814477098868440.post-6002235986546078822015-03-01T01:05:53.326-06:002015-03-01T01:05:53.326-06:00Copying legends of Hiram Abif from another source...Copying legends of Hiram Abif from another source eg Masonic World is non-masonic. There are no TALMUDIC references to the killing of the workers - if so please delineate clearly. Such a killing would have seiouslyangered King of Tyre who sent most of his people to do the work. There is a rabbinic legend acc to Joseph Fort Newton WITH NO SERIOuS REFERENCE [as it comes under the heading of FM] but isqualified by the word ABSURD!!dbdenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047456566326211860noreply@blogger.com