Calling every semi-secret fraternity freemasonry is very ignorant and akin to calling every sect of Christianity a Catholic Jesuit cult. Some of our most esteemed Founding Fathers were dedicated masons. Funny enough, nobody on the internet can sauce legitimate masonic literature about their nefarious dealings, yet all claim that they know the secrets of the 33rd degree (Scottish Rite only). It's laughable. The way some people who call themselves Christians, or Americans, or Congressional Representatives, or Capitalists act in direct contradiction to their self-professed claims and ideals, is the same way people who are masons may or may not act as well. America never would have gained independence if not for the work of masons like Washington, Franklin, and Lafayette, to name a very few.
Can someone briefly tell me what 33rd degree Scottish Rite is?
When my grandfather died I helped my grandma write his obituary and she told me to write that in there. I never knew what it meant, but I gather some folks here believe it to be evil. I don't think my grandfather was a bad person, but secret societies being secret and all, I just have no idea...
The Scottish Rite's main charity, inspired by the story in Judges 12, is the https://scottishrite.org/philanthropy/ritecare/ritecare-srclp/ RiteCare free speech therapy clinics for children with speech disorders. By helping children correct speech disorders early in life, they help children avoid bullying and being ostracized.
The Scottish Rite raises its money as a theatrical group. They have 32 plays, but no one has that many actors, most will only see the five required plays to become a 32 degree. The plays are not sequential. They're more like the numbered dishes on a Chinese restaurant menu. There was for a while only 25 plays, but then everyone liked knights in armour, so they wrote an extra 7 plays with knights in armour, which made 32. They rent out their theater and social halls the rest of the year for weddings and other events, which is what pays the bills and raises money for their charities.
The plays (or "degrees") are about the same quality as you'll see at any summer Bible Camp, and the 18th degree is basically Easter Sunday service. (Easy to stage because it's just a cross on the stage with an off stage narrator reading New Testament passages) The overall impression is that Protestant Christianity is the final evolution of all older religions.
The 33rd degree is an honor given to older members. The Knights of Saint Andrew in the Scottish Rite are the younger whiskey drinking guys who enjoy dressing up in kilts and having cigar nights, and there's a whole thing about not being able to be join the KSA once you're a 33rd degree.
They are not masons.
Calling every semi-secret fraternity freemasonry is very ignorant and akin to calling every sect of Christianity a Catholic Jesuit cult. Some of our most esteemed Founding Fathers were dedicated masons. Funny enough, nobody on the internet can sauce legitimate masonic literature about their nefarious dealings, yet all claim that they know the secrets of the 33rd degree (Scottish Rite only). It's laughable. The way some people who call themselves Christians, or Americans, or Congressional Representatives, or Capitalists act in direct contradiction to their self-professed claims and ideals, is the same way people who are masons may or may not act as well. America never would have gained independence if not for the work of masons like Washington, Franklin, and Lafayette, to name a very few.
Can someone briefly tell me what 33rd degree Scottish Rite is?
When my grandfather died I helped my grandma write his obituary and she told me to write that in there. I never knew what it meant, but I gather some folks here believe it to be evil. I don't think my grandfather was a bad person, but secret societies being secret and all, I just have no idea...
The Scottish Rite's main charity, inspired by the story in Judges 12, is the https://scottishrite.org/philanthropy/ritecare/ritecare-srclp/ RiteCare free speech therapy clinics for children with speech disorders. By helping children correct speech disorders early in life, they help children avoid bullying and being ostracized.
The Scottish Rite raises its money as a theatrical group. They have 32 plays, but no one has that many actors, most will only see the five required plays to become a 32 degree. The plays are not sequential. They're more like the numbered dishes on a Chinese restaurant menu. There was for a while only 25 plays, but then everyone liked knights in armour, so they wrote an extra 7 plays with knights in armour, which made 32. They rent out their theater and social halls the rest of the year for weddings and other events, which is what pays the bills and raises money for their charities.
https://www.dummies.com/religion/spirituality/freemasons-and-the-scottish-rite-system/
The plays (or "degrees") are about the same quality as you'll see at any summer Bible Camp, and the 18th degree is basically Easter Sunday service. (Easy to stage because it's just a cross on the stage with an off stage narrator reading New Testament passages) The overall impression is that Protestant Christianity is the final evolution of all older religions.
The 33rd degree is an honor given to older members. The Knights of Saint Andrew in the Scottish Rite are the younger whiskey drinking guys who enjoy dressing up in kilts and having cigar nights, and there's a whole thing about not being able to be join the KSA once you're a 33rd degree.