Jan:_____
At risk of employing the very (lack of) evidence and reason which I have condemned, let me explain why it is "my opinion" that the eye/pyramid is "connected somwhow/somewhere" with FreeMasonry.________
Admittedly, "the connection" is constantly repeated by "conspiracy theorists". However, every proposition "conspiracy theorists" put forth is not false merely by association.______
I assume the referred "Chasson link" is to ONE OF SEVERAL FREEMASONRY webpages which post the identical article which denies such "connection". The arguments are very persuasive. However, it admits that Benamin Franklin (who was probably the most influential person on the design committee) was a Freemason. The article also fails to consider that the committee's designs had to be approved by politicians who "possibly" were Freemasons. Additionally, there is no way of knowing what influence freemasons could have had behind the scenes.______
I obviously do not believe there has ever been a "world domination" conspiracy, but I have had significant exposure in the business and political worlds to know that fraternities such as Freemasons, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Columbus, etc. all use their influence to help their fellow members succeed in life._____
I believe that it was this past weekend that the HISTORY CHANNEL ran a program on Freemasonry. I only caught part of it while channel surfing, but it mentioned the eye/pyramid as having freemasonry connections. The program also mentioned the large influence that Freemasonry had in the US in colonial days. Again, General/Pres George Washington was an avid Freemason, and "it was the thing to do" for his army officers to also join. The program even mentioned an incident where a captured American was in the process of being executed until he "flashed a secret Freemasonry signal" and the British officers stopped the execution. Also, again, Washington performed a Freemasonry dedication at the laying of the cornerstone of the US CAPITOL building. Washington's Monument shows similar masonry/egyptian imagery. Many of the prominent politicians in colonial America were FM, with many others suspected of such._______
Then there is the question why a "pyramid" would be used as a symbol standing for anything in colonial America? The cited article even denies that pyramids are freemasonry imagery. It says that such were picked up by the freemasons after the fact. Maybe it wasn't until such imagery became public that freemasons felt comfortable using such in public??? Maybe the article "protests too much"?______
I do know that I have dead relatives (who were FM) who believed that the dollar bill symbols were masonic in origin. And, as related earlier, I have had enough exposure to Freemasons in the business and political worlds to know that they are sneeky and sly enough to have pulled this off if they had so desired, especially in a day and time when Freemasons were at their peak in American society._______
Bear in mind, that there is some truth in the things said about this "secret society"- enough to generate the "over-board" world domination conspiracy theory.
Edited by - AngryXJW on 5 July 2002 12:55:22
