"Well, isn't that special?" — Catholics defend Inquisition as "legally justified"

Father Joseph Di Noia, the Undersecretary of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith , admits in a television series starting tonight ...

Keep the candle burning

You can find an excellent short blog article on "traditional American values" as established by our Masonic Founding Fathers at Th...

Brother Robert Burns, poet (1759-1796)

I hope we'll be forgiven for missing Brother Robert Burns' birthday by a few days. Burns' Night, celebrated around the world wit...

Josh the Baptist and Freemasonry

Over at Baptist preacher Josh Buice's blog , his put-down of all things Masonic continues. Josh has found himself in theological deep wa...

Evolution, Schmevolution! We're all monkeys inside

Some days you just wanna forget about religion, spirituality, and morality, and just grab a beer and act like an animal... Like, maybe, a mo...

"The Masons worship Satan! The Masons worship Satan!"

Sometimes you just gotta laugh. Check out this video from The Resistance Manifesto. A young man wearing sunglasses and an American flag ban...

O Brother Shakespeare, Where Art Thou?

Was William Shakespeare a Mason? Did he invent modern Freemasonry? Brother Alfred Dodd thinks so. The 1623 Shakespeeare Folio is saturated ...

Grok me, Amadeus

Born 250 years ago today, on January 27, 1756, the boy who grew up to become our Brother Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began exhibiting his music...

One man's heresy is another man's truth

Thanks to Brother Greg at the Masonic Traveler , I just discovered a blog called Practical Theology Discussions . The blog is run by Josh B...

Masonry cannot live without a soul

The swarming of the unworthy into the Temples is only one symptom of the disease, which itself is the lessening of the spirit of loving kind...

Closing the "Book of Daniel"

We haven't seen the controversial television program Book of Daniel , and it looks like we probably won't get the chance. NBC stoppe...

The 10 most beautiful experiments in the world

As Freemasons, we are taught during the Fellowcraft degree to enlighten our minds by studying the Seven Arts and Sciences: Grammar, Logic, ...

Masonic Catholics in a "state of grave sin"

Lest you think we were too hard on the Papal Bulldog in our recent post, consider this: As recently as 1983, the pre-Pope Cardinal Ratzinger...

How many Masons does it take to change a lightbulb?

"How many Masons does it take to change a lightbulb?" It's a secret. Three or more. One to turn it, one to read the minutes of...

Jesus Christ's spokesman on Earth — the Pope — now charges by the Word

The Vatican announced recently that everything the Pope writes will fall under copyright law, including encyclicals like the one expected l...

Great Heretics in History — Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)

Who better to lead off our series on "Great Heretics in History" than Giordano Bruno, ex-Dominican monk who was burned at the stak...

We cannot lead men when we have not removed our own blindfolds — we only drive them into more profound darkness!

This most enlightening post was left today in our comments section, signed by Brother Schlipp, whom I do not know, nor do I know from where ...

The Masonic Haiku Writing Contest

L'épée en main Dos à la porte d'airain Il nous protège serein — Solstice d'hiver En cette nuit de Saint-Jean La Lumière renaît —...

United Grand Lodge of America announces six new lodges chartered

The United Grand Lodge of America recently announced the chartering of the following new Lodges: * Deep Blue Current No.8, Miami, Florid...

Where are today's "famous" Freemasons?

"We represent a fraternity which believes in justice and truth and honorable action in your community... men who are endeavoring to be ...

Children of the Revolution

I found this post dated November 9, 2005 on a blog called "Creeping Towards Normal." It relates discussions between the parent of...