philojones
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- Jul 24, 2015
I know a 33rd degree mason in Arkansas who showed me letters describing how northern and southern combatants stopped killing each other and came together for masonic rites in numerous civil war battles. Apparently, this superceded their Christianity which should have prevented them from fighting in the first place. That proves that masonry was above the war, the cause and could direct some mason in any path (e.g. you southern boys are going to throw the war). Maybe Robert E. Lee was bound to lose to war by making aggressive incursions north instead of digging in. I'm not saying that's what happened but there had to be masonic traitors that threw the war. I'm sure not all masons did but then again I can't fathom stopping a **** war to have masonic rites. Also, a real war would have brought significant European support for the South. Another telling fact is that most of the southern leadership was treated with kid gloves or "escaped" to Europe like Judah Benjamin.