Here's the continuation - in alphabetical order - of the 'minor' anti-Masons....
 | Stan and Elizabeth Madrak -
Self-described as "Demon-Busters", it's hard to recall when we've seen such an
aggressive 'religious' web site. Finding threats to Christianity at every turn, it's not
particularly surprising that they'd also jump on the anti-Masonic bandwagon.
Curiously, they note on every page that they're not racist.
Why would one need to make such a statement unless....
Take a peek
at their web site and decide for
yourself. Oh, and they're also convinced that chemtrails are being sprayed
by the government on their new home in Mississippi and they also
encourage you to burn certain books and tapes they think are bad for
you! | |
| Paul Malcomson -
The Loyal Orange Lodge and/or the Independent Orange Order don't seem to be
quite enough for Mr. Malcomson's rage.
He also climbs on the anti-Masonic bandwagon as well and is convinced -
although he can't prove it - that Freemasonry and Orange are somehow all part of
an anti-Christian plot, apparently initiated by governments around the world. His so-called "evangelical
truth" website will provide you with lots of information about his
beliefs. | |
| Willie Martin -
Runs the "Jew Watch" website - associated with the racist
neo-Nazi Stormfront organization. You can read some of his screeds here.
Freemasonry can certainly be judged by its enemies! | |
| Noel
McDonald - Convinced that Australia is
all wrong, Mr. McDonald apparently believes that Freemasons who were
government leaders are part of the cause of the country's supposedly
many problems so rails against them at his
website. To support
his claims, Mr. McDonald, clearly oblivious to its comedy, uses a quote: "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are
free." - Johann W. von Goethe. That quote is from - you guessed it - a
Freemason! <chuckle> | |
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Hugh McFarland - Claiming to be a Past Master
but never indicating the lodge to which he supposedly belonged, Mr.
McFarland wrote an e-Book titled "I was Hoodwinked - How I slipped the
Freemasons grip". We think it's the public that's being hoodwinked here as Mr. McFarland
now collects on his publishing scheme by selling another fantasy titled "Sell
100,000 eBooks by letting it be read for free?" that can be found on DOZENS of
websites as being 'legitimate advice'. Did Mr.
McFarland REALLY sell 100,000 eBooks - or even 1/1000th that number? Like
other 'how-to' books, it's not necessary that the author have actually
achieved what he tells you how to do. (Remember the old saw: 'Those who
can, do. Those who can't, teach.'?) That aside, we earlier wrote, "Curiously, his anti-Masonic
book is no longer for sale even on
his website.
How ironic that he ostensibly was able to garner so much cash and yet, after
only a year or so, no longer sells the single work that brought him that
fortune if not fame." As is typical with anti-Masons profiled here, Mr.
McFarland did a flip-flop in an effort to prove us wrong and now is making
money yet again - or so he claims. Of course he's also
claimed since 2007 that the book would be available free "soon".... Why did he stop selling his book? Who
knows. He wants everyone to think that he's important by writing that I've
"...devoted quite a bit of space on his website". OK. If you think that
these two paragraphs out of nearly two million words on this site is 'quite
a bit', then you probably will love the 'truthful' facts in Mr. McFarland's
book. Also in response to our comments here, he's created a
full page of pseudonymous praise. It is to laugh.
Here's a link for you to see how many places Mr. McFarland has convinced
that he's telling the truth (you'll get a couple of pages of this hokum in
the book with everyone too afraid to be identified apparently). Nothing
seems to sell like a Masonic 'exposé' so despite his whining about what we'd written, you'd think he'd be thrilled
with the additional notoriety he's gotten from this profile. Of course the
enigmatic Mr. McFarland still manages to evade the point that he has not
disclosed where and when (or if) he was a Freemason. Afraid of the black
helicopters or, perhaps, that we'll find out his story was all made up? Time will
tell.... | |
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Steve McHenry - A Ready Mix
truck driver whose
blog seems to love finding others' damning material about literally
EVERYTHING. Freemasonry consumes a small portion of his interest as he
ignores copyright laws (claiming use in full to be covered under the 'fair
use' doctrine because he's 'educating') to steal essays that rely on
absurdities and falsehoods. It appears that he does this feeling it will
somehow prove his devout religiosity.
We'd hope that Google will eventually crack
down on bloggers who do this using their free services
but meanwhile, we must
conclude that Mr. McHenry is anti-Masonic based on his willingness to copy
and paste such lies. Then again, maybe he doesn't have a clue - which is at
least true for his interpretations of copyright law!
(After adding this, Mr. McHenry wrote to us saying "By the way, my
grandfather, whom I had the utmost love and respect for, was a Mason, a
member of the Fraternal Order of Knights, and a Shriner. My grandmother was
a member of the Eastern Star, so I don't think that it's all black magic and
secret ceremonies." Castigate and condemn organizations that were
important to loved ones: what a curious way to show love and respect - but
clearly his attempt to draw traffic to his blog so he'll get something from
the many ads tops any familial emotions. Sad really. .......... | |
| Thomas C. McKenney -
A retired Lieutenant Colonel, United States Marine Corps and Anti-Masonic author. You can read
about the fraud he and former Mason Jim Shaw perpetrated to discredit
Freemasonry on this page. McKenney is
also a prominent figure in the totally discredited book about Vietnam War
deserter Robert Garwood. While great attention has been paid to Garwood, we
wonder about the seemingly far-fetched claims of McKenney as to
his being a US
military assassin. Could his 'recollection' of
military assignments be similarly 'inflated' just as was that of his friend
and co-author, Jim Shaw? You
can read a very intriguing review of this book with reference to Mr. McKenny's role therein
here.
(Scroll down to "Footnotes Please!) We found it curious,
frankly, to see the liars and frauds Mr. McKenney seems to bond with. | |
| David
J. Meyer - Poor Mr. Meyer: he's convinced that
the Illuminati (and all those Masons) are running the world. Nothing original
here, folks: religious fantasies relating to current politics -
and nobody in the government ever does anything right, ever! We found it
amusing that Mr. Meyer imagines that because he learned about astrology and
palm-reading between the ages of 13 and 19, he had somehow become a
"witch". He seems to have (at least partially) found his way out of puberty
though and sometime between then and age 25, when he
claims to have been 'ordained' by the United
Pentecostal Church. We're not quite sure if the reference on his website is
to the United Pentecostal Church International but if you're interested in
his denomination's ostensibly "rigorous" requirements for ordination, you can click here.
(Basically, you have to read a half-dozen of the books
they publish by long-dead authors thus avoiding royalties. Most are by David
Bernard who published an anti-Masonic expose in the late 1800s!) You should also be aware that a goodly number of other anti-masons
listed on our site think that THEY -
the Pentecostals - are false
preachers! Mr. Meyer apparently had a falling out with them and simply started his own church.
His 'Last
Trumpet Ministries' is a study in gross paranoia but
you can learn all about his visions just as soon as he finds a news story
that will allow him to claim that he foresaw it all!
Truly amazing! | |
| Rick Miesel - An
ultra-fundamentalist self-claimed Baptist who created the web-based 'Bible Discernment Ministries'.
Freemasonry is but one of his many targets. Using tired ploys like quotes from Manley Hall (whom he describes as "one of the greatest
authorities on Masonry" but failing to mention that the writings of
Hall he quotes were penned he was 21 - some 30 years
before he became a Mason) and from Lynn Perkins (who took great
pains to explain that his writings were his personal opinions), he flails at
Masons and Masonry and many other things. You can read Miesel's
anti-Masonic discourse here. | |
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Robert E. Miner - Mr. Miner
has written: "I, too, was a Master Mason who had never followed the admonishment
given to me when I received the Bible in the lodge: "Masonry admonishes each of its
votaries to diligently search the Scriptures, for therein they will find the way to
everlasting life." Finally, due to the love and prayers of a friend, and the working
of the Holy Spirit as I read the Word of God, I was set free from sin and made alive to
Christ! This is no secret! And all the world should about it! I thank God for those who
are sharing truth for the unbeliever to find God's intended relationship with Him in Jesus
Christ, and for those who are educating the Church about the things done in darkness so
that the Church may lead others into the True Light. May God bless this ministry as it
seeks to glorify Him and win others to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ."
Frankly, we find that 'testimony' a bit strange. Mr. Miner admits that he didn't follow a teaching of Freemasonry but when he discovers faith accidentally through another means, condemns the fraternity for his own shortcomings. Darkness? In Freemasonry? Hardly! If things were done in such darkness, how is it that everyone who is not a member seems to know so much? Further, though, there was nothing in the organization which should have impeded his relationship with Jesus; strange that he should think there was, particularly in light of the admonishment given to ALL Masons to study the Scriptures! .......... | |
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Gordon "Jack" Mohr
- Died July 17, 2003. This former US Army Lt. Col. from Arkansas was a
Christian Identity adherent and a proponent of hate. He argued that the
anti-Semitic proven forgery, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion,
were
absolutely the truth. He promoted a hatred for
anyone and anything not white-Christian in both race and belief. A 'work' of his can
be found here
and a
Judgment by the US 9th District Court of Appeals about him. As just a short example of
his erudite prose, "Masonry has an outward semblance of loyalty towards the
Bible and God; but is based on lies and deception. * Freemasonry is founded on Jewish
"Pantheism" or the deification and worship of unregenerated man (the supremacy
of man) rather than God. * Masonic symbols secretly stand for things other than what they
appear to be -- such as sex and satan worship. Masonic oaths involve more than what
most Masons think. * Freemasonry is at the forefront of the one-world movement. * The
moral standard of Freemasonry is very similar to Judaism since they come from the same
un-Godly source." .......... | |
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Stan Monteith - This
physician ostensibly has spent some 40 years researching the supposed covert Illuminati
movements that he thinks have shaped the twentieth century. He claims to be one of the
world's leading authorities on Professor Caroll Quigley - former U.S. President Clinton's mentor.
He also claims to know some "covert motivation" of those working to create world
government with special emphasis on the supposed "Rhodes Scholar" secret society
which Cecil Rhodes created in 1891. In addition, he claims to know true origin of communism and
socialism and, of course, ties all kinds of groups together including the Federal Reserve
System, international finance, tax-exempt foundations, the Jesuits, the Lucius Trust, the Masons,
the Skull and Bones & Theosophy Society, Ancient Mystical Order of the Rosicrucians,
the Council on Foreign Relations, The Bildebergers, the Trilateral Commission, and more. You
can find out more about his radio program and read his vitriolic newsletters
at his 'Radio Liberty'
web site. ............... | |
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Robert A. Morey -
He
founded an organization called 'The California Institute of Apologetics"
and then turned his attention on the web to condemning Islam when that
became fashionable. Previously (1990) he published a book condemning
Freemasonry titled "The Origins and Teachings of Freemasonry" (now out of
print). His arguments are the standard ones used by anti-Masons who believe that
Freemasonry is a religion and his 'Cultbusters' website (now owned by
someone else) was simply inflammatory rhetoric. ............... | |
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Alan
Morrison - A graduate of the evangelical Free
Church of Scotland college (with a faculty of less than 10) run by the Free
Church of Scotland (not to be confused with the MANY other schismatic groups
that have separated from them), Mr. Morrison now runs another of those
'internet ministries' where he maintains the standard 'Can a Christian be a
Mason' discourse based on false assumptions and incorrect Biblical
interpretations. We found his testimony quite interesting: a 'sixties
hippie', he wandered through all sorts of trials and tribulations before
hearing a Mozart chorale which finally made his commitment
to Jesus Christ meaningful. We wonder if the man who so easily speaks
against Freemasonry on his website realizes that this religious experience
that caused him to stop his car and cry was thanks to a very dedicated Mason
who wrote MANY musical pieces for his Masonic brothers...! ............... | |
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Bruce-Eddie Segrum - Another of those
who use Freemasonry in an attempt to separate folks from their money, this
individual has created something related to Tarot and is advertising that
it'll provide you with "deeper secrets". Uh-huh. Here's no secret: some
unknown person using e-mail and anti-Masonic rants isn't going to help you
understand the universe any more than a good dog. Maybe he'll make a million
more sales broadcasting about how we were 'afraid' of his 'truths'. <ROFL> ............... | |
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Lynne Moss-Sharman -
This Canadian resident claims to have been a survivor of
(US) CIA mind control experimentation and cult ritual abuse.
She gives lectures on "...the alleged links between CIA MKULTRA and secret societies
(Masons, OTO, etc.)". You can read some clips about her
here
as well as on her own web site
here.
You can also read an interview with her
here
in which she darkly hints that anyone involved in mind control must be
involved in Freemasonry (of course, right?). She also attempts to discredit the Scottish Rite's
schizophrenia research project as part of some lurid mind control manipulation
process.
(Why is it always "alleged"? We wonder....) | |
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Adnan Oktar (who writes under
the name of Harun Yahya) - Who needs proof that Freemasonry is
responsible for everything, including world emphasis on the Darwinian theory
of evolution? Not this anti-Mason: his screeds are, simply, screeds - about
Freemasonry supporting Luciferism etc. etc. ad infinitum. (Science, it
seems, is controlled by the evil Freemasons and Jews....) Mr. Oktar has
spent some time in a mental hospital and if you've got a couple of hours in
your life to kill, you might want to read all about it
here. (The words 'Methink he doth protest too much.' will likely come to
mind quickly. A couple of his quotes should serve to give you some measure
of the man.
"When we draw attention to foremost companies and the wealthiest businessman
in the world, we see at once that these are freemasons. 85% of the economic
power in the world is gathered under the monopoly of freemasons. Owners of
large holdings and holders of considerable capital as well as prominent
investors are all freemasons. This situation doesn’t change in Muslim
countries." (Link)
Railing against the war in Iran, he writes,
"This
game of freemasons is due to be failed. Muslims, Christians and Jews are
sincere devotees who believe in one Allah, the Hereafter, angels, Heaven and
Hell. By Allah’s leave, Muslims, Jews and Christians will spoil this game of
the antichrist in unity, annihilate the biggest weapon of the antichrist—the
freemasonry, Darwinism, materialism, atheism, fascism, communism."
(Link)
You can read one of his anti-Masonic screeds
here. A UK humanist publication (see
here) reports that he's liable to be spending some time in prison, talks
of sex scandals and more - things he disputes most vigorously. Their
summary: "He
is a deluded megalomaniac who has artfully exploited the global resurgence
of religious sentiment to cheat us all. A ludicrous man for ludicrous times."
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Karl C. Priest wrote to this site in 2010 asking, oh so innocently,
about whether a person who held "Mother Earth" or "even Satan" as their
Diety could become a Mason. I could smell it a mile away as a set up but,
rather than be tagged as an intolerant, decided that I'd answer -
particularly because he said that he'd rather get his information from a
Mason than an anti-Masonic website. Can we spell "Liars for Jesus"? I
answered Mr. Priest but also asked him to explain why he wanted this
particular information. He evaded and claimed that I wasn't answering him
except with more questions. (Warning bells ringing louder!!!) I then went to
great length to explain the various steps taken towards becoming a Mason and
why a person would WANT to become a Mason if their belief system was so
diametrically opposite to its teachings. His response was that he had no
idea but he wanted to know what Masons would do - and also admitted that he
didn't know Masons took their obligations on a Holy Book, generally the
Bible. (Lying or stupid? You'll have to decide on that one after you read
the rest.) He also wanted me to tell which of several hundred religious
beliefs would be acceptable and which not. (Is this guy writing a book or
just a lonesome loser with nothing to do in life? Hang on....) He told me
about Satan being, to some, a Supreme Being (created by God but supreme?
Interesting.) He suggested I use Google to which I replied that they came
onto the web a couple of years after my website but that they were a great
help. I should have followed through on that thought a little more. Seeing
that he was unwilling to deal with the reality of life but was intent on
creating fictitious lose-lose scenarios, I wrote that I wasn't going to play
his game any more. His reply? "I think that you are in a
corner and your weasel ways have led you there. If you will not answer
simple straight forward questions you must have something to hide." Now that
piqued my curiosity and a short Google search produced - you could probably
never guess - a website
that Mr. Priest runs all about creationism. Oh, and you'll never guess what
else. Maybe you will, actually:
a link to
Larry Kunk's tax evasion scheme of prostelytizing to Freemasons and another
to the fabricator Duane Washum and his 4-5 imaginary ex-Masons for Jesus
and he adds with such authority "The non-Christian religion of Freemasonry".
So much for getting his facts from a Mason, eh? Another person happy to
prostitute himself and, as the saying goes, "lie like a rug" in order to be
more important in the eyes of those around him who are SO blind they cannot
see. A "Liar for Jesus"
who'll now brag about how he 'bested' an important Mason in a debate. You
can
read here how important Mr. Priest thinks he is as he brags using a
chess analogy of how he was able to 'check-mate' others. .......... | |
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Michael Jerome Pardo -
It seems to us that if
Mr. Pardo doesn't have an opinion on it, it doesn't exist and can't be imagined. His 'Universalway' site has his essays
about virtually everything under the sun and his site takes many swipes against Freemasonry.
In order to garner attention, he has posted provocative messages to
the alt.freemasonry newsgroup with such questions as "Does Masonry
support the mutilation of babies?" Take a peek at his website and
you'll likely come away with the same conclusion we've drawn: Mr. Pardo
should 'get a life'! ............... | |
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Revd. David Pawson - During
the early 1970's, tape copies of a series of programs about cults, probably in 1969,
received wide distribution. Using the tactics of many of his predecessors, Pawson claimed
impartiality while obviously having pre-determined the outcome of his 'study'. Mason
Christopher Haffner published a booklet titled "Freemasonry as a Cult" in which
the claims made by Pawson (who refused to allow his remarks to be printed) were refuted. ............... | |
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Eric Jon Phelps - Here's a clue for
masonicinfo.com readers: if they rant about George Bush (either of them)
being a Mason, then they simply don't know what they're talking about and
anything they write can be pretty much discredited. After all, if the
biographer of a very well-known figure gets the date and place of his/her
subject's birth wrong, what would you think about their ability to tell an
accurate story? And so, a simple trip to
Mr. Phelp's website
where not only the Bush family but other non-Masons are given Masonic
membership (Kissinger and more) should be enough (if the paranoid rantings
aren't) to show how foolish his claims are. References to "Masonic Jewish
Zionists" might also alert you to some pretty obvious racist hatred. We
always think it's so very amazing when folks with NO contacts, no
experience, no... well, no ANYTHING expect others to believe they've solved
the deepest, innermost secrets of world domination. What's even more amazing
is that some people actually believe them! .......... | |
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Jim Prange (Pseudonym: Alex Parma)
- Mr. Prange - using his credentials as a
former newspaper reviewer of video games and his extensive knowledge gained
through playing in a band - has concluded that the Masons are planting
secret messages (from the reptile race) in crop circles while they're
simultaneously poisoning the water supply. Using such impeccable sources as
David Icke, Jim Marrs, and
William Cooper (there's
more than a bit of irony there, folks!), he has convinced himself that
there's a huge conspiracy he's uncovered in Howell, Michigan. Perhaps Mr.
Prange and his imaginary friend Mr. Parma have found an alternative to
drinking that water.... You can find his rantings
here.
(P.S. for Mr. Prange/Parma/whoever: the
Philalethes (using the correct spelling, unlike you) Society is a
research society and not a "public relations group". They publish a
bi-monthly magazine of about 30 pages that only goes to members and
subscribers. Sorry, but not surprised, you were unable to figure out what
their purpose was despite what it says on their website! I'll let your
characterization of my portraying you as a "loonie" go unchallenged. See
post
here for the background to this added comment - without, alas, any
explanation of how he's managed to avoid our poisoned water.) ............... | |
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Timothy Prankerd
- Author
of a work called "The Wigged Mafia", this individual claims to have some major
problem with the justice system of the UK - and seems convinced that Masons are part and
parcel of his many claimed problems. You can read about these trials and tribulations in a
very exhaustive web site which now seems to have
disappeared. We'll continue to search for his 'Wigged Mafia' site as time
allows. .......... | |
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Greg Pudwill
-
Self-appointed as 'Director' of what appeared to be solely an internet
website disguised as an organization named the Center for
Cult Research Institute that now seems to have disappeared from existence. We had
enjoyed pointing out that Greg's photo in front of photo of a book shelf was
about as contrived as his claims against Freemasonry. Like many of those
who think they'll find fame and funds from condemning Freemasonry, Greg is now
forgotten and his web platform has disappeared. .......... | |
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Zander Raines -
Once a staple of the Compuserve forums, Zander
became an employee of a state affiliate of the Christian Coalition.
An affable individual, he would invariably welcom all into his ongoing
discussions although it seemed to this author that the words he used belied
his true feelings. Using extensive Biblical and other
quotes, Mr. Raines portrayed himself as a knowledgeable individual, particularly in scriptural
matters, yet when his 'missionary reports' about the evils being done toward Christians
were challenged, he seemed to consistently disappear rather than provide a
response. Mr. Raines
regularly condemned Freemasonry, presenting unsubstantiated information
from others as fact and - when challenged - had no answer. We found it
particularly amusing that those individuals from the past to whom he
pointed as shining
examples of good were - about 9 out of 10 times - Freemasons!!! We always wondered why
someone so obviously 'taken' with the leadership and good example of Freemasons
would choose to condemn them at every turn. We'd point you to Zander's home
page where he at one time was emoting on the evils of Freemasonry but it's
gone now and doesn't seem to have a replacement. ............... | |
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Robert Randall -
Having been a college newspaper editor, we
understand it's a tough job to allow freedom of expression while
simultaneously ensuring accuracy and coherence of thought. We also know it's
not terribly difficult to separate puerile rants from actual editorial
matter - and that one of the roles of an academic advisor to a paper is to
do just that. Apparently they don't understand those things at the Adams
State College's South Coloradan where frothing rants, totally devoid of
reality, are given reign. If you're going to allow religious-intolerant,
conspiracy nuts like
Mr. Randall try to become a celebrity while spouting lies, one would
think that the commentary section would at least have a disclaimer (as most
other college papers do) stating that opinions are not that of the school or
of the paper. And are they really that desperate that they're forced to use
tripe like this? I wonder what Mr. Randall will be when he grows up.... ...............
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Raybert - Sorry, we can't give you a full name here since this online personality didn't want anyone to know who he really was although an AOL profile identified him as Raymond Newbert. An online 'buddy' of Greg Lambert, it was odd that they would appear simultaneously - almost as if they were one. Raybert regularly stirred up controversy on America Online prior to moving to usnet newsgroups. Here's a message posted in August, 1998 on the alt.freemasonry newsgroup to give you the 'flavor' of his thoughts. We've left in the numerous typos; they're a staple of a Raybert post (ironically, just as they are in Greg Lambert's.... How strange!).
We'll spare you any more. Suffice it to say that whenever Raybert is shown the fallacy in his statements, he cried that he was being attacked by the Masons.
Raybert also posted on the alt.conspiracy newsgroup from time to
time. In mid-March, 1999 he advised - in response to someone's rant about government
intervention in something, "There is a simple answer for this. STOP SENDING THE
FEDERAL MAFIA ANY FUNDS!!!!!!!! Find out how to do this the legal way at:
www.ischiff.com . Free yourself and stop
the Federal Mafia!" Raybert, apparently, also supports civil
disobedience/illegal activity by not paying US taxes - illegally! With the
IRS taking an aggressive stance on tax protestors, we wonder if Raybert's
disappearance may have been related to their prosecutions of scoff-laws. | |
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Michael
E. Rippie - His
thelastchurch.org
website seems an interesting combination of his religious beliefs and his
attempts to sell Amsoil synthetic lubricants. He has posted on alt.conspiracy
that Freemasons are the source of all the world's problems. Strange things.... | |
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David
Roblee - There are anti-Masons whose fantasize that
their idealistic (often bizarre) beliefs are hampered or infringed upon in
some way by
Freemasonry. (The claim is generally made against 'Freemasonry' as an
organization rather than 'a Freemason'.) An intriguing example of this seems to be
Mr. Roblee whose internet postings often made reference to his being a resident of
North Pole, Alaska - a suburb of Fairbanks. Mr. Roblee has run for local
political office and garnered almost a 22% vote. He
has written that Freemasons make money and thus somehow have created the
problems of capitalism. His solution? Freemasons should rally behind his
cause to totally eliminate money! Eliminate money? Yep, it's as simple as
that but the strangeness doesn't stop there. He's written, for example,
"Oh please... doctors create disease in order to sell drugs to
mitigate the effects of the diseases that doctors create. Doctors dispense
drugs." ............... | |
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Scott Roeder, the Kansas City man accused of killing Wichita abortion
doctor George Tiller, and his associates apparently had
split off from a Bible study group because, as reported in the
Kansas City Star, "... because the leaders did not want to hear their
talk about Freemasons and other “secret societies.” According to the news
report, Rabbi Shmuel Wolkenfeld said he hadn’t seen them for several years.
"He said the group also espoused conspiracy theories — including an
assertion that Prince Charles is the Antichrist — and that eventually, he
and the elders had to “uninvite” two of Roeder’s friends." So now the
conspiracy theorists will rail that this was a setup by Freemasonry
probably. ............... | |
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Don Rogers
- Claiming to have been "Helping the spiritually oppressed
since 1965", Mr. Rogers uses his web site to
ostensibly receive referrals from
churches, counselors, therapists and organizations yet, interestingly, there's no mention
of his credentials! The links page on his web site shows a healthy hatred of Freemasonry,
Mormonism, New Age, and the rest of the standard 'evils' named by Christian intolerants. | |
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Shella Roma, a mother from Oldham,
England, who produced and distributed a
leaflet inciting people to commit terrorist acts,
referring to conspiracies and suggesting that 9/11 was an 'inside job' and
took place to benefit the Freemasons. Between October, 2007 and January,
2009, she urged readers to go abroad to fight a jihad or holy war,
supporting the acts of Osama Bin Laden.
Encouraging killing of Masons earned her Roma received a three-year
community order with a two-year supervision requirement. We're sure she's
going to be a great role model wherever she winds up performing this
service. <sigh> News stories
here and
here. .......... |
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Ehsanul Islam Sadequee - Convicted in August,
2009 of four counts of providing material support to terrorism
and supporting a foreign terrorist organization, this
23 year old Georgia (US) man had attempted to join the Taliban and was
attempting to foster acts of terrorism. Prosecutors proved to a jury
that he'd taken videos of the Pentagon and the Capitol (along with
a Masonic Temple in Northern Virginia because of
his belief that Masons are devil worshippers!) and had sent them to
suspected terrorists overseas. Claiming that his chatter about jihad was
"empty talk" by immature youth, his immaturity showed through when he
chose to represent himself. According to
new reports "He asked witnesses about the relationship between
Superman and the antichrist and probed them on the role of Freemasons."
The judge was
not amused. Mr. Sadequee, a naturalized US citizen, now faces 60
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John Salvi -
You may recognize this name. He was a hairdressing school dropout whose savage
attack on a family planning clinic in Boston on December 30, 1994 resulted
in the death of two and injuries to five people. Salvi later pumped 23
bullets into a Norfolk, Virginia window before his capture. He was
convinced that the Freemasons were plotting to destroy the Catholic
Church and ranted about such matters at his trial although such ravings
of an obviously disturbed person were greatly underreported. He
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John Salza
- Some folks never tire of trotting out various Papal
edicts from three hundred years ago and trying to make you conform to
their world-view which would simultaneously condemn things like public
education and 'humanism' (the right to think for yourself!). Mr. Salza
is one of those. Apparently only AFTER he figured out his religion
(Roman Catholicism) did he discover that he had a conflict. He was, for
a short period of time (3 years), according to his own account, very
active. (In fact, reading his account of his activities is
nothing short of breathtaking!) Like a couple of others who've left and
become hyper-religious, Mr. Salza includes Freemasonry among the many
'religious' topics he feels he's capable of interpreting for those of us
of lesser capability. You can find an interesting review of Mr. Salza's
book written by our friend Bro. David Julian
here. And, if
you'd like, you can download not only the original 64 page review but
another 100 pages by Mr. Salza attempting to re-explain his position (it's
a PDF - fair warning!). Of course unless you're a 100% by-the-book
Roman Catholic, you'll find Mr. Salza's writing to be... well, probably
foolish! If you don't share his religious beliefs down to the last
comma, you're going to be spending a long time in Hell! There's another
good book review
here as well. Mr. Salza's has explanations on perhaps thousands of
the most minute details of Catholic beliefs at his
website.
One wonders on what authority Mr. Salza provides his theological
proclamations - but he seems pretty secure in his infallibility. Look
out, Benedict: looks like you've got some pretty heavy competition! Here's what Masonic author Chris Hodapp had to say about him: Salza is a major self-promoter whose book is doing pretty well. He's doing the lecture circuit, along with appearing on Catholic cable TV shows. He's an attorney and a self-taught interpreter of Canon law. He also runs very close to the Traditionalist Catholic. or Sedevacantist, movement (Sedevacantists believe that there has not been a true pope since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, and they reject the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, Vatican II).
Salza strictly applies the exact wording of papal pronouncements and
decisions to his life. He also makes the argument that the Earth is the
center of the solar system and the universe, because that was well
stated by more than three bulls and encyclicals. As a result, there are
no nuances or shading to his arguments. Freemasonry is evil and an
abomination because Pope Clement XII said so several hundred years ago. Never mind what he
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Richard A. Salzer
(Rich Salzer) - I buy a LOT
of books from Amazon; reading absolutely consumes me. It's truly sad to
find that a regular reviewer (7,893rd as of July, 2008) is a rabid
anti-Semite, Masonophobe, historical revisionist and Holocaust denier.
People will be people and not everyone seems to have the facilities to
separate fact from fantasy but this guy is WAY beyond the pale! He finds
his heroes amongst some of the others we've profiled here like
Jack Mohr. You can see Mr. Salzer's profile on
Amazon
here and find him at the podium of a meeting of the Institute of
Historical Revisionism
here along with other Holocaust deniers. You'll note in his Amazon
reviews how he calls particular attention to a person's race (he
particularly likes to note when a person is "black"). He's
self-published a book titled "New World Order Expose" and
brags that his father and uncle were also Revisionists. Apparently
hate runs in the family. It's hardly a wonder that Mr. Salzer
hates Masons too but what's very disturbing is that he may actually
influence book sales through his bigoted and hate-oriented Amazon
reviews!
Masonicinfo.com Note: Certainly NOT to be
confused with a medical professional of the same name! ............... |
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Phil Serpico -
This California-based owner of a website proclaims himself to
be the second generation of a family-run business selling an "alternate
source of facts". Formerly/sometimes known as the Christian Book Club,
these folks are identified (by the respected Stop-the-Hate.Org)
as a religion-based hate group and from their book offerings, it appears
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Stoney Shaw
- This Southern
Baptist pastor apparently had a major problem with his first church - and has
decided to blame all of his problems on the 'witchcraft' of Freemasonry, taking
no responsibility (it would appear) for any errors he may have made. As regularly occurs
with such charges made by anti-Masons, no specifics are offered for verification and we
must rely only on this individual's perception of events. What made him so bitter? Well,
it's impossible to know - but certainly he's found support from the Ephesians5-11.org web
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William Bryan Sorens -
Claims that the Masonic concept of "universality" supports
homosexuals! You can read one of these essays on the racist website of
the
American
Nationalist Union. ............... |
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Fritz Springmeier
-
(also known as Victor E. Schoff and possibly several other aliases). At 45, this individual's connection with anti-Masonry is best demonstrated
with his book "Bloodlines of the Illuminati". As is sometimes
typical, though, it's not only the anti-Masonic stuff that gets these folks
into trouble. Mr. Springmeier was reportedly active in "Christian
Patriot" organizations (the self-proclaimed 'militias' whose ideas
include such non-Christian concepts as white racism) and in March, 2001 was
arrested for possession, manufacture and
distribution of controlled substances. We take no delight in the
problems of others but it should seem clear to even the most casual observer
that SO many of those who speak against Freemasonry are themselves involved
in violence, anti-establishment behavior, and actions which threaten
others. Needless to say, those like Springmeier will claim that it's all
part of some "New World Order plot" to keep them from telling what
they claim is the 'truth'. Update - March, 2001: Springmeier is now widely acknowledged to be a member of a white supremacist group. He and his wife Patricia (46) have been accused of first degree manufacture and distribution of a controlled substance. During the raid by state and federal authorities, 50 marijuana plants and assorted automatic weapons were found. You can find a plethora of stuff about him on the web by clicking here or you can read some of his work here. Update II - November, 2003: Mr. Springmeier, it appears, will have the next nine years in US Federal Prison to figure out those bloodlines. Apparently the Illuminati forced him to rob a bank and set off a pipe bomb and now - curiously - are prosecuting him for that activity. It's all a plot to keep him quiet.... OBVIOUSLY! ................... |
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Tim Stine
- Using his Web TV
account from
Pennsylvania, this individual wants to convince others of his total patriotism. The Masons
are, of course, included in his fantasies about those who seek to deprive him of his freedom.
Here's his neatly summarized 'blurb': "What is a Militia ? Defenders of Liberty &
Freedom, and the Constitutional Republic. Against Tyrants ! Foreign and Domestic ! Death
to the United Nations New World Order, and it's Global Socialism, actually a Evil
Oligarchy of the Superrich. We must Declare our Independence from the U.N. New World Order
! Or forever lose our freedom. We Must Resist." .......... |
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Joe Stirling
- Convinced that the Masons are following him day and
night, Joe shows his level of maturity by referring
to 'Freekmasons' and loves to be the center of attention. He provides
extensive information on how to foil those who
are following him and/or using a GPS system.
From Glasgow, Scotland, he's quite proud that he's 'making a difference' in the war against
Freemasonry. What? You've never heard of him? That's OK. We've been
tracking anti-Masons, including many 'bit-players' but he wasn't even on
our radar until he wrote to us begging to be noticed. It's tough when
someone's only life is getting attention like this.
Joe has some interesting ranting at a site
titled Murdering
Masons which claims he's a prisoner in his own home but doesn't explain
how/when people can follow him if that's the case. Oblivious to
contradictions, there's no indication as to why anyone should care.
Apparently
there's nothing on television so all of the Masons are focusing on him:
all of the Masons who are - in his mind - all of the police, judiciary,
legislature, and more. Mr. Stirling has written to this site: "Your
website is sponsored by masonic terrorist money."
The folks who pay me to work all week long on everything BUT this
website will be quite surprised. Oh, and he also has some kind of
relationship with Tony
Gosling who's fronting a website for him. It should be noted too that Joe apparently thinks EVERYONE is against him, including those who he says support him. They're all Masons. Every single one of them. It's all a fix to get him. Can we spell 'rampant paranoia'? Read the post from Chrism on one of Joe's favorite haunts (birds of a feather, eh?), the discussion board of the David Icke website. And Joe DOES love his fantasy minutiae. Here's a bit he was sending around in a message to folks during 2008: More SF expose; Masons are mad about the colour Blue. This is the dominant colour (Royal Blue) in Freemasonry. Anonymous FMs said look in the front or rear of their gardens and you will find Blue ceramic plant-pots or Blue bird baths/feeders. Or Blue vehicle, Blue clothes pegs (yes we've got it on video) Police (boys in Blue), Blue house numbers at their home or business. Blue background to their business signs or adverts. Blue painted gates and doors. The Masons normally have something Blue (at front/rear of house) that lets other pretend brothers know they are Masons. Blue items on car dash/rear shelf (no parking ticket). Checkout Blue Blanket. Don't forget to checkout their vehicle registration, very relevant. Also look for a Rose etched or imprinted on their glass doors. An Owl or Lion or Horned symbols. An arch (Royal Arch Degree) on top of their doors. An arch or half round above their doors in the shape of the sun-rays, i.e. it represents their Masonic Sun-god. Connections to a sports club who's predominant colour is Blue. These findings do not imply that these are Masons, just connect this and the other Masonic icons, symbols and numbers. If you are not sure, contact us at SF. The other colours the Masons love are Yellow or Gold. Yellow represents the colour of their Sun God, Sun Rays, and Sun Light, etc. Gold is the most noble of metals (more FM tosh). The new chosen colour for English Masonry (instead of their black tie image) is light/dark Blue and Gold. Scotland's Masons still wear a Black Ties to their meetings. As above, do your own investigations and let SF know your findings. We will pass this info on to everyone, victim or not. You should do the same." No further
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Kevin Strom -
A 'white supremacist', Strom is one of those seeking recognition through
hatred. De facto, he accepts and endorses the horrid forgery
Protocols and
strives to promote his message of hate. His web site is here. ............... |
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Bill Sudduth
- A representative of the so-called "U S Reformation Prayer Network",
Mr. Sudduth is their "...specialist on Freemasonry". The organization
must be in really tough shape to use this individual's 'teachings'. He
makes SUCH bizarre claims that they could even deceive some - his
obvious goal. Mr. Sudduth says that that a wife of a Mason approaches
another wife, for example, and that the first thing a Mason must do is
sign a paper authorizing a Masonic funeral which, in time, will be
performed whether the family wishes it to be or not. HOGWASH! But, as
icing on the cake, he pulls out the long-discredited Pike/Lucifer claim
to buttress his stupidity. This one's a complete and total joke, folks.
Read his ramblings
here (part one seems to have been taken down, perhaps because it was
even more egregious and full of lies). The powerless whining that the
evil Masons have all the power - oh, my! ............... |
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Harmon Taylor - This
individual was one of the several Grand Chaplains of the Grand Lodge of New York
in the 1983-1984 term of officers. Now his 'Testimony'
regularly circulates on the Internet. One newsgroup
poster from New York has stated publicly that Taylor was seeking additional Masonic honors but when
thwarted in that attempt, became resentful and is using his (former) position to
embarrass the Grand Lodge of New York.
After over 20 years, it's difficult to get facts on
this.
Masonic author Allen
Roberts
had identified Mr. Taylor as being a Methodist minister but other reports say he was self-ordained. Mr. Taylor's claims mirror
those of the anti-Masonic religious objectors before him and provide no new material.
Curiously, he does not explain why/how he could have become a
"Grand Chaplain" without having even a clue of the supposed inconsistencies
with Christianity about which he rails - particularly since he had to have
been active as a Mason for a
reasonable period of time before being honored
with that office. Often on the web, there'll be some vague reference to
an ex-Mason who was a Grand Chaplain: he's the SOLE guy! Out of the
hundreds of thousands who've held that office in various Grand Lodges
around the world over the past three centuries, ONLY
HE has found these inconsistencies. ............... |
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Roger Thibault
- A New World Order extremist and self-proclaimed Catholic, this individual is another of those who has an opinion about
literally everything and thinks
everyone will agree. Politics, religion, whatever; you can find his 'take' on it on his
web site. Freemasonry is, in his mind, part of the many, many, many world problems he
worries about. His Yellowstone Information web
site (defunct for a time but now - dare we say it? - resurrected) but his
earlier rants against Jews along with hawking the book he wrote is now gone.
He railed against President Clinton in the site's earlier incantation and
now complains bitterly about President Bush. In each case, he incorrectly
identified them as Masons! <sigh> We've got one of his earlier quotes on
our page about Militias; it's pretty
enlightening. ............... |
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Michael Merritt Tozer - Following in the
footsteps of well-known anti-Semites and Masonophobes (Hoffman, Fahey,
and more), Mr. Tozer is frequently found writing
book reviews on Amazon where he attempts to discredit anything that
has to do with Freemasonry. Prolific in his prose and acerbic in his
commentary, it's easy to overlook interesting books because of the
prejudice and bias of this individual's comments. He brags about his
having been a U.S. Naval Officer but we'd suspect that the back story
may be the fact that he's no longer one based on his noxious hatred of
Jews and non-Catholics. Mr. Tozer identifies himself as a book author.
One reviewer on Amazon wrote of his work 'Swan
Haven', "Ghastly
Vanity Press Production -This
dog is certainly not worth your money. The plot is ludicrous; the
writing is pompous and flatulent; the prose is virtually unreadable."
Now just to be fair, there are two other reviews: one from the
anonymous 'A Customer' and the other 'A. Tozier' (yeah, really) as the
ONLY review that identity has ever written. As of August, 2009, Mr.
Tozer's review readers gave him a 62% helpfulness rating on his 224
reviews. Pretty sad. .......... |
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Steven Tsoukalas - A speaker on the
anti-Masonic circuit (such as it is), this individual purportedly has written and lectured
on a "...wide variety of cult movements." Although he ostensibly
has a Master of Divinity degree, his employment is apparently playing with a band at weddings etc. We wonder, of course,
whether at those events he speaks out against the 'blessings' by religious authorities
knowing that there must those of mixed faith in attendance. One would think
that his religious beliefs would preclude 'unequal yoking' through his
presence but.... We've reviewed his book, Masonic Rites and Wrongs here
and added some comments there as well.
Over the years
we've heard from a number of those who've known Steven. We've got quite
a file on this and suffice it to say, the comments are not particularly
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Pastor
David Turner
- An Orange, Texas pastor of a Southern Baptist church, he's
enamored by Larry Kunk and his foolishness, taking to heart the idea
that Mormons and Masons are deceived. Based on his infrequent blog
posts, it would appear that his ideas given to him from Divine
Inspiration aren't all that well received by his parish. Here's the
church
website. ............... |
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Corr Uilleand
-
A self-proclaimed "Modern Day Druid" (whatever that means), this
individual has spent FAR too much time with David Icke's
stuff - even to the point of copying a bunch
of his material onto MSN! ............... |
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Steve (and Mary) Van Nattan
- We think that he got it right when he describes himself as "Jack Ass in
General" on his web site. Mr. VanNattan has an opinion on nearly everything and wants
everyone to know about them all at his online effort, Balaam's
Ass. In his section on Freemasonry, one of the many, many 'cults' he writes about, he
states "Here is a bar from a Masonic page. This shows that Freemasonry willingly
invites all pagans and Luciferians to participate fully. You will note the five pointed
star is inverted in the Baphomet or luciferian position. Other symbols represent all
manner of pagan religions."
There's that bar - and you can view for yourself the symbols
involved. You can also read more about "Baphomet" here. |
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Richard Vizzutti - Mr. Vizzutti
seems to spend most of his energy attempting to prove via Usenet
postings and the internet that the Canadian government is spraying
chemicals on him and his neighbors in the small Western Canadian rural
town of Powell River. Additionally, he has taken a number of swipes at
Freemasonry and has made internet posts linking Masons with all sorts of
conspiracies, all of which he admits is speculation on his part.
 He
acknowledges that he has only an 8th grade education and can't - for the life of him
- understand why those contrails in the sky are there over his tiny hamlet,
despite it being less than 275 miles away from and on a primary air routes of one of the world's busiest
airports, Seattle-Tacoma (SEATAC) where we think there might be more than just
one or two people going to and coming from
the home of Microsoft, Boeing Aircraft and a few other tiny businesses in that 'neck of
the woods'. Mr. Vizzutti's ability to grasp concepts of
flight and weather can be regularly witnessed on
the alt.conspiracy newsgroup. Recently we bought a book which made us
think of him: picture above. (It's for a software program named, of all
things, "Dreamweaver"!) When all commercial airline flights in the
US and Canada were stopped after the events of 9/11, Mr. Vizzutti loudly assured everyone that the secret sprayings would
continue. All - every single one - of the contrails he used to see all the
time vanished however, thus debunking his spraying theories. As a result,
he's been forced to find a new interest - and has totally abandoned his chemtrails foolishness. Now he's 'into' fallen angels and aliens from outer
space, mixed with world domination stuff! He's created another exhaustive
website where he offers spiritual assistance to those who want it and
will do speaking tours - but only to Vancouver! This switch in bizarre theories is something seen in a large segment of
anti-Masons: they bob around from one attention-getting activity to another in a
desperate search for self-worth and exterior recognition. Oh, and if you don't
blink your eyes very much and have double letters in your name, you too might be one of those fallen
angels - according to Mr. Vizzutti!............... |
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William C. Walter -
Supposedly believing in 'individual rights', this individual spent time in both the Army
and Air Force. He now seems convinced that only individual freedom is important. Making
statements like "Therefore, let it be known that on this 27th day of April, 1996, is
hereby formed THE NATIONAL ORDER for RESPONSIBLE ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (NOROB). It's
members in good standing to be identified as RESTORATIONISTS. Right now it has a
membership of one: ME!", he also engages in rants about the great conspiracy
involving - who else? - the Masons. Liberally using the word "Shepple" (often a
code-word for anti-Semitic activity as well), we found it interesting that one of the
illustrations he uses to point out his belief that people should see the oncoming threat
is that of Paul Revere - a Freemason who, together with
other Freemasons, warned of the coming British troop movement. Revere was
also a Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts!
Those US patriotic analogies always seem to fall apart somewhere.... <sigh>. Take a
look for yourself at his web
site and read his (undocumented and ludicrous) claims that Freemasonry has controlled the world
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James K. Warner -
Editor of the racist and anti-Semitic "Christian
Defense League" newsletter. The vileness of the hatred
supported by this organization has been condemned by religious leaders
throughout the country - and Freemasons are continually identified as part
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Jon
Watkins - Claiming that he's 'exposing
Satanism', this individual rails against everything from Masonry to
Country & Western music. He'd love to have you support his 'ministry'
with a non-deductible donation since he doesn't want the government
controlling what he can say (and according to him, they do!). We found his
diatribe against Masons interesting: he makes up things (the fig leaf as an
imitation of Adam's shame, for example) and then derides the organization
for it. Curious way to go about condemnations.... |
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Robert Tom Weaver
- If one
ever wanted to see an entire person's life on the web, this is a good place to start.
Weaver will tell you all about his childhood, his vacations, his work record and his
"Christian intolerance" for Freemasonry. Using the standard rhetoric which
assumes that the fraternity is a religion, Weaver brings in the usual
quotations from Pike etc. If you've got a lot of time on your hands, check out
his "Inside the
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Ken Webber
-
Having no educational credentials in economics but nevertheless believing
himself to be an expert in the subject, Ken feels Freemasonry is evil
because it hasn't spoken out against the evils he sees in the world's
financial systems. Although he's unable to cite specific instances of
Masonic involvement in the creation of the economy under which he lives
(apparently without particular problems), he rails viciously about the
failure of Masonry to destroy what he proclaims is an evil and ungodly world
economy. (Does this make any sense at all? Not to us....) He can't explain
why he doesn't hate other fraternities or organizations who have no interest
in economic matters for their lack of action (those darn Odd
Fellows should bear SOME blame, don't you think? And what about the Grange???) and
he can make only vague
statements like "All of the people who founded the modern economic
system were Masons". You can read all about Ken's theories (if
you don't doze off) at his web
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Douglas Wehner - He once wrote:
"The Internet is a rumour-mill, with one person of
dubious accuracy taking the word of an anonymous publisher and on the
strength of that, publishing again." but his internet newsgroup ravings
show that he's never quite internalized that thought. While many anti-Masons
are convinced that the fraternity is to blame for everything, Mr. Wehner
takes this to a new level - and to him, EVERYONE with power of any kind is a
Mason. He reports having incurable Addison's Disease
and devotes time and energy to belittling the medical establishment for
their errors in its treatment. His website
has a number of fascinating things (don't be concerned about that picture of
him with his tongue out: he's showing you his Addison's) but, strangely, no
anti-Masonic rants appear there. Bi-lingual and clearly learned, we do have
to wonder about some of his claims, though, like this:"In 1980 I stopped a world inflation caused by the Duke of Kent and his Freemasons in England. I also saved the US economy, and Freemason REAGAN had his press puppets describe this triumph as REAGANOMICS. Five years later, I saved the British economy. Freemason MARGARET THATCHER (Yes - they LIE - there are women Masons) had the word THATCHEROMICS spread about. So two out-and-out CROOKS were bickering over who should get the credit for a policy that belonged to NEITHER. Now I am a refugee in Europe, after the British government stole my house, my antiques, my possessions - even the family photos - and tried to kill me." Full post here - and this wasn't posted as a joke, folks: this guy is SERIOUS! It is good to know, though, who we can thank for saving us from paying too much at the store.... .......... |
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John Whitley
- Another of
the conspiracy theorists, Whitley has for some time had a web site featuring all sorts
of strange things. The casual observer from a year or two ago might have assumed that he
was just one of those folks who was interested in 'spiritualism' but in more recent
months, his true motives have become far more apparent. Railing about the 'new millennium'
and the problems with the change in centuries, the Illuminati and Freemasonry become part
of his increasingly shrill 'warning'. He was quite eager to sell Year2000 food
packages, jumping on the train of 'profit from others' misery' although his
predictions didn't quite seem to pan out. P.T.Barnum seems to have had it right.... .......... |
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Charles W. (Charlie) Wiley -
Very often given credit by
Larry Kunk for having started the "Ministry to Masons"
conference, there's precious little online about this individual except for his supposed claims about the
incompatibility of Freemasonry and Christianity as reported on the Ephesian's web site.
Is he real or a figment of Mr. Kunk's imagination? Either way, Mr. Wiley is
portrayed as strong in his hatred wrapped in
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George & Rita Williams
-
It's really embarrassing when there are such glaring errors in reasoning that the base
on which any and all of their premises are built. The 'Cephas Ministry'
folks show this in amazingly clear detail. Because a cross and crown symbol
(also used by the Masonic Knights Templars and a symbol centuries old)
appears on a memorial to the founder of the Jehovah's
Witnesses, they
conclude that he
must be a 33rd Degree Mason! Truly amazing, particularly since being a
Masonic Knights Templar has no connection whatsoever to being a member
of the Masonic Scottish Rite where the 33rd Degree is an honorary one
reserved for a very few. (It's somewhat akin to concluding that a person
is a farmer because they walk out of a store with vegetables!) Like a lot of anti-Masons, they'll
be more than happy to sell you a pile of k00k books though. Of course, the comical part
of this is that one of their recommendations - "The Boy Who Cried Wolf
- The Book That Breaks Masonic Silence" is actually a VERY good
pro-Masonic book (see our review here!).
So eager to condemn Freemasonry, they haven't even read what they recommend
and they judge - obviously - based on title only. It is to laugh.... ............... |
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Matthew Williams -
Another of the conspiracy theory group, this individual is from the United Kingdom where
he attempts to ascribe all sorts of weird and unusual demonic symbology to the crest of
the United Grand Lodge of England. ............... |
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Dore
Williamson - Dore (who tells us that her name is pronounced as in "glory") Williamson
comes to anti-Masonry with a long history of being accorded the apparently well-deserved moniker of
'internet k00k'. Several unconnected websites have 'honored' her as such while others have noted her
frequent and rather bizarre claims. You can find a number of references to her with a Google search
here. Ms.
Williamson's general online 'haunts' seem to be the religiously-oriented newsgroups although it's
clear that she is not adverse to 'branching out' when the 'spirit moves her'. With several failed
end-of-the-world predictions going back several
years to her credit, she recently turned
to what she described as a "study" of Freemasonry. She reports
relying on a grand total of 6 books and 2 videotapes (from the History Channel!) for her research.
The results are what she apparently THINKS is in those books rather than their actual contents. For
her further study, she posted a number of accusatory "questions" to the alt.freemasonry newsgroup
but seemed genuinely confused when Masons reacted negatively to her "When did you stop beating your wife?" format.
(Dore knows, she says, that Freemasons worship Lucifer; she simply can't quite figure out in which
degree that begins! This baiting reflects an individual's beliefs relating to Freemasonry that are
bound to be as bizarre as those she holds about religion. Because Ms. Williamson claims that God speaks
directly through (not just 'to') her (no kidding, folks), she's pronounced herself as the fourth part of the Godhead. In reality, if her claims were true,
God has indeed been wrong several times when God spoke through her to
tell us all about the world's end - and those
'mistakes' are all recorded for posterity on the internet. Supporting Trinitarianism, Ms. Williamson has
also claimed on occasion to be the Christ.... Her theological determinations are, it would appear, based
on her self-taught theology rather than from her position as an actual prophet or deity - or a college-taught
scholar. She reports that she never has and does not now belong to any religious denomination and it seems
likely that based on her sometimes claim that she herself is the Christ, she would be unwelcome in
any such
environment. She's got a website
that seems to specialize in weird interpretations and 75 word paragraphs. For most people, hearing/reading someone claim that they're speaking on behalf of God (or,
in fact, ARE God), tends to marginalize anything else they might have to say and so while Ms. Williamson
may think she's God, we don't. Her portrayal of Freemasonry as 'demonic' (or whatever else
she's ranting about today) is just more of her internet hokum! ................. |
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Winrod Family
- We often point to the
behavior of Masons when compared and contrasted with that of anti-Masons. An
interesting example presented itself with the arrest in
Missouri of Rev. Gordon Winrod, his son Stephan and his daughter Carol for
kidnapping. The former Lutheran minister was suspended from ministerial
functions by the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church. Subsequently Winrod
was named National Chaplain of the racist and anti-Semitic National States
Rights Party (NSRP) whom he left in 1962 to devote full-time to his attacks
against Jews and Masons as the cause of America's social and economic
problems. Following in his father's footsteps (Gerald B. Winrod, author of
"The Jewish Assault on Christianity" published in 1935), he
authored such tracts as "Freemasonry: Jewish Front" and "Wake
Up America". His son David continues this line of hatred in Alaska. You
can read about the Winrod clan on the ADL
web site. Click on the search button and enter the name 'Winrod' for
more examples of his hatred! ............... |
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John Yonge
- In his many long rants trying
to explain his beliefs in 'pre-tribulationism', this author sets himself as arbiter of
religious theory and more. A brief quote from one of his many writings will provide you
with a glimpse of his 'take' on things: "You do realize that Masons are all over
the world using these sorts of symbols, and have been for centuries, and while they do in
fact reflect the anti-Christ in ways, you cannot use such symbolism to identify the
anti-Christ because so many use the same symbols. By the same sort of reasoning, I could
proclaim a rock musician to be the anti-Christ just because he has a "666" and a
red dragon on his record cover. The Masonic training in Prince Charles might get him to
doing things that are quite anti-Christian, but so what? The fellow down your street and
around the corner a bit is also a high-level Mason participating in the same sort of
occultic ceremonies and training his mind in the same way. I understand that the eagle on
the dollar bill has 32 feathers on one side and 33 on the other, where these would
represent the highest degrees in Masonry. This sort of thing is wide-spread, so ignore it
when it comes to identifying the anti-Christ." Read his religious theories
yourself right here
(as of 1/1/2014, link no longer works). .......... |
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