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This is my last question for a while.I've always been drawn to masonic philosophy and architecture, oddly when I was still a teen.I am in my 20s and don't plan to rush my afiliation. I hail from Brazil.I am interested in networking, friendship, global events, studying the liberal arts, however I'm still in doubt how much a masonic membership would impact on my christian beliefs. However i'm not a missionary and i respect,my perhaps, soon to be brothers respective faiths and will not attempt to proselitize any of them. I enjoy comparative religion and i'm looking forward to meet christians from other denominations, jews, muslims and buddhists and so forth.As a young man i also want to gain experience with the older brothers, participate in the lodge, develop my oratory skills and strive to be a grade A citzen in my community.One thing I guarantee, i'd join in good faith shall I be accepted as a free and accepted mason. My word means gold. However, if i were to be invited there are certain "stuff" I know that happen in freemasonry which i really don't like and will stay away from it. However I AM NOT a loud mouth, it's my free will to not partake in some activities but i won't talk or publish anything we agreed as gentleman to be kept secret. I won't lie to you; Nevertheless I expect reciprocity, the same from you, as honoured men with principles not to lie to me either. A deal is a deal.If my activities as a brother are weighting too much and i had to quit for some reason, and YOU CAN HAVE MY WORD, not because of threats, but as a man i will keep silent, i won't break my pact and go around "exposing" freemasonry. We signed to be brothers, and that wouldn't be how a brother behaves - Can i be disconnected from the fraternity if i desire? As a non-mason, you can get the drift from where i'm coming from having consuming anti-masonic propaganda that masons don't let you leave, quit, that they will harass you or even kill you. I hope this is not true, as i respect this millenar organization but that stuff is what mafia does, not a community that contributed so much to human progress.The last part is money, I am middle class so unfortunately i believe i won't get to partake in the "cooler" lodges, meetings and events. Is it true?
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