UM-Bot Posted April 10, 2016 #1 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Researchers have revealed the most likely reason why the enigmatic order had such a high life expectancy. Originally founded to help protect Christian pilgrims from bandits and highwaymen in the Holy Land, the monastic order of the Knights Templar would go on to become extremely rich and prosperous. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/293408/why-did-the-knights-templar-live-so-long 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted April 10, 2016 #2 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I'd have put it down to "You seldom see a skinny priest" without reading the article. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeSember Posted April 10, 2016 #3 Share Posted April 10, 2016 This story makes a good point. My dad is actually a Knights Templar now. There are times when they do things that we get invited to. The things they do seem kind of silly to me, but I suppose the good stuff are secrets. Anyway...yes there is a point, getting to it now, well kinda. I have never seen a Knights Templar member under the age of maybe 50 (I am sure there are some, never seen a younger one), most look 80+ No joke! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodnite Posted April 10, 2016 #4 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Mediterranean diets are known for their simplicity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Thomson Posted April 10, 2016 #5 Share Posted April 10, 2016 The code of the Knights Templar was centered around morality, where morality is those actions and behaviors that lead to good health and well-being. The good feeling that comes from a moral life often leads to rituals and practices, which often become religion. The daily purifying of the mind through prayer, meditation, and exercises further develops the good feelings brought by a moral life. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted April 10, 2016 #6 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Having a big sword strapped to one's back also helps when grub is being dished out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Unicorn Posted April 10, 2016 #7 Share Posted April 10, 2016 This story makes a good point. My dad is actually a Knights Templar now. There are times when they do things that we get invited to. The things they do seem kind of silly to me, but I suppose the good stuff are secrets. Anyway...yes there is a point, getting to it now, well kinda. I have never seen a Knights Templar member under the age of maybe 50 (I am sure there are some, never seen a younger one), most look 80+ No joke! It takes many years to the reach that degree no surprise the brothers are only older people today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeSember Posted April 10, 2016 #8 Share Posted April 10, 2016 It takes many years to the reach that degree no surprise the brothers are only older people today. Called my dad after reading this, he says they do have younger members, have to be a Blue Lodge Mason in our state to be a Knights Templar. They can have members as young as 18 or 21 depending on the jurisdiction. Not many new members these days is an issue for them. When they do ceremonies, usually the older members are the ones that can show up and know the "work" as he put it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarbinks Posted April 10, 2016 #9 Share Posted April 10, 2016 according to assassin's creed, it's because of the First Civilisation technology 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Unicorn Posted April 10, 2016 #10 Share Posted April 10, 2016 (edited) Called my dad after reading this, he says they do have younger members, have to be a Blue Lodge Mason in our state to be a Knights Templar. They can have members as young as 18 or 21 depending on the jurisdiction. Not many new members these days is an issue for them. When they do ceremonies, usually the older members are the ones that can show up and know the "work" as he put it. In our area some initiates start Blue Lodge when they are already middle aged! More members that way but lack of young initiates here too in that order of the Freemasonry tradition. I'd like to add their are other orders related to Freemasonry that have seperate degrees. Different Orders might have Knights of Templar but not be the same thing. Illuminati is another such degree that's a title of a degree, but there are many different traditions not really one of the same thing. Most of these other traditions get linked together wrongly with the Scottish Rite or Blue Lodges when they aren't the same orders. One order I know takes at least 32 years after initiation to get to the higher degrees. Lots of different traditions get confused with others since some degrees have the same name and get lumped as one when they are unrelated in practices. It's a pet peeve of mine when I see the tales of Illuminati being perceived as one group just as Knights of Templar. Both are titles of a Degree in some form of wisdom tradition. Some are wackos and some are moral and sincere in their studies. Edited April 10, 2016 by White Unicorn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sohei75 Posted April 10, 2016 #11 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Modern day Knights Templar have nothing to do with the originals. Modern groups are just using the name because of its mystique. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted April 10, 2016 #12 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Modern day Knights Templar have nothing to do with the originals. Modern groups are just using the name because of its mystique. Yep. I asked a friend what Knights he was in and he told me Tuesdays and Thursdays. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Unicorn Posted April 11, 2016 #13 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Modern day Knights Templar have nothing to do with the originals. Modern groups are just using the name because of its mystique. One modern Knights of Templar degree is said to be have been degree renamed in honor of the original Knights but not of the same order in itself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Kitten Posted April 11, 2016 #14 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Medieval Knights Templars diet: https://steelfighting.com/2011/12/04/the-knights-templar-diet/ The knights had mainly fruit also. These knights were very fit and understood hygiene well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted April 11, 2016 #15 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I would also imagine the Knights were able to get the best medical care possible for that time, which couldn't hurt either along with the diet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted April 11, 2016 #16 Share Posted April 11, 2016 One of the best predictors of longevity is wealth. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted April 11, 2016 #17 Share Posted April 11, 2016 They chose ... wisely? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyna Posted April 11, 2016 #18 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Some of you seem to have missed that this is about the historic group clearly living into the 60's is nothing today. reread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobolds Posted April 12, 2016 #19 Share Posted April 12, 2016 now days alot fake knights templar group/organization . don't bother to look or google to find how to join . general rules. - if you are qualified , they will find you . - only a master is allow to recruit apprentice . - only when pass test apprentice then you can become a knight and only at certain ages you can take the test , if failed then you have to wait until another which can be 10 to 20 years later . and each knight carry a family name & title - as apprentice, you are work for free - once you join there's no quit, after you die, you property / money will belong to the templar - knight divide into 3 level , worker, supervisor, master . only supervisor & master level has access to templar business and finance etc... there are still alot @#$%^ rules . anyone still want to join? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDolly Posted April 13, 2016 #20 Share Posted April 13, 2016 The knights Templar were also in case anyone has forgotten were also religious as well,not just warriors. Most monastic orders of men and women follow a similar diet as they mentioned. Of course there was drunkness and gluttony amongst monks and friars too. Many religious orders like the Discalced Carmelites, Carthusians, Trappists and others still to this day follow this type of diet. Most think of the Knights Templars of France, but they were also in Spain and Portugal,England and Germany. Never have been able to find out much in enlish about them in other countries. I'm mainly interested in Germany since that's where my father's family is from. Whether anybody belonged to them I don't know. But it's possible some ancestor was a member of the Teutonic Knights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Unicorn Posted April 14, 2016 #21 Share Posted April 14, 2016 The knights Templar were also in case anyone has forgotten were also religious as well,not just warriors. Most monastic orders of men and women follow a similar diet as they mentioned. Of course there was drunkness and gluttony amongst monks and friars too. Many religious orders like the Discalced Carmelites, Carthusians, Trappists and others still to this day follow this type of diet. Most think of the Knights Templars of France, but they were also in Spain and Portugal,England and Germany. Never have been able to find out much in enlish about them in other countries. I'm mainly interested in Germany since that's where my father's family is from. Whether anybody belonged to them I don't know. But it's possible some ancestor was a member of the Teutonic Knights. It is said they started as religious warriors for the church. Some of the warriors were touched by other religions and considered new found truths and artifacts that were in conflict with their original religious quests. Some of them formed their own religious order based on discovering deeper truths contrary to their original quests. All of them became martared whether or not they were the group who formed the new religious order. It is said some of brothers of this new order was helped by Freemasons in various countries to escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithisco Posted April 16, 2016 #22 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Just a couple of aggravating facts... 1. Freemasonry developed in the late 15th Century (possibly) but first definitive date is 1717 in London 2. "The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon" (correct form of address for the Knights Templar) were disbanded by Pope Clement V in 1312, therefore there is a 400 year gap between the two "organisations" 3. Many high ranking Templars were executed but by no means all of them 4. Portugal accepted ALL Knights Templar and gave them freedom and security in that nation (the same as in Scotland) 5. Average life - expectancy data is heavily skewed by the enormous infant mortality rates, and warring in the middle ages - and living to 60, 70, or even 80+ was far from uncommon for those who survived infancy and were not called to military service. 6.The majority of members of the order were not engaged in military service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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