[ChiefBoatswain]

I don't know about your ratio, but I can imagine that some would say: "Yes". If the ratios were reversed, I'd have to guess that you'd say yes as well. So, then, how much non-Chritian content is enough to say "no"?

And consider this. What if it were 1 part "pagan". Would that be different? Or 1 part Islamic?

I have a feeling that if an actual ratio were derived, it'd be substantially higher than 1 part. Not sure what, and I'm not saying one way or the other if any Masonic content does or does not make it Christian, just that it needs to be considered.

[nowandlater]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XoDJX5dACs

[MarkBsnr]

Fair enough. I’m sure that we have our share of paganism in the country now.

I’d probably put it this way: there was Masonic influence, rather than foundation. The extent of Masonic influence was probably greater then than now, due to the institution concentrating over the last century more on secrecy than on propagation. The average age has got to be close to 70 now.