I disagree with your conclusion about something you obviously have no first hand knowledge of.
Like my family for the past 4 generations, I was raised as a Southern Baptist. And still have those convictions.
There has been a working relation of trust between the Baptist faith an many Masons in the U.S. since before James Madison was a member of the Virginia House of Burgess before the American revolution. He gained the support of the Baptist in Virginia because he was against the “establishment” of a state religion (Anglican).
There was always a comfort level between the two organizations until about 20 years ago. I was involved in discussion with the Southern Baptist Convention when the leadership tried to make an issue of this.
They paid for a study to see if the two organizations were compatible, and when the person commissioned to look at the history brought in his report. They simply said they did not agree with his conclusion. The historic facts were not what they sought.
I know you do not support a compulsory faith, and I don’t either.
Be cautious about accepting opinions of authors who go on a witch hunt to discredit this group.
Some healthy advice:
Only associate with those who seek the truth, but run from those who say they have found it.
“Some healthy advice:
Only associate with those who seek the truth, but run from those who say they have found it.”
Is what you say true? That is a ridiculous statement that you are making!
If there is truth then it must be absolute. If there is truth, it can be found.
Jesus is The Truth.
The top echelon of masonry do swear blood oaths to lucifer as noted by the masonic hero Albert Pike himself, not an outside source. Aleister Crowley a devout satanist and Aldous Huxley, who was instrumental in bringing on the cultural revolution of the 60’s, were all ascended masons along with many others.
If you want to bind yourself to these types of people in secret blood oaths that’s your business, but I’m just telling you I would hope you would reconsider for the sake of your own soul.
You masons should note that the information is out & you can’t stuff it back into the box. People are becoming more and more aware of the dark agenda of masonry and it’s my hope many of it’s low ranking members will be the ones enlightened so they can free themselves from it. If you’re more dedicated to your pride in freemasonry than anything then I guess you better hang on to it, but if not, I beg you to reconsider for your sake.
As far as your healthy advice, I think it’s a mark of your masonry that believes a person can’t find the truth. Jesus said he is the way, the truth and the life & no one goes to the Father but by Him. I take His word for it. So you have to run from those who have found Jesus? How can you be a baptist and hold such a philosophy? It doesn’t make any sense. You can either know the truth & it can set you free, or you must run from people who have found it, which doesn’t sound so healthy, especially for a baptist. You cling to known luciferians yet run from those who have found the truth, Jesus? It doesn’t make any sense.