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The libraries have many books on freemasonry. I was brought up in a hot bed of Free Masonry. Even as a tiny child I was interested in the “secrets” of freemasonry. Why did the Lodge in our city have all of the windows sealed up? It caused me to look more and more. One of my grandmother's was a Lutheran, and she said my grandfather was not going to make it to heaven as a Free Mason, so that caused me to look more and more.

I came to believe in the end that Free Masonry, does believe in the Ancient Egyptian book of the dead, and it does list all of the sins. They are not like the ten commandments of the bible. One sin is stopping running water, which often was a terrible thing in ancient times, such has having running water on your property and stopping it for the farm below you. So, “the Book of the Dead” is trying to provide a way to heaven as I see it, but there is no other way than through Jesus Christ.

When this grandfather of mine died, he wanted a Masonic funeral. My grandmother was one of the most upset people that I have ever seen in my life. She went to search for a minister, for she felt she could not go to her own pastor, out of shame and pain. The story of the Masonry is one you must search for yourself. My words will not suffice. Ihave done my search, and it will last for a lifetime.

I came to believe in the end that Free Masonry, does believe in the Ancient Egyptian book of the dead, and it does list all of the sins. They are not like the ten commandments of the bible. One sin is stopping running water, which often was a terrible thing in ancient times, such has having running water on your property and stopping it for the farm below you. So, “the Book of the Dead” is trying to provide a way to heaven as I see it, but there is no other way than through Jesus Christ.

I have been a Mason for roughly forty years and have never heard of such horse hockey as you have quoted. So you read this nonsense in a book, huh? So if I write a book and said I have lived on Mars for the last five years and describe all my adventures there,....does that make it the truth because I wrote it in a book?

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They are a secret society, probably founded 300 years ago, but with their own mythology which claims they built the Egyptian pyramids and/or the Temple of Solomon.

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I came to believe in the end that Free Masonry, does believe in the Ancient Egyptian book of the dead .. So, “the Book of the Dead” is trying to provide a way to heaven as I see it, but there is no other way than through Jesus Christ.
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Mormonism borrows heavily from these beliefs...

The founder of mormonism, Joseph Smith, joined the Masons and went up to a 32th degree or thereabouts the very first day..

1. The mormons have a secret society...their “temple” ordinances are secret and and they swear to the death not to reveal them..

2. The book of Mormon includes the claim that the charactors set out to build a “temple of Solomon” just like the one back in Jerusalem..

3. Much homemade mythology is included in mormonism..

4. Through their “temple work” which are ordinances for the dead, they believe that they can “provide a way to heaven” which excludes and bypasses Jesus and the Cross..

5. Joey Smith pretended to translate an Egyptian “Book of the Dead” and called it the Book of Abraham...

6. Their secret handshakes etc are copied from masonic rituals..

etc

They use this folowing secret phrase in their temple ordinances...

Pay Lay Ale

Nonsense. Never heard of any of that.