Posted on 02/29/2024 8:28:43 AM PST by xoxox
Thank you...
And the Stone Cutters rule the world.
At best, Freemasons (Shriners) take care of some pretty sick kids. At worst, they put on pancake breakfasts for local high school scholarships.
The rest of this is old conspiracy bunk.
My experience in CA was to take an oath on a Bible (or other Holy Writing depending on religion). That was in a recognized Masonic lodge. Why would they have me take such an oath if I reject the God it represents? That doesn't make any sense.
This post will bring out the Mason haters here on FR.
Since you are a woman, you have never seen any oaths for Masons.
Everybody has a god; be it self, some other corruptible human, an object (money, things).
Or one believes in the Almighty God. He instructs us how to worship and live for him. And his followers are not to be bashful about their faith. We are not to view him as a vehicle to power, money, and/or high social recognition.
Atheists do good works, but they do not praise God secrectly or openly.
Luke 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat
We are no match for Satan and he is no match for our Holy God.
Deuteronomy 4:24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God
Washington was never a grand master. In a letter he mentioned he had not attended a Masonic meeting in thirty years.
Of course, upon his death, the Masons moved in a took over the ceremonies.
Well said. Amen 🙏🏻!
Can you take a masonic oath on the Koran?
“She said he attended a couple of times but never joined and would not want to be portrayed as a Mason.”
He was not only a Mason, he served as master (president) of his lodge. It’s still active today and they have his portrait on the wall along with everyone else who has served as master.
So was Antonio López de Santa Anna.
You have never seen any such oaths...
They don’t exist...
Yes
“To ascribe to Freemasonry is to reject the God of the Bible. PERIOD.”
Absolutely not. Freemasonry directly instructs its members to be steadfast in their own faith, directly instructs its members to study the Bible to learn the way to eternal life, and presents all new members with a Bible to allow them to do so. It’s LOADED with symbolism that is rather obvious to the Christian Freemason.
If that seems like a bit of a dichotomy, it’s because (to my understanding) way back in the day, you HAD to be a member of the Church of England to be a mason. Then, in the mid-1700s, some progressives decided you shouldn’t have to be a member of the Church of England to join, which (among other things) caused a split in the Grand Lodge of England. When it ultimately rectified in the later 1700s, one of the compromises was they would keep the same Christian imagery and symbolism, but drop the requirement that you be a Christian to join.
She read something somewhere and believed it.
The obligations in Freemasonry appertain to Freemasonry alone and will not interfere with your duty to God, your country, your neighbor or yourself.
It appertains to Freemasonry alone...
“To ascribe to Freemasonry is to reject the God of the Bible. PERIOD.”
What exactly did she ‘attend’?
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She didn’t attend any Masonic meetings; her father did. But only a couple. He was not apparently a long-time member.
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