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To: KosmicKitty; Conservatrix; PresbyRev
"NOW will you all believe that Billy Graham is a 33rd degree Mason?"

"And the problem with that is???"

The problem arises when he professes to be a member of the Body of Christ. Masonry at it's foundation asserts that there is a supreme being, and that all paths to that supreme being are equally effective. That's the problem; one cannot accept both premises, because they are 180 degrees out of agreement. Christ is the ONLY path.

As to Graham's masonry, photos of him in an apron (well adorned, but was it really his?) supposedly receiving his 33rd, are everywhere.

77 posted on 06/27/2005 8:26:42 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (The Lord has given us President Bush; let's now turn this nation back to him)
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To: editor-surveyor
Well-said.

Masonry asserts that Deism is the true religion.

Masons who profess to be Christians will always say that the Brotherhood encourages their Christianity and encourages them to participate in their church and live their beliefs. This is true - but it is beside the point.

Masons will give equal encouragement and support to Unitarians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Bahaists and New Agers and other non-Christians as well, because the Masons don't hold that any religion is objectively true, simply that most religions are subjectively true.

Masonry is a child of the Enlightenment and as such, carries the doctrines of its ancestry.

93 posted on 06/27/2005 8:50:54 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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To: editor-surveyor

And of course, many ex-Mason Christians are ex-Masons because their local brotherhood frowned on them trying to proselytize fellow Masons who were not committed Christians.


94 posted on 06/27/2005 8:52:39 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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To: editor-surveyor

Guess that means as a former Rainbow girl, member of the Eastern Star, granddaughter, daughter, and mother of Masons I'm going straight to hell!!

So be it - Proudly I go!!

BTW, every man I have ever met who is a mason, no matter what age, all agree that their 1st degree was one of , it not the most, meaningful events in their lives!!

Well, looks like heaven's going to be a very empty place.


108 posted on 06/27/2005 10:15:27 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Well... There you go again!)
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To: editor-surveyor
I haven't seen any photos, but there are many graham/masonry references: http://www.google.com/search?biw=892&hl=en&q=%22billy+graham%22+33rd+degree+mason&btnG=Google+Search
133 posted on 06/27/2005 6:35:31 PM PDT by solitas (So what if I support an OS that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.4.1)
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