Posted on 10/11/2019 3:50:22 AM PDT by Libloather
A hate-filled hooded man chucked a Molotov cocktail at the Masonic Temple in Chelsea, sparking a small fire, officials said Thursday.
The arsonist was caught on a surveillance camera outside the front door of the Masonic Lodge on W. 24th St. near Sixth Ave., about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday.
The bearded suspect, dressed in a light grey hoodie and black pants, threw the Molotov cocktail at the building, the gathering hall for the fraternal group known as the Freemasons, sparking a small fire, police said.
The building was empty at the time and the fire was put out quickly, officials said.
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Do we tell these guys?
Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Robert Treat Paine, George Washington, Paul Revere, John Hancock, and John Marshall
(carefully and delicately folds up tinfoil hat and puts it away...)
We must do something.
It’s past time we outlawed Gasoline, Bottles, Rags and Fire.
As I like to say when people are outraged by Mass Shootings and blame the Gun.
Would you prefer the Murderer used Molotov Cocktails and burned People to death? How about if he used a F-150 Pickup and ran over and killed a Crosswalk full of Schoolchildren?
The mixture of Evil and Human Ingenuity knows no bounds.
> But the gist of the argument is that no Christian should belong to any organization the treats all other religions as equal to Christianity. <
The US military treats all other religions as equal to Christianity. Just sayin’.
as does the Constitution!
It didn’t used to. The US Military accommodates soldiers of all religions in practicing their faith which is not the same thing as indorsing all religions.
And the argument is non The US military treats all other religions as equal to Christianity. Just sayin’.
It didn’t used to. The US Military accommodates soldiers of all religions in practicing their faith which is not the same thing as indorsing all religions.
And the argument is non sequitur.
The US Military does not exist to impart eternal wisdom of the ages on the soldier which the Freemasons do. sequitur.
The US Military does not exist to impart eternal wisdom of the ages on the soldier.
Deluded.
Here is the Truth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Masonic_National_Memorial
A thousand years of history or more says you are wrong.
But the gist of the argument is that no Christian should belong to any organization the [sic] treats all other religions as equal to Christianity.
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That’s a major misunderstanding of Freemasonry; that it is a competitor for religions. It is more of a forum of civility where adherents of religions who accept a single source of Creation and a single, Supreme Being who is ‘bigger’ than any of us, more knowledgeable and powerful than even our imaginations. We place ourselves in a house of that Creator, with due reverence, for our deliberations. And in that way our deliberations can pull concepts from multiple religions and perspectives in problem solving.
Did you ever hear of racial profiling at a Shriner’s hospital? Or how about our local lodge’s Bikes 4 Books reading program for 2nd graders in public schools?
Yep.
John Ankerberg Show - Masonry - Behind closed doors
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA6A6F8DB9F608F68
I agree that the rank and file aren’t Satanists, the organization on the other hand
I did not intend to suggest that Freemasonry was in competition with religion and I don’t believe I did.
What I did intend to convey is that what Freemasonry teaches is not Christian, that it accepts non-Christian teaching as valid.
It is more of a forum of civility where adherents of religions who accept a single source of Creation and a single, Supreme Being who is ‘bigger’ than any of us, more knowledgeable and powerful than even our imaginations. We place ourselves in a house of that Creator, with due reverence, for our deliberations. And in that way our deliberations can pull concepts from multiple religions and perspectives in problem solving.
I used to think that way when I was young. But over the years I have learned that all the answers to the big questions are there in Christianity. Really all in the 10 commandments for most of those questions.
Step outside Christianity and you are in danger. When you suggest that other religions are valid you put souls in danger.
Without Christ there is no salvation.
When a Christian meets a non-Christian, he is responsible to try to bring that person to Christ.
Freemasons suggest that all mono-theistic religions worship the same god this could not be more wrong. To suggest that Muslims and Christians worship the same god when considering the practices of those religions is laughable.
Proselytization by the sword was never part of Christian or Jewish religion. Saint Patrick was not sent to Ireland with an army to preach to the Celts. He was sent alone with a Bible. He succeeded in converting all of Ireland. That success was repeated all over the world.
Everywhere Mohammed’s followers went blood, rape and death followed. Those who would not convert were put to the sword or sold into slavery. Rape of non-Muslim women is part of the teaching of Mohammed as is slavery. None of these is in Christian teaching.
Did you ever hear of racial profiling at a Shriner’s hospital? Or how about our local lodge’s Bikes 4 Books reading program for 2nd graders in public schools?
I am not sure where you intend to go with this. Are you suggesting that Christians are racist?
The Catholic Church has built hospitals and schools all over the world that offered care and education to peoples of all race and creeds free of charge for centuries, as have many of the Protestant and Evangelical churches.
Racism is not a Christian teaching and never was. When it existed in the pre-civil war south is was an aberration of Christian teaching and many Christians at the time spoke against it.
I have known many honorable and intelligent Masons, but I can not accept Masonic teaching as a Christian. All religions are not created equal. Only one is true.
“Is it true that Masons hold in equal esteem the Bible, the Koran, and the Bhagavad-Gita, among other holy books?”
No, not really. The Masons take no position on various holy books. Holding them as equal would be taking a position. What they do is recognize the fact that you may be sitting in lodge with others who revere a different holy book, and request that you respect that fact. In my lodge, we have a small Torah we place next to the Bible when one of our Jewish members is present. If there was a person of another faith there, we could put their holy book out too.
“Yes. The Mason’s hate the Catholic Church. Your GPA must have been a Deacon for a hippie priest.”
Absolutely not true. The animosity, to the extent that it exists, flows one direction only.
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