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Posted on 07/10/2002 11:04:03 AM PDT by SierraWasp
To: Howlin
We all already know that anybody who isn't of the same religion as you are is anti-Christian.
Oh really, where did I say that? Or are you like the All-Knowing Oz?
3714 posted on 7/19/02 4:45 PM Eastern by Registered
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Is it possible to be non-Christian without being anti-Christian?
I interpret it more narrowly and see the church's view as being that lodges practice unionism by worshiping with others that do not worship the same God. That is a rightful objection.
As a Christian, the Scriptures tell me to not be "unequally yoked with unbelievers". However, I do not consider them evil or Christian hating.
My non-Lutheran grandpa was a Mason. He was surely a Christian and not a bit evil. So go figure, huh?
.....and could you add, "Is it possible to be a Gentile without being an anti-semite.?"
The answers to both questions have to be the same.
The Grand Master informed me that Freemasonry accepts for membership men of every faith or religion, so long as the prospective member believes in a Supreme Being (whomever he may be) and in the resurrection of the body to a future life (however and through whomever that was accomplished.) This was a great shock to me. I had not realized that those who were members of anti-Christian religions could become Masons.
The information that Registered linked seems to support the premise that any organization that includes members that do not worship Jesus is anti-Christian. I am trying to understand if that is his belief as well.
This thread is connected to the DOW???
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If certain ones of us disagree, it will become his belief, if it isn't already. ;-)
I don't exactly know but there was a thread that got transferred to the religion forum that had well over 32,000 posts and still going the last time I looked (months ago).
As for disagreeing with Registered, it seems easy enough to do, especially if his answer to my question is as I suspect it to be.
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