[MarkBsnr]

Thank you. I have been on Jeff Lindsay’s site before in specific context and he certainly writes in volumes.

However; he does little to address the specifics and really soft soaps the whole deal. I was thinking more along the actual words of oath themselves. Some of them appear almost plagiarized from the EA, FC and MM degrees. Going back to the grips, signs, handshakes and passwords for the degrees, as well as the rather drastic oaths, I was struck by how almost identical some of them are.

I left Freemasonry after I was informed of its incompatibility with Catholicism, however, I remember the circumstances. If the rites posted and alleged to be the LDS rites are that identical to the Masonic rites, I have to really wonder about their intent. We Catholics have absolutely nothing along those lines in any of our religious rites - and certainly nothing secret - and I would wonder about their validity in terms of Christianity.

Now, if they applied to, say, the Thuggees, or other violent religious group, that’d be one thing.

[Utah Girl]

There is more information here. Masonry and the LDS Temple.
Here's another source: Similarities between Masonic and Mormon temple ritual

[sevenbak]

Mark, besides the references that have been posted, here are a few more that I have found most helpful, and might be somewhat different than the others already posted.

http://www.signaturebookslibrary.org/skeptic/chapter8.htm#Masonic
http://www.xmission.com/%7ecountry/reason/widowson.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2671/ECLDSEn.html