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Posted on 04/03/2008 8:28:09 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
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There was significant involvement in my grandfathers funeral. The minister got into a bit of a disagreement during the graveside service with the Free Masons and made the coment "God has the last word." The leader of the Free Masons shot back with, "No, the Masons have the last word."
There is no doubt that Freemasonry is a religion (cult), even if some of the members don't realize it. Sort of like Mormonism.
> There is no doubt that Freemasonry is a religion (cult), even if some of the members don’t realize it. Sort of like Mormonism.
Freemasonry is not a religion, neither is it a cult. Any resemblance to LDS practises can best be explained by the fact that Joseph Smith was a Mason and had access to our rituals and secrets.
Oh, and I am a Committed Christian and a Mason (3d)
*DieHard the Hunter, MM*
There is no doubt that Freemasonry is a religion (cult), even if some of the members don’t realize it. Sort of like Mormonism.
These threads are always interesting for me . As for religion I keep it simple . God has 1 name . God . His son died for our sins , the virgin birth , the resurection , the 10 Commandments , the 2nd coming .
And of course I try to live my life as close to these Commandments as possible . Looking forward to the rest of the replies .
Cool. One cult ends discrimination against another cult.
Ms. T ? You seem to have a depth of knowledge about such things . Please excuse me for barging in on you like this .
> There was significant involvement in my grandfathers funeral. The minister got into a bit of a disagreement during the graveside service with the Free Masons and made the coment “God has the last word.” The leader of the Free Masons shot back with, “No, the Masons have the last word.”
There is nothing in Masonic ritual that requires the Masons to have the last word at a funeral. Quite the contrary, they are to fit in with the graveside ritual and take their cue from the officiating minister “at an appropriate moment.”
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> Cool. One cult ends discrimination against another cult.
What an unpleasant and unnecessary thing to say.
Jump and Shout believer no doubt.
Duly eye-balled. Thanks for the ping.
so George Washington and John Wayne were cult members???
George Washington was a cultist?
Wow, only 3 posts till the Mason bashing started
I figured it would start with the 2nd post.
There is no doubt here that you don't know what you are talking about.
There is a lot of very inaccurate information out there, but rest assured that it is not a religion or cult. Freemasonry is not a religion, nor is it a substitute for religion. It demands of its members belief in a Supreme Being, but provides no system of faith of its own. Freemasonry is open to men of any faith, but religion may not be discussed at its meetings.
If true, that’s completely incorrect under masonry.
As a 33 Scottish Rite AND Sir Knight Templar AND former WM of multiple blue lodges, I know what masonry is about, and (with possible exception of Knight Templars, which is expressly Christian and requires a Christian obligation, in the name of Jesus the Christ, to defend Christianty), the masons are not remotely a religious organization.
Don’t forget all the Baptists ministers who founded Baylor University.
And the guy who wrote the Pledge of Allegence.
And Chesty Fuller.
And the minister who founded the Salvation Army.
The guys who founded the Boy Scouts
Etc.
You know, it’s a sin to bear false witness.
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