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To: Retired COB
So....Masons can't be Morman?

I know several brothers who are. There is nothing in Freemasonry that says if you belong to XX religion, you can't join. The only religious prerequisite is you just must believe in one God (monotheistic). I believe the 'anti-mason' writings it commented on were more political, the old anti-mason party. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Masonic_Party)

21 posted on 09/24/2009 12:14:37 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: mnehring
There is nothing in Freemasonry that says if you belong to XX religion, you can't join. The only religious prerequisite is you just must believe in one God

That's what I was told over 30 years ago, "If you don't believe in God, you cannot become a Mason". Many think of Masonry as a religion, it is not, it is not a cult, it is more of a fraternal organization than anything. I've never seen anything that could remotely be called "worship" in a Masonic Lodge, even though the leader of a lodge is referred to as "worshipful master", nobody worships him, it's a title, he's just "Joe Regularguy" who lives down the street and next year there will be a new "master".

Parts of the L.D.S. rituals were stolen by Joseph Smith straight from the Masons.

28 posted on 09/24/2009 2:12:25 PM PDT by Graybeard58 ( Selah.)
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To: mnehring
The only religious prerequisite is you just must believe in one God

That's what I was told when I joined more than 30 years ago and contrary to what some believe free masonry doesn't pretend to be a religion.

142 posted on 01/24/2010 10:30:07 AM PST by Graybeard58 ("0bama's not just stupid; He’s Jimmy Carter stupid”. - Don Imus)
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