Mormon connection to Masons explored ahead of 'Da Vinci Code' sequel

Salt Lake City Tribune ^ | 1/13/06 | Peggy Fletcher Stack

[JRochelle]

Is that the same guy who came up a whole bunch of documents which turned out to be fake? I remember seeing that on tv. Mark something or other.

[uglybiker]

I can honestly say I don't even know what exactly a Freemason is.

Some excellent resources:

masonicinfo.com

Grand Lodge of B.C. and Yukon

And if you choose to delve a bit deeper

PIETRE-STONES REVIEW OF FREEMASONRY
(Discussion papers, downloadable books)

And if hard copy is more your style, there are the two excellent books I mentioned in post #226.

Open forums where brothers will be happy to answer questions

The Three Pillars

The Lodgeroom US

Masonic Forum of Light

[GOPPachyderm]

Not sure, big enough to guard gold tablets?

It makes you wonder who took them away though doesn't it? What a shame others couldn't have examined them.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Barry Goldwater, a member of Arizona Lodge No. 2

[Dan(9698)]

Is that the same guy who came up a whole bunch of documents which turned out to be fake?

That is him. You are right, his name is Mark. I don't remember off hand what his last name is.

It was an interesting story. Those documents were authenticated by the expert by cutting a small piece of paper from the document and doing a radio carbon test on it.

Mark was going into libraries that had old books. Some books have a blank page as the last page. He would use a razor blade and cut the blank page out of the book and then make his forgery using that. Someone figured out what he was doing and so the bombs were to shut them up.

When they went back and tested the ink on the forgeries, they found that the ink was not that old.

He pleaded guilty and explained what he had done in exchange for no death penalty.

He will be in jail for a long time.

Most of the fake documents were identified, but they aren't sure there aren't others still out there. There still may be some interesting stories or "legends" that come from them.

[Myrddin]

Past Master here...

KT RD PMC and LDS here.

[Lochlainnach]

Brown took some of the ideas about the feminine divine from the works of mythology expert Joseph Campbell.

[restornu]

[DelphiUser]

LOL

[Revelation 911]

as it says in his biography his writings were so rhetorical and hard to understand, you could read anything into his doctrines.

try peepstones

[Chode]

Greetings Brother,
pls contact uglybiker to get on the Masonic ping list if you haven't already done so.
Strength in Numbers and all that... 8^)

[Chode]

tell your Uncle that JOHN WAYNE was a Mason...

[pointsal]

Go read the original historical account published in the Grand Lodge of Illinois for a summary of Joseph Smith's shenanigans at Nauvoo, Illinois.

[DelphiUser]

>>Go read the original historical account published in the
>>Grand Lodge of Illinois for a summary of Joseph Smith's
>>shenanigans at Nauvoo, Illinois.

Now we area on topic! Got a link?, I'll go read.
(Lived in the area, may know some of this already, but I could learn more.)

[DelphiUser]

area = are Wake Up will ya! Sheesh.

[JRochelle]

That would do nothing. He doesn't watch TV. He has never married or dated, is semi-retired, and obsessed with things like the new world order. He is better now compared to how wacked out he was just before Y2K. A lot of his predictions never happened.

[Aquinasfan]

Brown embedded tantalizing clues to its subject on the book's jacket.

"Tantalizing" if you're an ignorant idiot.

[Manfred the Wonder Dawg]

Did you get past the first line of this article http://www.letusreason.org/LDS32.htm ? About half-way down, the crux of the bisquit is reviewed: What is Mormon doctrine regarding Jesus Christ? On this point, above all others, the divides Truth from error.

Two quotes illustrate:

“In the pre-mortal spirit life Jesus, Lucifer, and all of us were the spirit children of God and His wives” (Gospel Through the Ages, pp. 15, 93-99; Journal of Discourses, Vol. XI, p. 122). Apostle Bruce McConkie wrote, “The first spirit to be born in heaven was Jesus, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 129.) This agrees with Joseph F. Smith, sixth president of the LDS Church, “Among the spirit children of Elohim, the first-born was and is Jehovah, or Jesus Christ, to whom all others are juniors” (Gospel Doctrine, p. 70).

According to Joseph F. Smith, sixth president of the LDS Church, “Among the spirit children of Elohim, the first-born was and is Jehovah, or Jesus Christ, to whom all others are juniors,” (Gospel Doctrine, p. 70). Joseph F. Smith, Jr., made this plain in his book,: “The birth of the Savior was a natural occurrence unattended with any degree of mysticism, and the Father God was the literal parent of Jesus in the flesh as well as in the spirit”( Religious Truths Defined, page 44)

Then check out Chapter 1 of the Gospel of John and Colossians 1:15 - 20 (which refers to Christ) for an alternate, and Truthful view.

My reputation in this forum or any others matter not. Only by having my name in the Lamb's Book of Life matters - and that requires a saving belief in the Christ Jesus of the Bible.

[colorcountry]

Yeah, that's the ticket. If you want to find out about Chevy's ask Chevrolet...of course they will tell you the truth...all the good and BAD.< /sarcasm>

I suggest if you want to learn about Chevy's or Mormons, you'd best be checking out ALL information. It would be good to have information both pro and con in order to make an informed decision. It wouldn't be very wise to only take the word of a Chevy dealer who wants you to buy a Chevy now would it?

Maybe you should check out the ultimate guidebook for automobile owners or the ultimate guidebook for humanity, THE BIBLE.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Good thing we have people like you anxious to protect the poor befuddled Christians who obviously cannot tell fact from fiction or truth from falsehood. What WOULD we do?