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  • Is There No Help For The Widow's Son? Part two (Masonry and Mormonism) (OPEN)

    07/04/2009 9:58:50 AM PDT · by greyfoxx39 · 19 replies · 1,869+ views
    mormonism.net ^ | Dr. Reed C. Durham, Jr.
    Is There No Help For The Widow's Son? By Dr. Reed C. Durham, Jr.There are two concepts I need at this point to reiterate. Firstly, I said that Joseph Smith had no qualms about using Masonry. This letter, I think, is evidence of that. One historian has described this use of Masonry as the "grabbing on" principle employed by Joseph Smith. This was explained to me that whatever was in his surroundings, being preached, professed, or practiced, he sometimes borrowed it and incorporated it into his ideological theology and system.The second concept I wish to reiterate is that the...