Masons must choose lodge or church: synod, page 1

"Can a person be a mason and be a christian?"

No.

Christianity teaches there is one true God. All other Gods are false gods. Satan is the father of deceit. Ergo, if you do not worship the one true God you worship Satan.

Masonry says that all gods are equally valid, and that all religions were created by Masons. This belief is incompatible with Christianity.

But, don't take my word for it. Read the writings of 33d degree Freemasons on this topic:

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C.W. Leadbeater; Freemasonry: Its Ancient and Mystic Rites; Page 10:
the ritual of each degree is intended to call down spiritual power
The performance of the ritual of each degree is intended to call down spiritual power, first to
assist the Bro. upon whom the degree is conferred to awaken within himself that aspect of
consciousness which corresponds to the symbolism of the degree, as far as it can be awakened;
secondly to aid in the evolution of the members present; and thirdly and most important of all, to
pour out a flood of spiritual power intended to uplift, strengthen and encourage all members of
the Craft.

Foster Bailey; The Spirit of Masonry; Page 141: Masonry Ancient Wisdom
The ancient mystery schools of all ages, which were secret, all taught the same spiritual truths
that are veiled and hidden in our rituals, working tools, lodge furnishings and the proper function
of Masonic Lodge officials and their stations in the Lodge.

Manly P. Hall; What the Ancient Wisdom expects of its Disciples; Page 14:
Ancient Wisdom was and will be ruler of this planet.
There is no greater honor than to be called to the service of this eternal Wisdom which was
before the beginning and which will ultimately become the visible exoteric ruling body of the
planet.

Foster Bailey; The Spirit of Masonry; Page 29:
Masonry the first world religion, the world universal religion
Masonry is the descendant of, or is founded upon, a divinely imparted religion which long
antedates the prime date of creation as given in our Bible. Masonry and its allegorical rituals, and
its symbols and numbers, is all that remains to us of the first world religion which flourished in
an antiquity so old that it is impossible to affix a date. It was the first unified world religion. ....
Today we are working again towards a world universal religion.

Foster Bailey; The Spirit of Masonry; Page 109: Masonry Universal Religion
Is it not possible from a contemplation of this side of Masonic teaching that it may provide all
that is necessary for the formulation of a universal religion? May it not be true, as has been said,
that if all religions and Scriptures were blotted out and only Masonry were left in the world we
could still recover the great plan of salvation?

A revitalised Masonry, made up of Masons true to their obligations and realising the Mystic Tie
that binds them all ether in one true brotherhood, would also provide a platform so universal that
it would meet the need of thinkers of all kinds and of every school of thought. It would thus not
only meet a religious need by providing a universal religion...

Foster Bailey; Things To Come; Page 117 Christianity
As to universality: competition between religions is recognised as folly. The churchmen of
Christianity have imprisoned the Christ in their own separative religious organisations to such an
extent that one might almost think that God loved only Christians. Such a man-made concept of
God is silly and unattractive. The word Christ is a name in the Hierarchy for the holder of an all
embracing world-wide divine leadership and as so used, transcends orthodox limitations. Christ
to the modern mind is an active, intelligent world executive, and a living man today. His vision
and his action are for all men. He is not at all limited to Christianity.

J.D. Buck; Symbolism of Freemasonry; Page 46: Masonry the universal religion
at the heart of every great religion, lie the same eternal truths. Forms and observances only differ.
.... Masonry is not only a universal science, but a world-wide religion, and owes allegiance to no
one creed, and can adopt no sectarian dogma...without ceasing thereby to be Masonic.

J.D. Buck; Symbolism of Freemasonry; Page 47:
Great Republic, Masonry is the Universal Religion
Is Jesus any the less Christos, because Christna was called "the Good Shepherd?" or because the
Mexican Christ was crucified between two thieves? or because Hiram was three days in a grave
before he was resurrected? Are we not as selfish in our religion as in our other possessions? Then
why is man, while cherishing as his most sacred possession, the religion of his fathers, eternally
seeking to degrade and destroy that of his Brother?
...Masonry is the Universal Religion only because, and only so long, as it embraces all religions.
For this reason, and this alone, it is universal and eternal.

J.D. Buck; Symbolism of Freemasonry; Page 50:
Secret Doctrine was the real foundation of every great Religion known to man
There is no fact in history more easily and completely demonstrable than the existence of the
Secret Doctrine in all ages among all people, and of Adepts or Masters who were familiar with
its teachings, and were more or less capable of expounding its principles.
It is equally demonstrable that this Secret Doctrine was the real foundation of every great
Religion known to man; that only the initiated Priest or Hierophant knew the real doctrines in
any case, and only these, as a rule, in the earliest history of each religion.
Furthermore, the Sacred Books of all religions, including those of the Jews and the Christians,
were and are no more than parables and allegories of the real Secret Doctrine, transcribed for the
ignorant and superstitious masses.

J.D. Buck; Symbolism of Freemasonry; Page 52:
Secret Doctrine was the universally diffused religion of the ancient world
"To recapitulate; the Secret Doctrine was the universally diffused religion of the ancient and
prehistoric world. Proof of its diffusion, authentic records of its history, a complete chain of
documents, showing its character and presence in every land, together with the teaching of all its
great Adepts, exist to this day in the secret crypts of libraries belonging to the Occult Fraternity."

J.D. Buck; Symbolism of Freemasonry; Page 66: Great Universal Wisdom-Religion
Masonry does not preach a new religion, it but reiterates the New Commandment announced by
Jesus, which was also announced by every great reformer of religion since history began. Drop
the theological barnacles from the Religion of Jesus, as taught by Him, and by the Essenes and
Gnostics of the first centuries, and it becomes Masonry.

Foster Bailey; Things To Come; Page 119:
Reappearance of Christ, Great Invocation; Masters of the Wisdom are preparing to
undertake work in physical bodies
By far the most important event for humanity in the imminent future is the reappearance of the
Christ. ... Definite preparation for that reappearance was immediately put in hand by the entire
Hierarchy of Masters and reorganisation of the Hierarchy itself begun. This preparation for the
coming is the main focus in the Hierarchy today.... Masters of the Wisdom are preparing to
undertake work in physical bodies and some have already done so.

33d degree Freemasons on Christianity:

J.D. Buck; Symbolism of Freemasonry; Page19: Christianity
"What is now called the Christian Religion existed among the ancients, and was not absent from
the human race until Christ came, from which time the true religion, which existed already,
began to be called Christian."
St. Augustine was Bishop of Hippo, born in 347 A. D., and lived near enough the time of Christ
to know whereof he wrote.

J.D. Buck; Symbolism of Freemasonry; Page31: Christianity
Here, again, we see a symbol ages old, revived and adopted in many forms, and further, that
Immortality was not "brought to light" for the first and only time by the "Man of Sorrows" of the
Christians; yet in every case is the symbol none the less true. Whether any of these sun-gods or
Redeemers were historical characters or not, the symbolism teaches every-where the same eternal
truths: the Resurrection and the Life; Redemption and Immortality.

J.D. Buck; Symbolism of Freemasonry; Page 57: Christianity
Salvation by faith and the vicarious atonement were not taught, as now interpreted, by Jesus, nor
are these doctrines taught in the exoteric Scriptures. They are later and ignorant perversions of
the original doctrines. In the Early Church, as in the Secret Doctrine, there was not one Christ for
the whole world, but a potential Christ in every man. Theologians first made a fetish of the
Impersonal, Omnipresent Divinity; and then tore the Christos from the hearts of all humanity in
order to deify Jesus; that they might have a God-man peculiarly their own!
All the ancient Mysteries had the true doctrine, and the early Christians had it. Masonry,
uncontaminated by the disciples of Loyola, had and has it also.

J.D. Buck; Symbolism of Freemasonry; Page 62: Christianity
By taking the symbols for the thing symbolized, men have made contradictions out of details, and
then built up a system of final rewards and punishments, attaching to acts in time. and claimed
their unreason and injustice as binding to all eternity. ...It will be urged by modern Theologians
that this view dethrones Christ. To this objection the answer is that any other view orphans
Humanity. It is far more important that men should strive to become Christs than that they should
believe that Jesus was Christ. If the Christ-state can be attained by but one human being during
the whole evolution of the race, then the evolution of man is a farce and human perfection an
impossibility.
Jesus is no less Divine because all men may reach the same Divine perfection. Again, it will be
urged, "There is no other name given under Heaven or amongst men whereby ye can be saved."
...That which the orthodox Christian will find to oppose to this view is not that it dethrones or
degrades Christ, but that it disproves the idea of Christ as their exclusive possession, and denies
that all other religions are less Divine than their own.

Foster Bailey; Things To Come; Page 116: Christianity
A quarter of a century ago a Master of the Wisdom, Djwhal Khul, gave out a new presentation
of a common belief and prophecy which has been anchored in human consciousness in religion
and philosophy for many thousands of years. The expectation of the return of a great world
teacher, a divine planetary avatar, is universal and has behind it the power of age-old hierarchical
action. That this coming one is known by different names is incidental, but that there is such an
avatar and that he is coming for the aid of all humanity is a profound reality....The Christian
doctrine that he comes as a Christian to save us from hell and for some distant judgment date is a
hangover from humanity's childhood days.

Foster Bailey; Things To Come; Page 125:
Christ, Hierarchy, Religion is not the only human way back to God.
The Great Invocation belongs to no person and is identified with no group. .... It is not limited to
the Christian religion although the name Christ is used. People of other faiths are using it often,
using the name of the world leader common to their own religion.
Also many happily use the name Christ because other religions do not insist that their religion is
the only true religion to the same extent that the Christian church does. In fact the name Christ is
used in the Hierarchy as the title of an office and not in any way limited to one religion. That
position of head of the Hierarchy is not limited in the least to religious action but is concerned
with all seven departments of hierarchical work of which religion is only one. Religion is not the
only human way back to God.

Foster Bailey; The Spirit of Masonry; Page 140:
For future salvation it is not necessary for all men to become Masons. Masonry is one of many
ways to God. In saying that Christianity is the only way, the Church has been in great error
causing terrible persecutions and wars.

Foster Bailey; Things To Come; Page 259:
Master Jesus working within the Catholic Church
Not only are there disciples in the various religions controlled by these realisations, but,
according to D.K., the Master Jesus should be working within the Catholic Church by about the
year 1980, if things go according to plan...
So it is in all other fields of hierarchical work. The Christ when He reappears, possibly within
the next 50 years, will strike the keynote of "love and unity".