A few questions for any Masons willing to answer

As a freemason, I try to look what binds people together and take away what divides people.

When I was in university, I had a room mate who is muslim. We talked about our religions often; I would explain bits and pieces from the bible, he would explain bits and pieces from the Qu'ran. In essence, we talked about what we felt was the essence of our beliefs. At one evening, he exclaimed "We are SO alike, why do we fight?".

Muslims fight each other over the question if Muhammed (peace be upon Him) is the last prophet or not. Christians have burned other christians at the stake for not believing what the others believed. And untill quite recently, being catholic in my country was detrimental to your career opportunities.

So, if I as a freemason have one goal in life, it would certainly be to take away what divides people and look for what binds them. And if we all did that, we would have a New World Order. And yes, I would favor that.

Edit: non-native speaker spelling errors abound.

[edit on 27-11-2008 by DutchMason]