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i guess I should of put that together since my father worked the R&R for 40 + years.
Originally posted by protocolsoflove
reply to post by All Seeing Eye
Haha I think he means we've gotten a tad bit off topic
So, Sun worship equates to Lucifer-ism? And why would it? Who is being raised from the dead, and by whom? Refresh me
Freemason Bible Exposed! Raising of the Dead after Death - Sun Worship
Originally posted by EnochWasRight
Here is the script for the Royal Arch Degree and accompanying commentary to show you where they are taking the Lord's name in vain and causing blasphemy against God's name.
ROYAL ARCH DEGREE
Originally posted by protocolsoflove
reply to post by emsed1
I bet you guys make pyramids with your chicken bones and stand your celery stalks up in a stonehenge configuration.
The small day to day friendliness and warm welcoming of friends and family does wonders for your health, both physically and mentally. Years ago I decided to always be conscious of how I am treating people. If some serious **** went down, like a red dawn scenario, the neighbors and coworkers that people despise and treat with disdain and coldness might be the only people who can help you out.
Originally posted by All Seeing Eye
What is the symbol for Lucifer....
As mentioned above about who puts this stuff out, I don't know, but who ever it is wants everyone against the Masons and re-enter the Matrix via the Bible. It says to me, you can hate Masons but you must love the god of the bible. Be a good sheep and get back into the pen, box. Yea, who is sponsoring this stuff.........
Please, we implore you, take the time to read our articles so you may finally know the Truth of Jesus Christ, the God of the Universe which Masons contemptuously call an "inferior god", and Whom they never, ever mention in their teachings or their rituals. We fervently pray that the Holy Spirit will illumine your mind, heart, and soul with the knowledge of the true God, and only the true God, of the Holy Bible.
Originally posted by Saurus
Originally posted by EnochWasRight
Here is the script for the Royal Arch Degree and accompanying commentary to show you where they are taking the Lord's name in vain and causing blasphemy against God's name.
ROYAL ARCH DEGREE
Everything about the site that you linked to is wrong. Lets start with the very first line:
"He is now qualified to be initiated into the Royal Arch degree."
One does not get initiated into the Royal Arch degree. One gets exalted to that degree.
Very next paragraph:
"The Royal Arch degree catechism asks, "Are you a Royal Arch Mason?""
The ritual does not ask this. It asks:
"Do you pledge your honour ....... that you have been raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason for four weeks and upwards?"
I could go through it line by line and point out the errors in each line, but if you don't believe that there is an error in each of the first two lines as I have pointed out above, then spending time pointing out the other errors would be pointless.
Everything that site says about Royal Arch Masonry seems to be made up.
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JESUS CHRIST
Masonry: "In his private petitions a man may petition God or Jehovah, Allah or Buddha, Mohammed or Jesus; he may call upon the God of Israel or the First Great Cause. In the Masonic Lodge he hears petition to the Great Architect of the Universe, finding his own deity under that name. A hundred paths may wind upward around a mountain; at the top they meet." (Carl H. Claudy, "Introduction to Freemasonry." p. 38)
Christianity: Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the Life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me. (Jn.14:6) Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name [but Jesus] under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)
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GOD
Masonry: "...Since every man's conception of God must be proportioned to his mental cultivation, and intellectual powers, and moral excellence. God is, as man conceives Him, the reflected image of man himself. (Albert Pike, "Morals and Dogma," 14th Degree, p. 234) "The only personal God Freemasonry accepts is humanity in toto...Humanity therefore is the only personal God that there is." (J.D. Buck, "Mystic Masonry," p. 216) "The Absolute is Reason. Reason IS, by means of itself. It IS because IT IS...If God IS, HE IS by Reason." (Albert Pike, "Morals and Dogma," 28th Degree. p. 737)
Christianity: In the Beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Gen. 1:1) For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word [Jesus], and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. (I Jn. 5:7) God said undo Moses, I AM THAT I AM... (Ex. 3:14)
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THE HOLY BIBLE
Masonry: "...the literal meaning (of the Bible) is for the vulgar only." (Albert Pike, "Digest of Morals and Dogma," p. 166) "Masonry makes no profession of Christianity...but looks forward to the time when the labor of our ancient brethren shall be symbolized by the erection of a spiritual temple...in which there shall be but one alter and one worship; one common altar of Masonry on which the Veda, Shastra, Sade, Zend-Avesta, Koran and Holy Bible shall lie...and at whose shrine the Hindoo, the Persian, the Assyrian, the Chaldean, the Egyptian, the Chinese, the Mohammedan, the Jew and the Christian may kneel..." ("The Kentucky Monitor." Fellowcraft Degree, p. 95) The removal of the name of Jesus and references to Him in Bible verses used in the ritual are "slight but necessary modifications." (Albert Mackey, "Masonic Ritualist." p. 272)
Christianity: The Words of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. (Psa. 12:6) All Scripture is given by inspiration of God... (II Tim. 3:16) ...if they speak not according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them. (Isa. 8:20)
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REDEMPTION
Masonry: "These three degrees (1st, 2nd, 3rd) thus form a perfect an harmonious whole, nor can it be conceived that anything can be suggested more, which the soul of man requires." (Daniel Sickles, "Ahimon Rezon or Freemason's Guide." p. 196) "If we with suitable true devotion maintain our Masonic profession, our faith will become a beam of light an bring us to those blessed mansions where we shall be eternally happy with God, the Great Architect of the Universe." (Daniel Sickles, "Ahimon Rezon or Freemason's Guide." p. 79) "...salvation by faith and the vicarious atonement were not taught as now interpreted, by Jesus, nor are these doctrines taught in the esoteric scriptures. They are later and ignorant perversions of the original doctrines." (J.D. Buck, "Mystic Masonry." p. 57)
Christianity: As it is written. There is none righteous no not one: (Rom. 3:10) For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. (Rom. 3:23) For He hath made Him [Jesus] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. (II Cor. 5:21) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Eph. 2:8-9)
Freemasonry is not a Christian organization although many of us are professing Christians, and the God we worship is the Christian God - Salvation can only be attained by a belief in the divine revelation which exists in the form of a Sacred Volume for every religion and of course for we Christians this is the Holy Bible. What then does Masonry and Christianity have in common? Masonry is not a religion but it is religious - it is not a church but is a worship in which men of all religions may unite - It is the friend of all, having emphasis upon those truths which underlie all religions. Masonry seeks to instill in its members a standard conduct and behaviour which will be acceptable to all creeds and hopefully that its teaching will be complimentary to that of any religion. The basic tenants of Masonry, brotherly love, relief and truth are complimentary to any man's Christian beliefs and must become a part of a Christian's search for more light in his continual search for truth - that true Spiritual Light who for a Christian is our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Originally posted by emsed1
reply to post by EnochWasRight
Here is the problem, and it's been pointed out OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
"Morals and Dogma" has nothing to do with Freemasonry. It is a book written by one man, who happened to be a Mason, about the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction).
It is not Masonic 'canon' if such a thing exists.
This is tantamount to saying because Pastor Fred Phelps held up a sign saying "GOD HATES FAGS" that all of Christianity is hateful and judgmental.
If you really want to draw conclusions, at least rely on substantiated evidence and not regurgitated quotes from Pike.
"Morals and Dogma" has nothing to do with Freemasonry.
Originally posted by EnochWasRight
Are you sure? Albert is also in Washington. He is the symbol for Freemasonry.
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