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CajunRebel77
Well, the term "Worshipful" is old English for "venerable or respectful." In fact, in non-English speaking countries, they use "Venerable Master".
There is no worshipping of that office or that person.
One doesn't serve two Masters by being a Mason. The Worshipful Master is Master of the Lodge, not of men or their souls.
Nothing unholy is uttered in Freemasonry. In fact, many Masons, like myself, are Christians. Freemasons do not "make themselves as gods."
Pike wasn't a "self-avowed Luciferian Satanist." Pike was an Episcopalian. That's just nonsense made up by anti-Masons. Albert Pike's relevance and
authority are often exaggerated by anti-Masons to use him in their attacks on Freemasonry. Pike is the whipping boy of the anti-Mason movement.
Lucifer, according to the Book of Isaiah (the only place that uses the name Lucifer), was a disgraced Babylonian king who was overthrown. Read the
entire chapter, not just one verse. And nowhere did Pike state the Lucifer is god of Freemasonry. That comes from the Taxil Hoax:
www.travelingtemplar.com...
The statue of Pike was done to commemorate him as a Mason and nothing more. It was privately financed by the Scottish Rite and is located where the HQ
of the Scottish Rite, SJ-USA, was once located. However, your anti-monument stance seems very ISIS-esque.
You think you know "all the secrets of every Secret Society on Earth"? LOL Such hubris.
No, Freemasonry is not evil in any sense of the word.
No Satanic ritual is ever performed on the 3rd Floor of the Grand Lodge in DC.
Freemasonry is not a cult:
www.travelingtemplar.com...
The use of Temple revolves around the allegorical legend of Freemasonry which is King Solomon's Temple. It's not a literal Temple.
Freemasonry isn't a religion at it does not meet the basic characteristics to be one:
- Religions advocate sectarian faith. Freemasonry does not.
- Religions have dogmas and theology. Freemasonry does not.
- Religions enforce an orthodoxy. Freemasonry does not.
- Religions seek coverts. Freemasonry does not.
- Religions have clergy or priesthoods. Freemasonry does not.
- Religions offer some kind of sacrament. Freemasonry does not.
- Religions have a plan for salvation and atonement. Freemasonry does not.
- Religions have ascetic practices. Freemasonry does not.
- Religions have sacred locations. Freemasonry does not.
And the former Masonic building that is now used by MTV is not in NYC, it's in Toronto, Canada. LOL You can't even get your accusations right.
The 33° is only in the Scottish Rite. It is not the end-all authority of Freemasonry. There is much more to Freemasonry than any of its concordant
bodies.
There's nothing wrong with secrecy or privacy:
www.travelingtemplar.com...
Everyone practices secrecy and has secrets, even you.
Freemason rituals are filled with Biblical verses (Old and New Testaments). Hiram Abiff is a central character, but he is not a messianic figure.
Actually, Freemasonry does say that Hiram worked in brass. Maybe you should do some actual research and not just repeat the nonsense that you read on
an anti-Mason website. Be more than a useless drone, a mindless parrot.
Freemasonry substitutes nothing of God's. Nor does it attempt to teach a plan of salvation (it's not a religion).
And how much of a douchebag are you that you ask questions then answer them, and still be completely wrong? You are condescending, self-righteous
douche.
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