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Does anyone happen to now what the big G stands for in this other common Masonic symbol?
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Does anyone happen to now what the big G stands for in this other common Masonic symbol?
It's not even a Christian cult... it's Satanic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmuNJk-uzdM&list=PLCED9C361662866BD&index=41
Check out this picture of the front and back of a FreeMason's apron:
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The front looks innocent, but the back is all about death. They worship death. They are one thing publicly, and quite another privately.
You'll often see hexagrams (the symbol for 666) on Free Mason lodges as well:
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You also find pentagrams - both right side up (the symbol for man) and upside down (the symbol for Satan).
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You will also see symbols like this:
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The "illuminating eye" (the eye of horus) represents Satan, while the Sun on the left, and the moon on the right represent Baal and Ashera - the sun god and moon goddess.
You are entitled to your opinion, but as an American who knows the important role Freemasonry played in the founding of this nation, I am a bit offended.
Freemason Benjamin Franklin travelled to France where he helped initiate Voltaire into a Masonic lodge. On that trip, Franklin recruited 2 Masons of military expertise: General Lafayette and General Von Steuben. Both generals came to America and helped Freemason General Washington. (That's a lot of Freemasons!)
Freemasonry helped fuel The French Revolution, I've read That was America's sister revolution. More savage, but it did get rid of royalty and opposed the state church.
The first thing in the charter of Freemasonry is a call for religious tolerance.
In the 1700's, Europe was ruled by royalty, and their allies were usually the Catholic church leadership. Catholicism had no use for a group that helped overthrow its source of power. Also, Freemasonry's call for tolerance threatened the Catholic Church's status as the official state-supported church in many a land.
"Democracy"? In the early 1900's, the Pope issued a bull endorsing fascism, saying its heirarchical nature reflected the nature order of human affairs. Remember, the American and French revolutions brought democracy to Europe and The New World on a big scale.
During WWII, the Nazis persecuted Masons.
Some say the USA is a Masonic project. If it is, I thank the Masons.
Today, many a descendant of latter arriving Catholic immigrants has no family memory of Freemasonry. Their church leadership remembers the past, and does not value Freemasonry. What a shame that many a Catholic American views negatively a group essential to the success of the revolution.
I'm not a Mason. But, merely knowing its role in our nation's founding makes me OK with Freemasonry. Sure, they have symbols and rituals that reference ancient, pre-Christian cultures. Does that make them anti-Christian? Call them anti-Christian and you might as well call most all American Presidents anti-Christian. Are they anti-Catholic? Well, when the church defended royalty and when the church tried to hold onto its position as a forced, state-supported church, yes, Freemasonry probably was anti-Catholic. However, Catholic John F. Kennedy was a Mason, I believe.
It is doubtful the majority of the Founding fathers, and most US Presidents since, would be anti-Christian, don't you think?
Because it was especially designated as Masonic night at the tabernacle, the Masons and members of the Order of the Eastern Star in Miami were there in force, occupying the center section of the spacious building. These fraternities assembled on the courthouse grounds and marched to the tabernacle. The audience applauded and the choir sang, "Onward, Christian Soldiers" as the guests of honor entered, and later when Loren Jones asked the Masons to stand and be recognized there was applause, and the scene was enacted when the Eastern Stars stood for a moment.
Ellen White claimed God gave her a vision of what was going on there and strongly condemned the Masonic groups as well as other forms of secret societies -- but naming specifically the Masons. It was even more popular to belong to such groups in the 19th century than for Baptists to be members of it at the end of the 20th century.
in Christ,
Bob