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Created on: December 08, 2009 Last Updated: December 11, 2009
There is a religion so subversive and secret that a majority of people are unaware of its influence on our country and even its existence. With its rituals and doctrines taken directly from the occult and ancient Gnostic heresies Freemasonry is a religion and cult that relies on the preservation of the elitist class through secrecy to carry out its works of manipulation.
As President John F. Kennedy once said in an address to newspaper publishers April 27th 1961, “The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers, which are cited to justify it.” This secrecy is the very thing that makes Freemasonry a danger to our society and the United States. Freemasonry as a political fraternity operates as a shadow government inside of the larger mainframe of our government using the tools of secret oaths and rituals to keep its members loyal to a cause they themselves are not even aware of.
The oaths and rituals that one undergoes in order to rise up in the ranks of Masonry include proclamations of pure dedication and servitude strictly to Masonry alone. These oaths fly in the face of the Constitution of the United States in that they place the Masonic agenda higher than even our beloved Constitution. The Constitution is the utmost authority of the United States and so in claiming a higher authority than it is in essence committing high treason against the United States of America itself. Freemasonry does just this and so not only in theory but also in practice Freemasonry is essentially anti-American. But why then have almost every president including George Washington been members of the occult fraternity. Why then was Washington himself sworn into office on a special “Masonic” Bible? Why are their Masonic power stamps such as the all seeing eye of Horus on our currency? Why is Washington D.C. permeated with Masonic statues and shrines? Why are their Masonic temples in almost every city and town? These are all questions of great importance to me and should be to anyone who is informed enough on the subject. Masonry poses a very real threat to America and every citizen in it.
The ritualistic and theological structure of Freemasonry is a modern day incarnate of the mystery religions of ancient Babylon. The Mystery Religions of Babylon by definition are religions that emphasize salvation through wisdom and the work of man, and use degrees of secrecy, which are slowly unveiled as the initiate rises in rank. Most people believe this occult religion to be a charity organization and harmless, but they are simply misinformed. Sometimes called “The Craft” Freemasonry pervades almost all the elements of our society and has influence in a majority of the high courts and political structures in our government. This is not a conspiracy but simple fact that anyone can discover through research and an in depth knowledge of their dogma.
So what then is the true Masonic agenda? Analyzing, studying and applying the doctrines of the Mystery Religions of Babylon to our modern day political scope can reveal the truth of their secret working. The Mystery Religions were extremely platonic in their political conscious. In his great work “The Republic” Plato in transcribing Socrates states that due to mans very nature corruption is imminent in any government structure and the power to rule should be left to the philosophers. Philosophy translated from the Greek literally meaning lover of wisdom. So we see a correlation, the same Platonic political agenda of the Mystery Religions is shared in the exact same form by their modern day incarnations, the Masons. To quote Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry written by Albert Pike the late sovereign grand commander of the Masonic fraternity and founder of the Ku Klux Klan, “The blind force of the people is a force that must be economized, and also managed, as the blind force of steam, lifting the ponderous iron arms and turning the large wheels, it is made to bore and rifle the cannon and to weave the most delicate lace. It must be regulated by intellect. Intellect is to the people and the people’s force, what the slender needle of the compass is to the ship- its soul. (Pg.1)” It is quite obvious that being modeled directly after the Mystery Religions and carrying the same political agenda the Masons have a totalitarian Platonic government at the foundation of their work.
Some believe that they have already attained this goal through their political influence, but choose to remain behind the veil of secrecy as to keep the masses blind. This is not a very far-fetched idea in that a majority but not all of our politicians, Presidents, CEO’s, police officers, judges, and men in positions of power and wealth are members of the Masonic fraternity and those who are not direct members swear allegiance to subsidiary branches such as the Skull & Bones fraternity, which President Bush is currently a member. I have a heard a direct story from the wife of a very wealthy very powerful gentleman in the Netherlands who is a member of the Masonic fraternity and during his initiation to a higher degree he saw his own father who had secretly been a member for many years. Even his own son had no knowledge of his involvement. This is how serious they take their rituals and oaths of secrecy.
If we take a clear and concise perspective on the Freemason fraternity and study their origins, beliefs and dogmas we can see that they are not simply a charity organization but a much more sinister and diabolical mystery religion with a totalitarian Platonic regime as its cornerstone. Although Freemasonry has its claws deep into the substructures and foundations of our great country we are not without hope and as long as we have the liberty of free knowledge and the freedom of individuality granted by the Constitution we can fight this subversive and anti-American organization.
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Created on: March 27, 2009 Last Updated: April 01, 2009
It is not necessary for a person to become a freemason in order to know if freemasonry is a religion or not. Volumes of reading materials abound describing how masons work.
One can take the first step of entering the portals of Freemasonry by filling up A Petition Form for Degrees, which contains personal questions about the candidate. One salient question in the form is one which seeks to ascertain if a petitioner believes in a Supreme Being, with a warning that no atheist can join the masonic fraternity because freemasonry seeks to inculcate in its members the virtues of Brothely Love, Relief and Truth.
Masonic meetings are opened and closed with a prayer, but not mentioning a single name of the Deity. This is because its members come from various denominations and religious faiths and the most convenient way to express unity is merely to mention a supreme being, which masons call the Great Architect of the Universe. Masons are guided by the symbolic meanings of the squares, compasses, level, plumb, 24-inch gauge and other working tools of ancient masons, architects and engineers. It is no wonder, therefore, that they use the Great Architect of the Universe as the symbolic name of God.
Like the meetings of a Rotary Club or Kiwanis Club, a masonic meeting talks of ordinary business that the organization has to take up in order to achieve its goals on leadership, membership growth, community service, finances, and social events such as birthdays,family achievements, among others. There are no meditation sessions or prayer groups, or holy book sharings being done inside masonic meetings. I am a member of Kiwanis International and we always start off our meetings with a prayer, just like Freemasons do.
It would appear from the uninitiated or outsiders that Freemasonry is a religion because of the Holy Bible being placed inside the meeting room. In jurisdictions where there are members who belong to the Islam religion, the Holy Quoran is being placed beside the Holy Bible, merely to signify that Freemasonry unites people of various denominations and faiths. The presence of the holy writings does not make it a religion. Its presence is to remind all members of the need to believe in the Holy Writings as a rule and guide of one's faith and to continually be inspired by these words to become good Christians, good Islams, good Buddhists or good Hindus and thus fulfill their role to spread love, equality, fraternity, freedom and justice. The great founding fathers of the United States of America were firm believers of freedom and they attained great heights in the fight for independence by invoking the divine in all their undertakings. Thus, the framers of the Constitution who were mostly freemasons penned the first phrase of this sublime treasure with an invocation of God!
Indeed there is spirituality in masonic activities and undertakings. But this does not make it a religion. One must distinguish between spirituality from religiousity. Spirituality seeks for an understanding of the inner meaning of one's existence in this world and how can one's life be made more meaningful by helping others who seek comfort, relief, justice and freedom, without putting a singular devotion to a God. I would say Freemasons are people who desire to be spiritual by their quest for enlightenment and to be religious by practising their own respective religions with more fervor outside the portals of the masonic meeting halls.
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