Masons helped shape the nation?

[Don John of Austria]

[quote name='toledo_jesus' date='Sep 13 2005, 02:51 PM']Someone told me that they heard it was now ok to belong to the Masons even if you are a Catholic.  we were both skeptical.
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No it is not okay to join the masons that has been very recently reenforced by the Cardnial Ratzinger. there was a brief time in the 70's where it was somewhat iffy, but the Vatican later clarified.

[White Knight]

Masons seem to be more of a cult than Jehovahs Witnesses or Mormons. this is truely a dark day.

[Don John of Austria]

[quote name='White Knight' date='Sep 13 2005, 02:56 PM']Masons seem to be more of a cult than Jehovahs Witnesses or Mormons. this is truely a dark day.
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Why is it dark it IS NOT OKAY TO JOIN THE MASONS!!!!

[White Knight]

I wasn't saying that it was okay, matter of fact it kind of brings alittle doupt about the Protestants in General, makes me wanna join the Catholic Faith even more.

[Don John of Austria]

[quote name='White Knight' date='Sep 13 2005, 03:04 PM']I wasn't saying that it was okay, matter of fact it kind of brings alittle doupt about the Protestants in General, makes me wanna join the Catholic Faith even more.
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I understand, or more to the point I formerly misunderstood.

[dspen2005]

[url="http://www.catholicherald.com/saunders/01ws/ws011011.htm"]http://www.catholicherald.com/saunders/01ws/ws011011.htm[/url]

here's the answer...

[White Knight]

What extactly do the Masons teach or even believe in? They use the Bible for cover dont they?

[Don John of Austria]

dspen2005 thanks now I don't have to go look it up.

[Ora et Labora]

[quote name='White Knight' date='Sep 11 2005, 02:24 PM']Then why is there a document and portait of George Washington bowing next to his horse in the snowy field all by himself, praying to Jesus?
How they know this is because George Washington wrote the prayer down and was found after he died.
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I know about that also. I'm confused....

[White Knight]

Man, This is very strange, thank you for the information though [b]dspen2005[/b]

[son_of_angels]

Well, technically the Masons do have a few myths about the building of the Temple of Solomon, etc. on which they base the content of their rites, but the real problem isn't what masons BELIEVE it is what they ARE.

They are a secret society that practices an unrecognized religion outside the authority of the Holy Catholic Church. This, in and of itself, means participating therein constitutes moral sin (perhaps apostasy), and one which does not lend itself to acceptance by any believing Catholic.

What's more frightening are the many, many religious sects that have sprung from the mythology and practice of masonic teachings, like the Rosicrucians and such. These groups take masonic theory and ritual and turn it into an actual RELIGION. Probably the most prominent derivative from masonic practice is Mormonism, whose rites borrow heavily from the tradition masonic rites.

Edited September 13, 2005 by son_of_angels

[Paladin D]

The person who runs Scripturecatholic.com was a former mason.

[url="http://www.scripturecatholic.com/freemasonfaq.html"]http://www.scripturecatholic.com/freemasonfaq.html[/url]

[url="http://www.scripturecatholic.com/three_degrees.html"]http://www.scripturecatholic.com/three_degrees.html[/url]

[MC Just]

some claim the Masons are just a mens fraternal group. I believe they are the true satanists.

[Paladin D]

[quote name='MC Just' date='Sep 13 2005, 06:57 PM']some claim the Masons are just a mens fraternal group.
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I had a 4th degree KofC tell me that.

[White Knight]

Its kind of depressing to know all this now, knowing how many are deceived by some Protestant Demoniations that are secretly Masons.