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Freemasonry: character-building brotherhood, or demonic cult? by Tony Copple
If you are not a mason, you, like myself, may have had only a vague idea about freemasonry.
Yet this is a cult that all should be aware of, in view of its considerable infiltration into society
at all levels and through the centuries. Your life is probably influenced by
masonic doctrines whether or not you are aware of it. Masons look after their own, capable of believing themselves above the law.
It is as a Christian however that my main concerns are voiced on this page. Freemasonry has proved
itself attractive to believers in many religions or no religion. There are bishops who are masons. It is my belief
that there is no way a serious Christian can reconcile freemasonry with Christanity unless he
has been hoodwinked. Some of today's liberals within the Christian umbrella are working along a parallel course with masonry;
indeed liberalism in the church could have arisen partly through the influence of freemasonry.
Rat poison is 98% food, but the 2% kills rats. The majority of 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree masons are not bad people; they have been deceived.
It is almost impossible for them to understand this (that they are deceived).
The design of the system is deliberate so that they, appearing and believing themselves
innocent will attract others to the lodge.
Masons are not permitted to practise Christianity openly in their lodges or promote the lordship of Jesus. They must give equal weight to all religions in the overall scheme of things. Masonry is not so much a cult (ie something masquerading as Christianity but using a modified Bible) as a pagan religion. What they do practise in the lodge is a series of rather revolting initiation rites for each level that frankly no rational human being should be subjected to - yet they do it.
The Church of England has declared freemasonry heretical. Freemasonry has been exposed by
many, and today the Internet offers
a platform accessible to all to state such views. This web page repeats a selection of statements made by
Christians who have come into contact with masonry, particularly Jack Harris, whose book "Freemasonry: the invisible cult in our midst", (ISBN 088368-231-1) published in 1983,
is an excellent source, Harris having risen to be "Worshipful Master" of a masonic lodge, but who finally separated himself from
freemasonry when its contradictions with Christianity became too much for him to bear.
Selwyn Stephens' booklet "Unmasking Freemasonry" is an excellent resource to explain freemasonry to people considering
joining, and to practising masons (who may well be ignorant of the unsavoury elements of freemasonry). "Unmasking Freemasonry" is available from Jubilee Resources (see link below).
Although a list of quotes is hardly a detailed exposé, it is my hope that these statements by Christians,
and the additional links below to other anti-freemasonry sites, may assist any who are currently considering freemasonry.
My main motivation is to reach Christians to warn them not to be be influenced by
the misguided yet good and true pillars of society who have become masons, and believe masonry to be compatible with their Christian beliefs.
"You shall know them by their fruits" -
Every masonic lodge is a temple of religion and its teachings are instruction in religion.
Freemasonry acknowledges a series of gods to be worshipped:
This last is the most worrying, in that it would appear that Satan has indeed been at work in his guise as Light-bearer, marshalling the forces of evil.
Masons' attitudes to sin and crime are coloured by whether other masons are involved in the sin or crime. For example, masons believe that they must not commit adultery with the wives of certain members of the lodge hierarchy; others are fair game. They must not steal from masons (but stealing from non masons is OK). From this follows a whole raft of practices of discrimination in the world by masons in high places. Masons you have come into contact with will never divulge such facts even if they know them.
Captain William Morgan published in 1826 an "Exposition of Masonry." After his murder, it is estimated that 45,000 masons quit masonic lodges, leaving probably less than 10,000. More than 2,000 lodges
were disbanded. Two of the murderers eventually made deathbed confessions to drowning him in the Niagara river, having been selected by ballot from lodge members, as recorded in
Rev. Charles Finney's book "The Character, Claims, and Practical Workings of Freemasonry, written in 1879.
Need one say more? Is this an oranization that one would consider joining under any circumstance? Compare the above characteristics with those to be found in a church worshipping God through Christ, and make your choice.
Deliverance from the spiritual warfare that is at the heart of this and so many others of the world's ills is not easy. Freemasonry can run through generations and families. Is there freemasonry in your past - or your present?
If you realize that you must come to terms with the reality of the battle in progress between the forces of good and evil, you need to seek deliverance - based on the forgiveness that can only come through Jesus.
Your road to deliverance from freemasonry may be a hard one. It will come through the love and prayer of those who can help you. Seek them out. There are some denominations and organizations that refuse to accept masons. You are likely to find help among the renewal groups in your denomination.
The Alpha course contains an opportunity for deliverance from spiritual warfare.
Post script
Interview with Father Manuel Guerra Gómez, author of The Masonic Plot - 3 June 2007
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