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Why Freemasonry is false
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Chaz
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Wow, to think I've been tricked, backstabbed, and quite possibly bamboozled! I've devoted my life to a false belief in magical tales of building temples and safeguarding mythical Templar treasures and now some random guy on the internet tells me my entire belief system is based on outright fantasies.
My apologies it struck me as funny.
I dont think I've ever met a Mason that took the degrees literally, especially since it's impressed upon us that they're an allegory. Though im sure there's always that one guy that doesn't get the point of things when it's clearly pointed out repeatedly. To live and let live is not always easily put into practice.
My apologies it struck me as funny.
I dont think I've ever met a Mason that took the degrees literally, especially since it's impressed upon us that they're an allegory. Though im sure there's always that one guy that doesn't get the point of things when it's clearly pointed out repeatedly. To live and let live is not always easily put into practice.
And much more “vigorous.”
Bloke
Premium Member
The fact you state you have not made assumptions about Freemasonry in what you have written shows Freemasons that you have indeed made assumptions. You have certainly done so about the "evidence" you presented.
I do agree 100% agree with you though when you write "..no historical evidence connecting operative stonemasons of Solomon’s era with modern Freemasonry"
I think we as Freemasons find this a bit tiring. As Mike said, after 30 years these conversations loose their entertainment value.
Freemasonry is not a religion and you are comparing apples to oranges, Freemasonry is not a religion but a Fraternity, there is no "Masonic God" and no religious rites in Freemasonry, nor does it offer any sort of Salvation.
If you are a Catholic, the Church says you should not join. This is because it does not understand Freemasonry. It sees Freemasonry (Regular Anglo-European Freemasonry included) as an archenemy. Sad, but so be it. If you follow the Catholic Doctrine, and you want to join a Fraternity, head off and join the Knights of Columbus but be aware it is not the facsimile to Freemasonry, because the Knights are a religious organisation (and one I have great respect for) and Freemasonry is not.
The above is about as much energy as I have for this thread.
Khalifa
Registered User
Thank you for sharing your beliefs so passionately.
While I respect your right to hold and express your convictions, I’d like to offer an alternative perspective, one that doesn’t seek to defend Freemasonry as a faith, but rather to understand it as a symbolic, philosophical tradition that has evolved over centuries, often shaped by human attempts to explore meaning, ethics, and structure beyond institutional religion.
To immediately label Freemasonry as “satanic” or a tool of the devil is to fall into a kind of binary thinking that history repeatedly warns us against. Not everything outside one’s religious framework is inherently evil. Often, it is simply different born from another culture, language, or metaphor.
Freemasonry, like many symbolic systems, uses allegory, metaphor, and ritual to explore abstract ideas such as justice, personal transformation, and the pursuit of truth. These may not align with the tenets of some faith and that is entirely valid. But mislabeling them as inherently demonic may do more harm than good, especially if we claim to value free will, inquiry, and the dignity of conscience.
It is one thing to critique Freemasonry historically or theologically; it is another to dismiss centuries of symbolic thought and diverse human experience with a single stroke of condemnation. The very concept of evil is too important and too real to be diluted by overuse.
The more courageous path, I believe, is not to denounce others as misled, but to examine every system, including our own, with humility, critical thought, and above all grace.
May your journey in faith continue to be guided by truth, but also by wisdom.
While I respect your right to hold and express your convictions, I’d like to offer an alternative perspective, one that doesn’t seek to defend Freemasonry as a faith, but rather to understand it as a symbolic, philosophical tradition that has evolved over centuries, often shaped by human attempts to explore meaning, ethics, and structure beyond institutional religion.
To immediately label Freemasonry as “satanic” or a tool of the devil is to fall into a kind of binary thinking that history repeatedly warns us against. Not everything outside one’s religious framework is inherently evil. Often, it is simply different born from another culture, language, or metaphor.
Freemasonry, like many symbolic systems, uses allegory, metaphor, and ritual to explore abstract ideas such as justice, personal transformation, and the pursuit of truth. These may not align with the tenets of some faith and that is entirely valid. But mislabeling them as inherently demonic may do more harm than good, especially if we claim to value free will, inquiry, and the dignity of conscience.
It is one thing to critique Freemasonry historically or theologically; it is another to dismiss centuries of symbolic thought and diverse human experience with a single stroke of condemnation. The very concept of evil is too important and too real to be diluted by overuse.
The more courageous path, I believe, is not to denounce others as misled, but to examine every system, including our own, with humility, critical thought, and above all grace.
May your journey in faith continue to be guided by truth, but also by wisdom.