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Can Freemasonry be considered as a Religion.

ArmanDior

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" I don't go church, I am a Freemason" that's a statement I've heard several time from random people, and just heard one.
This made me wonder. Can Freemasonry be considered as a Religion?

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coachn

Coach John S. Nagy
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CLewey44

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" I don't go church, I am a Freemason" that's a statement I've heard several time from random people, and just heard one.
This made me wonder. Can Freemasonry be considered as a Religion?

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I don't think it is supposed to be but some could say that since maybe it's the closest thing to religion they participate in. By definition I don't think it could be considered as such either. They could also be alluding to the fact that Masonry doesn't subscribe to one religion or dogma. That is viewed as a private matter for most Masons. Good question.
 

Bloke

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This is a question which has been soooo extensively addressed over decades by smarter and better educated people than me that I'm not going to give it much attention. You need to *be* a Freemason, then do a lot of reading, especially of scholarly writers on both sides of the view that Freemasonry is, or is not, a religion to decide for yourself. AND you need to apply that consideration to each Order.

Short version on The Craft- in my version of the ceremonies (they vary) a candidate is specifically told "Freemasonry in not a religion" and I agree with that. I certainly do think Freemasonry is, and should be, a reflective spiritual and intellectual pursuit, but for me it augments and compliments rather than competes with or replaces the religion a member might belong to. That's why I think Freemasonry appeals to so many very religious men of various faiths.

Some men conclude otherwise and leave Freemasonry and then condemned it as heresy, but most tend to be the sort who talk of anything which conflicts with or challenges their view as "demonic sources"

The other common "condemnations" from Christians is we pray without using Jesus's name - but they miss the critical point that we don't do that exactly because our ceremonies are NOT religious ceremonies and each participant is free in our philosophy to hold his own religious, spiritual and intellectual beliefs.

For me, Freemasonry echoes my particular religion's path of salvation and conduct, it does not replace nor challenge much less superseed it; hence I do not view Freemasonry as a religion.
 
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SeeKer.mm

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I don't belong to any one religion, and I am a Freemason. I believe in a Supreme Being, but I don't know which, if any religious system of dogma is correct. I believe the great teachers and prophets of the past all have their merit, as their messages all ring highly similar and familiar at their most basic. I know which Great teacher I identify with best, but can easily break bread with the students of the others. I also know that many an injustice has been commited in the name of religion or by some who claim to be religious. If I have to answer to what religion I identify with most I would have to say all of them.... And none of them. Masonry is my method or tool of paying reverence and respect to the Great Architect WITHOUT having to claim to belong to any one religion. Freemasonry embraces that which is religious without forcing those walls between the brotherhood of man that would create disharmony between us. That's my take on it anyway as I can best put it to words. It's complicated man

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Warrior1256

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I don't belong to any one religion, and I am a Freemason. I believe in a Supreme Being, but I don't know which, if any religious system of dogma is correct. I believe the great teachers and prophets of the past all have their merit, as their messages all ring highly similar and familiar at their most basic. I know which Great teacher I identify with best, but can easily break bread with the students of the others. I also know that many an injustice has been commited in the name of religion or by some who claim to be religious. If I have to answer to what religion I identify with most I would have to say all of them.... And none of them. Masonry is my method or tool of paying reverence and respect to the Great Architect WITHOUT having to claim to belong to any one religion. Freemasonry embraces that which is religious without forcing those walls between the brotherhood of man that would create disharmony between us. That's my take on it anyway as I can best put it to words. It's complicated man

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Good enough!
 
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