Allowed to? Yes.
Encouraged to? No.
A Mason is encouraged to live a moral life. Does that mean he should never lie? That's like asking if any "good man" should ever lie. Is it okay to tell your wife, "Of course that skirt doesn't make your butt look big."? Is it okay to tell your elderly mother, "No, Mom, that hat doesn't look silly....not even with those extra flowers on it."?
Are "little white lies" okay while big whoppers about not seeing the guy who did the shooting while being questioned by the police not okay?
It's really a very complex question that's a lot bigger than "Are Masons allowed to lie?".
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I say yes if the truth is to much for someone to handle and it will cause problems it is better for them not to know
please lookup "Taquia" and see how you feel after that.
It's Taqiyya.
Sounds like "pot stirring" time.
The best guideline: refer to the ties in your obligations. What did you promise to do, or not do?
(Note: something you ought to answer to yourself... not post back here!)
How do I know what questions are off limits here if I don't ask them? And I do know what it is in the obligation but wanted to figure out how others felt.
How do I know what questions are off limits here if I don't ask them? And I do know what it is in the obligation but wanted to figure out how others felt.
please lookup "Taquia" and see how you feel after that.
Pot-stirring, indeed. Dude, we get it - you either do not like and/or do not trust Muslims. Maybe there should be a thread titled "Reasons why My Religion/or God is better than yours". Again, you have BROTHERS who are devout Muslims and it doesn't interfere with their sincerity to the Craft. But if I were one of them, I'd worry about the sincerity of some of my "brothers".
Well I did not mean to stir the pot where it sloshed into the beans, but I did want to reconcile the deferances of what I have learned as a Masion all the religions/dogma of the earth. I am here to put out my hand and help a brother in need. I just want to know when I do it will be excepted and given without strings.
I think the words 'endeavor' and 'influenced' are key to understanding the tenet. Also worth contemplating is the last phrase, which points out that truth among Masons is paramount.Truth is a divine attribute, and the foundation of every virtue. To be good and true is the first lesson we are taught in Masonry. On this theme we contemplate, and by its dictates endeavor to regulate our conduct. Hence, while influenced by this principle, hypocrisy and deceit are unknown among us, sincerity and plain-dealing distinguish us, and the heart and tongue join in promoting each other’s welfare, and rejoicing in each other’s prosperity.
Actually we do, as civil, criminal and Masonic trials make clear. There are many bases upon which judgment occurs, and we all have to know what basis our judgment rests upon before we can claim a proper judgment. Cordially, Skip.widows son said:Nobody has the right to judge others