ADDENDUM:
The Secret
Teachings of the Masonic Lodge
by John Ankerberg & John Weldon
Excerpts:
Page 23
Finally, Fisher observes that Masons
have dominated the U.S. Supreme Court from
1941-1971. From 1941-1946 the ratio was 5 to 4; from
1949-1956 it was 8 to 1: from 1957-1967 it was 6 to
3 and from 1969-1971 it was again 5 to 4. He
concludes that such influence may have contributed
to the high court's "determination to move the
nation away from an emphasis on Judeo-Christian
values in public life..."
Page 46-47
Although Knight is neither a
Christian nor a Freemason, he does note that
"Freemasonry is extremely anxious to have--or appear
to have---good relations with all Christian
churches." In fact, Masonic power within the church
is so strong that "the church...dares not offend or
provoke thousands of influential and often
financially substantial laymen by inquiring into the
religious implications of Freemasonry."
Freemasonry is anxious to maintain
good relations with the church for one principal
reason. As is true for many modern cults as well,
the church can provide a large number of converts.
This is one reason a particular oath is offered
specifically for Christian ministers who are joining
the Lodge. This oath pledges them to accept the idea
that true Christianity, by its very nature, must
safeguard the interests of Masonry: "You, brother,
are a preacher of [Christian] religion...You cannot,
therefore, but be fond of the [Masonic] Order, and
zealous for the interests of Freemasonry...Whoever
is warmed with the spirit of Christianity, must
esteem, must love Freemasonry."
Page 63
Former Mason Ronayne believed that
by its absolute stress upon secrecy, keeping of the
oaths, and the belief in Masonry as the highest
good, in effect Masonry taught the following:
Whenever you see any of our signs
made by a brother Mason, and especially the Grand
Hailing sign of distress, you must always be sure to
obey them, even at the risk of your own life. If
you're on a jury, and the defendant is a Mason, and
makes the Grand Hailing sign, you must obey it; you
must disagree with your brother jurors, if
necessary, but you must be very sure not to bring
the Mason guilty, for that would bring disgrace upon
our order. It may be perjury, to be sure, to do
this, but then you're fulfilling your obligation,
and you know if you "live up to your obligations
you'll be free from sin."... You must conceal all
the crimes of your brother Mason, except murder and
treason, and these only at your own option,
and should you be summoned as a witness against a
brother Mason be always sure to shield him.
Prevaricate, don't tell the whole truth in this
case, keep his secrets.
Page 65-66
Further, the candidate is told that
the political power of the land ("the king") is
subordinate to the Masonic High Priest:
The institutions of political
society teach us to consider the King as the chief
of created beings, and that the first duty of his
subjects is to obey his mandates; but the
institutions of our sublime degrees, by placing the
King in a situation subordinate to the High-Priest,
teaches us that our duty to God [i.e., Masonry] is
paramount to all other duties, and should ever claim
the priority of our obedience to man.
Perhaps this is why President
Ulysses S. Grant once observed, "All secret,
oathbound, political parties are dangerous to any
nation." President John Quincy Adams was more
severe. After an impartial investigation of
Freemasonry, he concluded in his "Address to the
People of Massachusetts,"
"I saw a code of Masonic legislation
adapted to prostrate every principle of equal
justice and to corrupt every sentiment of virtuous
feeling in the soul of him who bound his allegiance
to it. I saw the practice of common honesty, the
kindness of Christian benevolence, even the
abstinence of atrocious crimes, limited exclusively
by lawless oaths and barbarous penalties, to the
social relations between the Brotherhood and the
Craft. I saw slander organize into a secret,
widespread and affiliated agency...I saw
self-invoked imprecations of throats cut from ear to
ear, of hearts and vitals torn out and cast off and
hung on spires. I saw wine drunk from a human skull
with solemn invocation of all the sins of its owner
upon the head of him who drank it."
Page 108-109
In the Third Degree of the Blue
Lodge (Master Mason), while kneeling "on his naked
knees, both hands resting on the Holy Bible," the
Masonic initiate is promised that "nothing in
[Masonry] will interfere with the duty you owe to
your God." (This is a totally false promise, as will
be seen later.)
In addition, the initiate "most
solemnly and sincerely promises and swears" to the
truth of all these things: "so help me God, and keep
me steadfast in due performance of the same." He
then kisses the Bible to seal his vow. Later, the
Mason is again reminded that God "will reward us
according to our works," and "if we are found
worthy," He will permit us entrance into His
heaven.
Page 184
FROM THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DEGREE OF THE
SCOTTISH RITE
I, , promise and swear, in the
presence of the Great Architect of the
Universe...Never to reveal any of the secrets of the
degree of the Knights of the Sun...And should I
willfully violate this my obligation, may my
brethren seize me and thrust my tongue through with
a red hot iron, to pluck out my eyes and deprive me
of smelling and seeing, to cut off my hands and
expose me in that condition in the field to be
devoured by the voracious animals, and if none can
be found, may the lightning of heaven execute on me
the same vengeance.
Page 192-193
Sovereign Grand Commander Francis G.
Paul says, "universal brotherhood is our aim."
Masonic authority H.L. Haywood claims, "In
Freemasonry world brotherhood is an actuality, not a
remote ideal."
The initiation ritual of the 30th
Degree of the Scottish Rite teaches the same goal:
If then we wish order and peace to
prevail on earth, we must be united; we must have
but one will, but one mind. Both we find in the
teaching of Masonry only, and against that compact
of unity, tyranny and usurpation, whether religious
or political, must fall subdued and powerless.
Masonry, victorious over all adverse
circumstances, will become the honored medium of
uniting all mankind in one vast brotherhood.
This is why many Masonic authorities
believe the Masonry will bring about a new world
order:
[Masonry] is a world law destined to
change the earth, into conformity with itself, and
as a world power it is something superb,
awe-inspiring, godlike.
The doctrines of Masonry will
ultimately rule the intellectual world.
Page 198
The
28th Degree teaches that "the first degree
represents man, when he had sunken from his original
lofty estate...He is emphatically a profane,
enveloped in darkness, poor and destitute of
spiritual knowledge, and emblematically naked. The
material darkness which is produced by the bandage
over his eyes, is an emblem of the darkness of his
soul." In the 30th Degree it is revealed to an
initiate that his earlier religious beliefs are
"superstition" and that the claim of religious
compatibility was only a ruse to get him started in
Masonry.
Freemasonry:
Satan's Door to America?
Excerpt from a tract by J. Edward
Decker
Note: Fez - The red hat worn by
Shriner's
Page 1
"The Fez itself, is an example of
the double meaning behind most of Freemasonry's
facade. Worn and even carried to the grave with
pompous dignity, the history of the Fez is barbaric
and anti-Christian. In the early 8th century, Muslim
hordes overran the Moroccan city of Fez, shouting,
"There is no god but Allah and Muhammed is his
prophet." There, they butchered almost 50,000
Christians. These men, women and children were slain
because of their faith in Christ, all in the name of
Allah, the same demon god to whom every Shriner must
bow in worship (and proclaim him the god of his
fathers) in the Shrine initiation ceremony..."
Page 2
"During the butchering of the people
of Fez, the streets literally ran red with the blood
of the martyred Christians. The Muslim murderers
dipped their caps in the blood of their victims as a
testimony to Allah. These blood stained caps
eventually were called Fezes and became the Muslim
badge of honor. The Shriners wear that same red Fez
today. The greatest tragedy is that the Fez is often
worn by men who profess to be Christians themselves.
It must cause God to weep...
Page 4
"Freemasonry boasts 16* Presidents, including Ronald
Reagan, 41 Federal Judges, 60 Congressmen, 14
members of Judiciary Committee and 18 Senators. One
can only guess at the numbers involved within the
many governmental departments. There is no doubt
that Masonic conspirators plotted against this
nation from its very inception to the present hour.
We praise God that there have been that many real
Christians praying for this country and its leaders
to keep a righteous God from bringing deserved
judgment against this nation..."
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