Any masons on the board?

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Kevin

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Not bricklayers the kind with the funny hats. (no offense intended if you wear funny hats:handshake: ) I am a bit curious about peoples views on the subject. In the part of the reformed word I am familiar with it is looked down on if not banned outright. I do know however that for baptists and some Presbyterians it is part of the social expectations that seem to go along with church membership.

I even know one denomination That was formed over the right of elders to be masons.

So what is the perspective of the various PB members? Are any members masons? Could you tell us if you were?
 
This hardly answers your question but reveals a bit of my attitude regarding the subject.

I am not a member of the Lodge nor would I ever be. My dad is a 3rd degree master Mason and frankly I wish he'd leave it alone.:2cents:
 
Kevin said:
Not bricklayers the kind with the funny hats. (no offense intended if you wear funny hats:handshake: ) I am a bit curious about peoples views on the subject. In the part of the reformed word I am familiar with it is looked down on if not banned outright. I do know however that for baptists and some Presbyterians it is part of the social expectations that seem to go along with church membership.

I even know one denomination That was formed over the right of elders to be masons.

So what is the perspective of the various PB members? Are any members masons? Could you tell us if you were?
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You must be kidding right? Free Masons?

What pretend Baptist or Presbyterian is a part of this satanic organization?

Curious: what denomination(s) are you referring too? List them please.

I am willing to wager 100% of PB members are NOT in fellowship with free masonry.

...oh please, oh please, oh please...:pray2:
 
I used to be a member of "The Lodge" (3rd degree). By the grace of God I repented and subsequently demitted, going on 30 years ago. That stuff is "straight from the Pit."
 
PCUSA, PCC, C of S, Southern Baptist, and at least one of the "split-P" groups.

I am not a fan myself. Far from it. I was just wondering if any here were members. Since this is a very conservative group, I wanted to know if any from "our side" were in the lodge.
 
jaybird0827 said:
I used to be a member of "The Lodge" (3rd degree). By the grace of God I repented and subsequently demitted, going on 30 years ago. That stuff is "straight from the Pit."
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Jay, that is very interesting. What led you out? Did you have any teaching from your church on it?
 
To quote Jerry Jeff Walker:

"And I broke all my vows to DeMolay--eee!"

I'd be surprised if anyone here is a mason. I was in DeMolay in high school. It's sort of a masonic adjunct for high school boys. It was a big deal in a small town, most of the prominent men were Masons. I was not at all a Christian, and I don't recall running into anybody who claimed to be. It officially revered the Bible by placing it next to "school books" on an alter-like stand in the center of the room. Nobody read from it.

At the time I thought of masonry as a club for men to get out of the house and do rituals recreationally. Perhaps it was for most. But a friend and I ran across one of the secret initiatory books in a closet in the masonic hall. After reading it through we both thought it was creepy. Shortly after, I resigned as Past Master Counsellor and never had any association with it again.
 
My church would throw me out if I were to join such an organization, and rightly so. I can't see how any christian could fall before a man and call him "worshipfull master". jmo.:2cents:
 
No,
not a member. NEVER will be.
My grandparents were BIG in it. It seems strong in West Texas towns.
My dad told me to never go near it.
I will always owe him for that.
It is inconsistant with my faith.
 
The Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church considered a merger with the Hanover Presbytery but declined, I think, at least in part, on the basis on Edwin Elliott's position as a Mason. There was a discussion of the matter here.
 
I'm just a few bricks shy of a full load! Does that count? Can I be in the club? Can I, can I, can I, can I....

: fold arms and pout :
 
ephesians511.org




www.pcanet.org/history/findingaids/rpces/docsynod/262.html (the Presbyterian Church in America’s historical position on freemasonry)

http://ag.org/top/beliefs/christian_character/charctr_16_secret_societie.cfm (Pentecostal Assembly of God’s position against secret societies)

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14071b.htm (the Catholic Church’s position on secret societies)

http://www.pb.org/pbdocs/mason.html ( the Primitive Baptist position on freemasonry)

http://www.thechurchofgod.org/doctrine.shtml (the Church of God's position; located just above the bottom of the page)

http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=2187 (the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod’s position on freemasonry)


http://www.namb.net/atf/cf/{CDA250E8-8866-4236-9A0C-C646DE153446}/Closer_Look_Freemasonry.pdf

http://www.namb.net/atf/cf/{CDA250E8-8866-4236-9A0C-C646DE153446}/CL_Bridge_of_Light.pdf

http://www.namb.net/atf/cf/{CDA250E8-8866-4236-9A0C-C646DE153446}/Compar_Chrt_Freemasonary.pdf

http://www.opc.org/GA/masonry.html

http://www.freemethodistchurch.org/Sections/About Us/Beliefs/Christian Life/ Christian%20Conduct/Christian%20Conduct%201.htm



Some of those links may be old - I just copied them from solmething I posted elsewhere a year ago or so...
 
In Southern Mississippi, I have had numerous encounters with many "well respected" church members who were masons. I personally cannot understand the irony and obvious contradiction between the two (church members/masons), yet I realize the key may be that they are only "church members", and have never experienced conversion. Sad to say, but this sort of accepted contradiction is very prevalent in Southern Baptist churches. I must stress that this post is not an attack on Baptists, for I grew up in a Baptist church, and was only exposed to the doctrines of grace in the last few years. I am simply speaking from experience. Incidentally, thanks for the links, Chris.
 
 
Ezekiel3626 said:
In Southern Mississippi, I have had numerous encounters with many "well respected" church members who were masons. I personally cannot understand the irony and obvious contradiction between the two (church members/masons), yet I realize the key may be that they are only "church members", and have never experienced conversion. Sad to say, but this sort of accepted contradiction is very prevalent in Southern Baptist churches. I must stress that this post is not an attack on Baptists, for I grew up in a Baptist church, and was only exposed to the doctrines of grace in the last few years. I am simply speaking from experience. Incidentally, thanks for the links, Chris.
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If I recall correctly, one of the guys from ephesians511.org lives in Laurel, MS - not too far from your neck of the woods.

A couple of years ago, I joined their discussion board, and one of their members drove an hour or so to meet me, share some documentation with me, go through some Scripture with me, and pray with me about a friend who was wrapped up in the whole 'secret society' thing. Super-nice guys, all of 'em.
 
this subject is close to my heart, my grandaddy was a 32 degree mason/shriner, my uncle is a 3rd degree, my mom and my grandmother are order of the eastern star. god spared me from going to my granddaddys funeral, it was done by the lodge and their chaplian.
when you go through the mock death and you are resurected a mason, you owe your life to the lodge, goin to church is a mockery, owning a bible is just considered furniture. i was pressured to jion the de molay in high school, but was too rebelious.i had most of my granddads mosonic books after he past...i took them before the lodge came to sweep the house. i know their handshakes.when i see a mason, i give him one, it freaks them out, that i kno it, then i share the gospel with them.
albert pike influianced more than just the lodges.....most all of the college frats. have these secret ideas inplace in their meetings.
ive lost all the books of my granddads, one of the quotes from the books that sticks out in my mind is "God is the author of good and evil".........and that Christ is one path to heaven, just as much as mohommed.
this stuff is evil. no matter how much good works they do. just thinkin back on the talks i had with my granddad makes me sad.
 
 
mangum said:
:eek: :eek: :eek:

Where is the mouth wide-open-jaw-on-the-ground-eyes-bulged-out icon?!

:eek: [this will have to do]
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