One of the biggest contentions amongst Freemasons and anti Masons has been the conception that any Christian that is a Mason is not allowed to pray in the Lodge. The retort to this is yes they can its just that there is not one specific Christian prayer or any prayer that tie to a specific religion for that matter. There is a specific Lodge prayer that all members must adhere to including Christians. What they are alluding to is one prayer, theirs, fits all religions.

In respects to Catholics being allowed to be Freemasons, the Masons have no objections but the Catholic Church does. At the same time, the Masons say they would not encourage anyone to go against their Religion. There is some speculation that the Catholic Church is not out rightly opposed to the Freemasons as they were in the past.

In respect to the Masons following a specific doctrine or supporting books as doctrines this is denied by their organization. The masons state they have no authority to tell a Mason what religion or political views they should hold by. Further to this a Mason does not have to accept the interpretation of the symbols. It would seem that many anti Masons would use the writings of Pike’s to support their cause. The Masons rebuke this stating that much of Pike’s writings were based on his concept and that of others not related to the Mason.

When it comes to the rituals, Masons are sworn by secrecy not to divulge information regarding them. Any information that has surfaced by a Mason means that person broke his pledge of secrecy. So the Masons ask can you trust that person’s word? Most Masons state that they cannot put into words about what a Mason really is; it’s just something they feel.

Being touted as a global conspiracy is just not factual according the Freemasons. They state that to begin with there is no single governing body over the entire Freemasons. For the most part the Lodges stand-alone only required following the basics of the organization. Based on this then how could there be a conspiracy without a global unity. The Masons further their argument by stating that if there is such a conspiracy what is it supposes to be. If it’s based on what they say, they stand for then they feel the world would be better place .They even ask if a Masonic Government would be so bad? This to some people right there may have the connotations of a conspiracy.

Some individuals claim that there is even Mason symbols on the American dollar bill. The Masons state that if this were so, then the dollar dates back to the 1700’s anyway which is the time of the Freemasons. There is speculation about other aspects of the dollar bill as well with both the Freemasons and the anti Freemasons presenting what they feel are valid arguments.

Then of course, one cannot forget about the argument regarding the Grand High Priest. They will refer to this be symbolic to ancient times.

The Masons believe that much misunderstanding takes place in relation to the comparisons of old-world language and modern day language. Much of the terminology of the old has taken on new meaning in today’s world.

It is said that Masons refer to non-masons as being profane and this is an insult. Again, their explanation for this will go back to the difference in meaning as applicable to ancient terminology. One would think that if the majority of misunderstandings were based on this concept then much could be put to rest by modernizing their use of terminology.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this article and learnt something from it.

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