baka ma-o.t., kung hindi pala religion ang freemasonry
Hindi naman siguro, kasi opinyon ko lang naman yon e. Ang Freemasonry ba ay religion o hindi? Depende sa tatanungin mo, ang sagot ay puwedeng:
A kind of religion ---
http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/WHATMAS.HTMDefinitely a religion ---
http://www.evangelicaltruth.com/fmar.htmlAn occult religion ---
http://www.godonthe.net/cme/links/masons.htmA demonic cult ---
http://web.ncf.ca/tonyc/mason.htmlReligious naturalism ---
http://www.ewtn.com/library/newage/masonrel.txtetc. etc.
nakaka-intriga lang kasi masyado pala malihim ang mga mason. at pag 30th degree na dun daw lumilinaw kung ano talaga ang freemasonry.
There are only 3 degrees:
1. Entered Apprentice – the degree of an Initiate, which makes one a Freemason;
2. Fellow Craft – an intermediate degree, involved with learning; and
3. Master Mason - the "third degree", a necessity for participation in most aspects of Masonry.
Officially, there is no degree higher than Master Mason. Some Masonic bodies and orders have degrees with numbers higher than 3, but they are considered levels within the Master Mason degree ("appendant degrees"). For example, the Scottish rite has 33 degrees, with degree 4 to 33 being considered part of the 3rd degree of Master Mason.
Pag may secrets, may intriga. Natural lang naman yon. Kaya nga maraming conspiracy theories vs Masons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonic_conspiracy_theories Pag 30th degree lumilitaw kung ano talaga ang Freemasonry? Ewan ko lang. Yung mga Christian anti-Masons ang madalas magsabi niyan e.
The 30th degree is called the "Knight Kadosh," described as follows: "The lesson of this degree is to be true to ourselves, to stand for what is right and just in our lives today. To believe in God, country and ourselves."
Like all Masonic degrees, the Knight Kadosh degree simply teaches a series of moral lessons by the use of allegory and symbolism. Nothing mysterious or sinister about it.
