Islam and Freemasonry

Freemasons-freemasonry.com ^ | 29-07-2006 | Bro. Shaikh Hatim Fidahussein Nakhoda PM

[PeteB570]

So if some muslim nut case writes a BS piece showing how America is really a muslim nation we should become Anti-American?

Yea, right.

[Gorzaloon]

Did somebody sneak a hookah into the Lodge?

[caver]

Here we go again with the Mason bashing.

[Eastbound]

Interesting. Appears to be drawing comparison between some of the tenets of Islam to Freemasonry. Other groups and associations also have similarities to Freemasonry.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

WTH is this Moose Limb drivel?

[dangus]

A long while ago, I found a list of famous free-masons. Hardly the all=powerful bloc throughout US history they’d been made out to be; Whereas conspiracy theorists claim every president but Kennedy had been a freemason, the truth was only about a dozen or so were.

But I did find that nearly every Supreme Court justice from the 1930s to the 1970s were Masons, and the only exceptions were the only conservatives. I thought it was interesting, and I also thought it rather disturbing since these same justices essentially trashed democracy, toleration of religion, etc.

The responses were insane. Straw men arguments against me presumed I believed in space aliens and every other crackpot theory ever made. A couple people even boasted wierd things about how dominant free masons were: that every astronaut in the post-Kennedy early space program was free mason, as if I should be comforted that Johnson, a free mason, chose only other free masons for space missions.

In this case, it won’t take insanity to flame the hell out of this thread.

[DieHard the Hunter]

The MASONS are out to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!! Osama Bin Laden is “on the Square!” True! Saddam Hussein was “Taught To Be Cautious”! The Taliban Knights are a secret side-degree! It’s True, I tell ya! REEEEAAALLLY!

[LibLieSlayer]

The Masons that I know are the finest people on Earth... Christian... Church going... Conservative... independent and they do much charity in the community. Most would bust a cap on a jihadi... and in a NY Second!

LLS

[Thermalseeker]

Appears to be drawing comparison between some of the tenets of Islam to Freemasonry.

My father was a 32nd Degree Mason. He was one of the most patriotic, loyal Americans I have ever known. If he were in support of the overthrow of the United States government, what in the world was he doing running around in the jungles of New Guinea during WWII fighting Japanese Imperialism?

Honestly, some of these people that write these sorts of articles are, as my dear granny used say, "tetched in the head"......

[shag377]

Eastern ping

[chilepepper]

you miss the point entirely as what it means to be a Mason. *complete* freedom of expression is foundation upon which the order is built. it is weak thinking that projects the beliefs of one upon all Masons.

Masons tend to think for themselves...

[ImpBill]

Having traveled east, up along the coast of Japa, I can’t agree more.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Interesting. Appears to be drawing comparison between some of the tenets of Islam to Freemasonry. Other groups and associations also have similarities to Freemasonry.

I think what he is saying is that Islam is compatible with Freemasonry. Which is, essentially, true: Freemasonry requires that a man believe in a higher power, or “God” — whoever that may be for that particular brother. Beyond that single requirement, religion is not really discussed in Lodge.

[CholeraJoe]

Freemasonry requires that a man believe in a higher power, or “God”

So does Alcoholics Anonymous. Coincidence?

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

This is absurd. I am not a Mason, but was in DeMolay as a teenager. My Grandfather was a Mason, as were most of our founding fathers. The principles of Masonry are incompatible with radical Islam.

[uglybiker]

I believe there is something in FR’s posting rules about not changing article titles.

[AppyPappy]

An essential need of a mason is his inalienable belief in the Supreme Being, God, Lord, Allah or Almighty.

Is Bush a Mason?

[DieHard the Hunter]

> So does Alcoholics Anonymous. Coincidence?

I don’t know, never been to AA. Not sure I understand the question...?

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Is Bush a Mason?

I understand that Bush is a Bonesman, but I do not know whether he is a Mason.