I did know that; and that is why it's impossiple for y'all to solely worship the One, True, God: the Holy Trinity.
Just an FYI. It’s deity, not “diety”.
And it’s altar, not “alter”.
“I did know that; and that is why it’s impossiple for y’all to solely worship the One, True, God: the Holy Trinity.”
Who says we wanted to?
You asked me (questioned me really) about my faith. In the statement above, it displays why I think the way I do. I am not going to tell you you are wrong in your choice of vessel for your faith, but yet you do me and don’t even know what vessel I profess. You demand I allow you your faith in the God you follow, but at the same time you wish for the expulsion of mine, again not knowing what it is. Whatever happened to do unto others?
The Catholic Church recognizes the good in other religious traditions...
Yet you propose to create a religion (Masonic which doesn’t exist) while attacking the many religious faiths I respect and try to join with a group that does so much for the world while not condemning the religion in front of me. I don’t condemn Catholicism as you believe in a diety, so do I. But the moment you say your’s is the right diety, and the only diety and try to defend it, even if it could be the same diety, are you not condemning the many protestant religions in the US which is founded, first amendment, in the freedom of religion?
And this is why I don’t openly profess a vessel for my faith. I have the same beliefs you do. I just don’t call it catholic, baptist, nazarine, presbyterian, church of christ, mormon, or any other religion with that belief in a diety. And I recognize every one of them and celebrate their opportunity to worship. Do I agree with all of them, not completely, but I respect them. But if you remember, Christ was born a Jew and preached in Jewish synagogues using Jewish text. Yet he is the central figure of Christianity, the world’s largest religion. So which one do you proclaim wrong or is it both even though many catholics are christian in their approach to religion.
Some day I hope you get to sit down with a mason face up and discuss religious beliefs rather than what someone writes to further an agenda. I hope the individual is able to make you understand that we don’t try to harm other religions or profess to any parfticular one. We accept them for their belief in a diety. And we do not try to make people follow one religion “because it is the right one” and is taught by others that taught the same thing. Yours may not be the one true religion.
And remember:
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Mathew 18:20 KJV
Did it mention how many professed to those two and that it should be just that particular vessel for religion? There weren’t even any walls or ceiling on that church. Or even a recognition of the vessel that designates a particular religion. So what religion is it? Does it make any difference? I don’t think so.
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