tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post5686693096236762442..comments2023-09-15T08:54:19.379-04:00Comments on New England Pastor: Ellen White on the Free MasonsShawn Bracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10603380405719498288noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-21956735984168605642011-05-08T22:47:51.355-04:002011-05-08T22:47:51.355-04:00Isn't it enough that Ellen White says that a F...Isn't it enough that Ellen White says that a Freemason's soul is at stake? <br />"The Lord also revealed to me Brother Faulkhead's connection with the Free Masons, and I plainly stated that unless he severed every tie that bound him to these associations he would lose his soul." {3SM 85.3} Faulkhead was a member of 5 Masonic lodges and had 3 others under his control.<br /><jse7enhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06626371186090628601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-38160278797264963452011-04-07T06:53:09.328-04:002011-04-07T06:53:09.328-04:00I have been friends on the job with 2 high level F...I have been friends on the job with 2 high level Freemasons, most recently a man who was 32nd degree. He liked to bring up controversial topics, (like his association in that group) just to get me on the defensive in the conversation, so I would return the favor by talking to him about the gospel. :-) He was raised in the Episcopal Church and was usually open to discussing “religion” as long asStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10147132826534936857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-83839740006837502762011-04-05T13:34:43.805-04:002011-04-05T13:34:43.805-04:00Well put, Bill! I fully concur with what you have ...Well put, Bill! I fully concur with what you have said.<br /><br />Although, I do have a question: if Roman Catholics have been historically anti-Masonic, how are the Masons in cahoots with the Jesuits, then??<br /><br />I trust you sense my sarcasm! That is the really the biggest issue I have with the anti-Masonic rhetoric - the conspiracies. It is not outside the realm of my thinking that thereShawn Bracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603380405719498288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-20168475102863462062011-04-05T13:01:45.840-04:002011-04-05T13:01:45.840-04:00On the one hand, we have the silly stuff promulgat...On the one hand, we have the silly stuff promulgated by certain conspiracy theorists who shall be nameless--the stuff you mention.<br /><br />On the other hand, there are a lot of churches that have historically been anti-Masonic, including Roman Catholics and Lutherans (besides fundamentalists). For even liberal Lutherans, a pastor may be defrocked for membership in a society "that claims Bill Corknoreply@blogger.com