Mormons are really weird their freemasons and say strange stuff?

Question

what do you think?

Answer 1

Joseph Smith initiated a 'temple ceremony' for his church a few months after he had become a Mason himself. Many of the oaths, gestures and genuflections are similar, but apologists claim the Smith version is actually the way it was performed in Solomon's time. This is impossible to verify. The "Adamaic" language and grisly self mutilation parts have been recently eliminated from the original Solomon's rite, thus leaving the current version no more valid than the Mason's.

It's still strange.

Answer 2

The Mormons and Freemasonry are not the same, and are not linked as groups by any official capacity.

The closet viable "links" between The Mormon Church and Freemasonry stems from the Mormon's own early history where it's legends and "fables" were introduced.

It is not hard when seeing the hiramic legend in Freemasonry to notice similarities in the creation of the Gadianton Robbers, although for obvious reasons Joseph Smith Jr. never explicitly confirmed such things as it would invalidate Mormon teachings.

A number of early Church members were masons Heber C. Kimball , Joseph Smith Jr. to name a couple.

However the Church had no formal relationship with Freemasonry until the early 1840s, when Smith was urged to form a Masonic Lodge by a number of Mormons who were also Masons.

Bennett, who at the time was a newcomer to Mormonism, gained a large influence and apparently "encouraged" his church members to join the lodge and vice versa.

Not overly sure of the accuracy but some have written the Bennett, in mixing Mormons and Masonry almost developed a hybrid form of masonry, not regular Freemasonry and not Mormonism, but a mix of the two.

LDS historian Reed Durham writes:

"By 1840, John Cook Bennett, a former active leader in Masonry had arrived in Commerce and rapidly exerted his persuasive leadership in all facets of the Church, including "Mormon Masonry". ... Joseph and Sidney [Rigdon] were inducted into formal Masonry ... on the same day..."

Mormon temple worship does share a number of symbols, signs, and clothing that is also found within Freemasonry however it is not the case that these symbols represent the same things in both organisations, which in actual fact they dont, and the teachings are not interchangeable.

Greg Kearney, LDS member and Mason, argues that Joseph Smith "borrowed" from the Masonic ritual.

Thus, aspects of the ritual can be considered distinct from the temple endowment, which has in later years shed some of the Masonic symbolism, as it is not as relevant to today's audience.

The linkage/similarities stem from a mason "borrowing" aspects from Freemasonry to help establish a number of elements for the new Mormon movement as it grew.

Answer 3

Im a `Mormon` and the only time I ever hear that freemason stuff is here on yahoo answers as ignorant lies are spread by ignorant people.
We say strange stuff?
Well Im not from America, so maybe my accent is strange to you. Thanks, have a nice day (^ - ^)

PS. To "Noah" the "fire in the bosom" means a warm heart. you know like feel-good fuzzies. lol.

Answer 4

I was baptized into the Mormon doctrine. I studied it with great desire until I was ten and this doctrine abandoned my family. I continued to study because I became Baptist like my mother's only sister while Mom remained Mormon until death. I could write a book about that subject alone but It's only the truth as I see it.

Answer 5

Here's a site that explains the differences between us and the freemasons.

Answer 6

I can tell you're a Xian - your familiarity with the English language is poor.

I'm sure you meant to say "THEY'RE Freemasons" but I'm not sure you meant to look silly.
It's amazing what we can do without meaning to, isn't it?

Thanks for the two points.

Answer 7

Wow! What a question from one that has difficulty in expressing deep curiosities. I'm more surprised that the question was starred than the actual question itself.

With that in mind, I quote: –“The world will not receive the Gospel unless they can have it on their own terms, and will persecute the few that do receive it.” ----- Brigham Young

Answer 8

Mormons are the only freemasons that allow women into their freemason temples and partisipate in the rituals. They mix christianity in with thier rituals,and call it christianity, but hay, masons will except anyones God.

Answer 9

Your question makes no sense.

Answer 10

I feel sorry for them their mostly nice people, there just court up in a false religion and are heavily brainwashed. Ive herd them say that God is from the planet colob and that they have a fire in there bosom