Do Mormons know that Joseph Smith was a Freemason?

Question

Joseph Smith admitted to being a Mason in his History of the Church, volume 4, page 551. Under the date of March 15, 1842 it reads:

"In the evening I received the first degree in Free Masonry in the Nauvoo Lodge, assembled in my general business office." The record for the next day reads, "I was with the Masonic Lodge and rose to the sublime degree" (page 552).

The Temple rituals that only about 10% of "worthy" Mormons get to partake in are almost exactly like those of Freemasonry. Throat slashings and oaths of death have been removed according to most Mormons a few years ago. Do Mormons have a problem with their founding prophet being a Freemason? Are they going to actually deny that he was one?

Answer 1

Of course they do, they know and don't give a rats *** what the rest of us think. I was mormon, but thank God I went to the web pages that talk about their ceremonies.

It is all there for everybody to see, word by word. Just do the search. And yeah, Lucifer is in both Masonic and LDS ceremonies.
Did you know there own prophet in his own words also says "we don't serve the same Jesus as the mainstream Christians do...."?

It is a horrible cult, and people, and my own son included, just won't look at the literature that came right out of their own speaches, the ERA, the BOM, and other things. There even is a caracter SATAN in their temple ceremony. Go figure.

Answer 2

Joseph Smith Last Words

Answer 3

>>The Temple rituals that only about 10% of "worthy" Mormons get to partake in<<

ALL "worthy" Mormons get to go to the temple. Temples are not built in anticipation of participants, but because there ARE participants ready to go.

And it's no secret that Joseph Smith joined the FreeMasons just a few years before he died. Many men back then were masons, including almost all of the founding fathers of our nation. George Washington was a Mason. Back then, it was a VERY popular group to belong to. Which is the biggest reason why Joseph Smith joined, because he was hoping that his Masonic sources would stop the mobs. Masons have a sign of distress that they use when tey are in trouble and any Mason hearing a brother use the sign of distress is supposed to go AT ONCE to the aid of the brother, if it is physically possible to do so. That might be what Joseph Smith was doing when e died. His last words were "O Lord my God!" which is the beginning of the sign of distress.

Answer 4

Both Smith and Russell were without a doubt into free-masonry. Little-known among Masons is how far the hierarchy goes. The blue Lodge or third degree Mason is the first level. The 33 degree Mason or Scottish rite is the next level. at this point it's important to point out that what Masons referred to as the "architect of the universe"has no reference to the God of the Bible. He is never called this in the Scriptures. This can only be a reference to Lucifer. This is the "rank and file level" where they do many charitable works. This is also the service clubs level. Most Masons believe that what they are doing is very benign. As we make our way up the latter to the " core of initiation" we past the illuminati level to the OTO or the "Ordo Templi Orientis" level. This is where the" big boys" gather (ie order of the skull and Bones, The Boehiem Grove in the depths of Crowleyanity). I hope no Masons in this forum ever get to this level. It's not until you drink blood out of a human skull that you realize how far into a Satanic Cult you have really gotten yourself into.

Answer 5

They didn't have a problem with Free Masonary in those days.
And I think they don't have a problem with Joseph Smith today.

Answer 6

By 1844 Nauvoo also had it's own Masonic temple lodge of which Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon were members but did not attend regularly. "Nonetheless, LDS Masons commented on his mastery of its orders, tenets, and principles and of his understanding of the allegorical symbolism of its instructions". Interestingly, mormon membership in Freemasonry numbered about 1,500 while the rest of the Illinios' non-lds members peaked at about 150 at that time period.

Answer 7

When I was in high school, I was required to take a Missouri History course in order to graduate. The textbook that was used in the class actually talked about Joseph Smith and the Mormon faith at length. The fact (as described in the textbook) that stuck out the most for me was that Joseph Smith was known for being the town drunk when the Mormon religion began.

Knowing that little tidbit of info, how can any religion, like that, have any credibility? Worse yet, how can people be gullible enough to fall for that nonsense?

Answer 8

You are absolutely right. In fact, he married the widow of Captain William Morgan after the Masons murdered him for threatening to publish their secret rituals.

Charles Russell, who started the Jehovah's Witnesses was one too. In fact, he is buried in PA under a Masonic pyramid, with Masonic symbols on it. In the background of the site is a very important Masonic building. If you check out my site, you can see pics. The link for my site is on my Yahoo 360 page.

Answer 9

Yes, he was a freemason near the end of his life. I have no problem with him having been a freemason. He is dead after all!

Answer 10

Why would they have a problem? It is a rule, in the freemasons, to declare a belief in a higher power...

And no, they do not deny it, the missionaries were very excited to hear I was looking to join the Freemasons.

Abotu the throat slashing though...I think you need to get out of anti-Mormon and anti-Freemason sites...that's the first time I heard it.