2007-07-29 21:29:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jeff Lindsay answers this question better than I could ever dream of answering it. See the link below:
However, we do not have crosses because we do not glorify his death, but his resurrection and the FACT that Christ suffered for your sins in the Garden and he died. We believe the cross to be a "false god" or "idol", not to mention the fact that it's pretty gruesome to have a method of execution as a religious symbol. How morbid! If Christ had been hanged, would we have gallows with a noose on it atop every church? Just something to think about...
2007-08-01 11:35:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you're a bit gullible personally. but going through your list in order: The all seeing eye is on our money and generally not associated with temples except for the same symbolism as with our currency. As far as aprons William Sonoma has some for you to try - I wouldn't say that everyone with an apron is a freemason. Beehive is for industry and collaboration. Oh yes, without the masons we wouldn't have a moon in the sky, right ? ! ? ! A nicer word for that would be "star" which is a Christian and Jewish symbol. Seven is a scriptural number but I doubt that the visitor center was created with 7 in mind, most likely it just happen to fit. I've got 7 fence panels from my side yard to the back yard, freaky, huh. We don't speak of 5 points of fellowship or have any significance in 5. I bet you go crazy when you look at the US flag with all those 5's and pentagrams, huh. 8 is when you can get baptised, but 11 and 15 have nothing to do with out religion and 12 and 14 are ages where one can advance similar to how kids go to highschool when they're 14 and junior high when they're 12 - what's the point? Oh, pillars and columns, ya, that's scary. You can spend you life trying to demonize us worried about hidden codes and meaning or just wake up and realize that we're normal people living normal lives and are very open with what we believe. You also may want to realize that freemasonry was supposed to be based on the temple of Solomon and therefore items stemming from that SHOULD have a correlation to a temple of God.
2016-05-17 21:12:45 · answer #2 · answered by marilu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Mormons are not Freemasons, but some of them are. I know many Freemasons and many Mormons and they are good people. They are NOT the devil worshippers they are made out to be.
The cross is one example of a symbol that is used by Freemasons and by other groups. Pagans use it too. It does not always represent torture or Christ. It's an ancient symbol, used way before Christ came.
2007-08-01 18:49:51 · answer #3 · answered by ∞Infinity∞ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Judging by the responses and the ranking my guess is this isn't a genuine question but an attempt to solicit inflammatory remarks.
There are Mormon Freemasons, just as their are Freemasons from almost every religious tradition ever known to humanity.
Freemasonry is not a religion, it is a fraternal/social organization that attempts through symbol and ritual to make men better men (better citizens, husbands, fathers, brothers, sons, employees, employers, soldiers, etc.)
Many buildings around the world throughout history have Masonic symbols on them; at one point, for several thousand years, Operative Masons were the only ones capable of overseeing the construction of buildings, it is not surprising they left their mark, after all Picasso signed his art.
2007-07-30 06:45:35 · answer #4 · answered by cl_freemason 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Freemasons were around long before the Mormons. Many of our Founding Fathers were Freemasons, as well as several notables throughout history.
Freemasonry is a formerly secret society with its origins lost in the mists of time. Mormonism is a religion that originated in the US during the 19th century.
Run either through a search engine and you will have scads of information to scour through.
2007-07-29 21:34:51 · answer #5 · answered by swinger_32839 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
No Mormons aren't freemasons, but they are often connected with them because their ceremonies are similar, and Joseph Smith used to be a freemason, Draw whatever conclusion you want from that. But now Mormons are not freemasons.
2007-07-30 05:45:58 · answer #6 · answered by friendlyexmo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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.
2007-07-29 22:14:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
There are some Mormons who are also Masons.
The cross is one of the most inhumane forms of torture and execution man ever thought of. Besides, as important as Christ's sacrifice was for our sins, iti would mean nothing to us if it weren't for His resurrection.
some simple symbols we use are similar to masonic symbols.
2007-07-30 06:24:14 · answer #8 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Freemasons are orphaned chinese drawfs raised in korea with jujitsu teeth and rabid wolverines as pets, caged fishes on leashes, mutant cats with nappy hair, dreadlocks coming out of eyes, green mango pies, candy colored skies!
2007-07-29 21:32:53 · answer #9 · answered by Randolph 3 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Not all, I once looked into it. This'll answer your next question. This link should explain some. http://www.fairlds.org/Misc/Similarities_between_Masonic_and_Mormon_Temple_Ritual.html
2007-07-29 21:34:53 · answer #10 · answered by HighFlyDanger 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋