CNN recently reported on Freemasons in the U.S. Congress, with the anchor noting that "getting someone to chat about it can sometimes be tricky". Featured in the story are four freemasons; two Republicans and two Democrats.
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa has served 5 terms in Senate and is described on wikipedia as "A moderate to conservative Republican, he has served in the Senate since 1981. From 1958 to 1974, he was an Iowa state legislator." He has his own youtube channel. There is no mention of his freemasonic membership on his Senate website.
Despite early signs of initially supporting FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, Grassley vehemently defends the so-called "War on Terrorism", illustrated with a message on his website:
"In town meetings with Iowans, Grassley hears deeply held concerns about the loss of life and cost of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some genuinely feel the sacrifice isn’t worth it. Senator Grassley is concerned America would pay an even heavier price and put future generations at even greater risk if the United States would surrender to freedom-hating terrorists, insurgents and Islamic extremists who want to wipe America and Western Civilization off the face of the Earth."
Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat, is another freemason featured in the CNN broadcast.
A Democrat "Elected to the U.S. Senate on Nov. 7, 2006", his official biography claims that "Jon Tester is not a typical Washington, D.C., politician" and that he is "a fresh face in Washington". Born in 1956 and having previously served in the Montana state senate, there is no mention of masons on his website or on his wikipedia page. Tester, described on The Dissident Voice in 2006 as a "nearly 300-pound farmer who lost three fingers in a meat grinding accident as a child", told his Republican opponant during a 2006 debate "Let me be clear. I don't want to weaken the PATRIOT Act. I want to get rid of it".
Freemason Republican Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming is also featured in the segment. Born in 1944 and elected to the U.S. Senate in 1997 after serving a decade in the Wyoming state legislature, the Presbyterian lawmaker makes no mention of "the craft" in his bio. There are also no mentions of his membership on his wikipedia page.
Democrat Congressman Nick Rahall of West Virginia is an admitted, 33rd degree Mason, a fact disclosed in the CNN broadcast as well as on his official Congressional website:
- "A 33rd degree Mason, Rahall is a life member of the National Rifle Association, Elks, Moose, and the NAACP, and was made an honorary member of the United Mine Workers of America in 2003. Before his election to the Congress, Rahall served as a staff assistant to U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, and as a businessman".
Wikipedia points out that Rahall "has been reelected 14 times with virtually no Republican opposition". The CNN reporter asks Rahall "so are you trying to rule the world?" to which he strangely responds "Well let's say no. But if we were, would I tell ya? No."
Former LAPD Police Chief William Bratton is an admitted freemason, as is Senator Arlen Specter, abortion proponant and key player in the JFK assassination coverup. Bratton is currently working for Kroll, Inc., a position he aquired shortly after resigning from the police dept.
Paul Fisher, in his book BEHIND THE LODGE DOOR, included information on Specter in his chapter Masons and the media, citing a 1987 Wall Street Journal article which noted Specter is a member of 'Pa. E. Coppe Mitchell Lodge No. 605'. Mark Hatfield, a Republican from Oregon, served in the U.S. Senate from 1967-97 and is also mentioned in the 1987 article as being a member of 'Oregon Pacific Lodge No. 50'.
The Catholic Church has always been opposed to freemasonry .Pope Leo XIII in his 1884 Encyclical HUMANUM GENUS stated "We wish it to be your rule first of all to tear away the mask from Freemasonry and to let it be seen as it really is." He wrote "Filled with the spirit of Satan, who knows how to transform himself into an angel of light, Freemasonry puts forward as its pretended aim the good of humanity. Paying a lip service to the authority of law, and even to the obligations of religion, it aims at the destruction of civil authority and the Christian priesthood, both of which it regards as the foes of human liberty."
Pope Benedict XVI affirmed the Church's prohibition on Catholics membership in the freemasonic sect as recently as 1983, in the DECLARATION ON MASONIC ASSOCIATIONS. This is outlined in my previous article Freemasonry: THEIR GOD IS THE DEVIL: Catholic Opposition to Freemasonry . Pope Pius VIII, speaking of the masons, said "Their Law is Untruth: Their God is the Devil and their Cult is Turpitude."
Also covered in that article are the some of the founders own cautionary writings, including the following:
John Quincy Adams, The Sixth President of The United States said: "I am prepared to complete the demonstration before God and man, that the Masonic oaths, obligations and penalties, cannot, by any possibility, be reconciled to the laws of morality, of Christianity, or of the land."
Samuel Adams, The Father of the Revolution said: "I am decidedly opposed to all secret societies whatever!"
John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress said: "I am opposed to all secret societies."
James Madison, The Fourth President of the United States said: "From the number and character of those who now support the charges against Freemasonry, I cannot doubt that it is at least susceptible of abuse, outweighing any advantages promised by its patrons."
Albert Pike, notorious 33rd degree freemason, wrote in Morals and Dogma the following lines: "Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the son of the morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with it's splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual or selfish Souls? Doubt it not!"
I will conclude with the suggestion that no elected representative is fit to hold office who takes part in "secret oaths" or engages in "secret proceedings", as Kennedy said in one of his final speeches.
Isaiah 5:20: "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil: that put. darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter."
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Well, you certainly dragged out all of the standard Masonophobic boilerplate.
Not enough space here to do it all in depth, so just a few points. The members of the House and Senate you pointed out all have very different political viewpoints. Their Masonry only encourages them to be honorable men—it doesn't give them marching orders.
Lucifer does not appear as a name for Satan anywhere in the Bible. Albert Pike's "Lucifer" comment is merely making the intellectual point that the Latin word "lucifer" means "light bearer" and referred to the Morning Star of Venus, which rises before the Sun. It's only use in the Bible is about a good king, seen as a "light bearer" who fell from grace with his own people. Yet, curiously, tradition has made Lucifer into a name synonymous with "Prince of Darkness." That was Pike's point. And if you actually read the whole passage in Morals & Dogma, instead of doing internet cutting and pasting, you'd know that. Masons do NOT "worship" Lucifer.
Kennedy's speech does indeed say what you quote. But if you read the WHOLE thing, the speech was his attempt to strong-arm the press into not revealing government secrets in the news, and he sounds even wistful over the Soviet's control over their own media. Again, do some real research.
As for the Founders you quoted, John Hancock was a Mason. He was opposed to secret revolutionary societies, because they were dishonorable. You left out George Washington, Ben Franklin, Paul Revere, Robert Livingston, Ethan Allen, John Paul Jones, Lafayette, the majority of Washington's generals... It's a long list.
Pope Leo XIII was presiding over the destruction of the giant patch of Europe known as the Papal States, and looked back at revolutions led by Masons in Europe and Central and South America. Do you suppose he railed against Masons for religious or political reasons as papal holdings shrank down from 15% of Europe to just a few blocks in Rome?
Do your homework.
Fruminous: I have listened to kennedy's entire speech, just yesterday as a matter of fact; and I have read many books as well as Catholic Encyclicals on freemasonry. I linked to Pope Leo XIII's encyclical above. I have also read many books on the subject. You might find ALTA VENDITA interesting for a brief Catholic perspective. It covers masonic infiltration of the Church. This is well historically documented., as well as their subversion of governments worldwide.
I'd rather be a Freesapient. Much more free, and intelligent to boot.
One little thing about the broadcaster's comment about Freemasons: He said they raise millions and millions a year for charity. That's true, but just so the record is clear, it's millions and millions a DAY in this country alone. At last count over $3,000,000 a day -- most of it given by Freemasons themselves, and a vast majority of that goes to help children with severe burns and crippling illness at places like the Shriners Hospitals for Children -- which, by the way, are free of charge to any child who goes there. Sounds like a pretty evil organization to me.
I note on your website libertyfight.741dotcom/freemasonry.html that you simply repeat similar false claims. Albert Pike wrote Morals & Dogma for the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction. The majority of Masons have never seen or read it. It was not the "Bible" of Masonry, occult or otherwise. Pike was never anything like a "Pope" within Masonry.
Manly P. Hall wrote The Lost Keys of Freemasonry in his 20s, some 30 years before he became a Mason. His book is NOT accepted as influential, definitive or even correct by Masonic scholars.
Aleister Crowley joined irregular, unrecognized Masonic bodies, and was never considered a Mason by US or UK Masonic authorities.
Thomas Jefferson was not a Mason.
Paul A. Fisher's book which you are hawking is a lie-filled screed.
The Alta Vendita may or may not be a forgery, I haven't studied it enough to know. But the French Grand Orient is not considered regular Freemasonry by most of the world's Masons, and aren't recognized as such.
Who HA! proofread this article - if anyone? It is badly written, full of misspellings. Example: "proponant." Duh - correct spelling is "proponent." Next, we are assaulted by an egregious example of an ugly "dangler" (dangling participle). This is the ugly nonsense we are afforded: "Born in 1956 and having previously served in the Montana state senate, there is no mention of masons on his [referring to Sen. Jon Tester] website or on his wikipedia page." So - the "mention" was born in 1956? DUH. Pshaw and pfui.
Then we are served with one of the most frequent, most irritating grammatical errors "Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the son of the morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with it's splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual or selfish Souls? Doubt it not!"
"It's??" IT'S??? The possessive form is required here - "its". "ITS." Pfui redux.
Watch out for ridicule posing as persuasion. Nothing is deadlier to politics than ridicule.
My late father was a Freemason and he often spoke of "Clandestine Lodges" which were out of the mainstream and believed some very strange things which they tried to hide under the cloak of Masonry. Masonry, in and of itself, is not evil-rather it is how the dishonest USE Freemasonry that is to be feared!
Poorly mixed....half-baked. You used the wrong ingredients from pure inability to read and research. There's nothing wrong about writing the truth about Freemasonry, but this isn't it.
Another misinformed, Internet, Uboob educated fool. IF these crack pots would put half as much energy into serious research of the topics they "rant" about, they might just find the truth.
This post reads like the typical religious intolerant screed.
But reading the author's (and I used that work loosely) bio he is definitely a paranoid conspiracy nut. I have never met a conspiracy nut yet that has not gotten their 'facts' about Freemasonry from Uboob videos or other conspiracy nuts with unsubstantiated information. I love that they dress this crap up like op-ed news or editorials. This guy wouldn't know the truth if it fell out of the sky, landed on his face and started to wiggle.
Lucifer is mentioned in Isaiah 14:12 in the King James Version. The Bible clearly states:
"12How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."
I am not arguing that Masons worship Lucifer, but he IS clearly mentioned in the Bible. It is obviously a name for Satan as it refers to an angel that wants to "be like the Most High."
"CNN recently reported on Freemasons in the U.S. Congress, with the anchor noting that 'getting someone to chat about it can sometimes be tricky.'"
Yeah, I'll just bet! After all, what sane person would admit to being a member of Congress?
Seriously, though--this is typical, anti-Mason pap. Nothing new, nothing novel. I honestly had no idea that Libertarians were so nosy, when it comes to fraternal affiliations. Pushing the Christian angle so hard really makes one wonder just how Libertarian is this author.
The abominably low standard of this publication's copy editing truly speaks volumes more than anything else ever could. Rather embarrassing.
Anyone who understands and enjoys history will have great respect for freemasonery.
Anyone who understands and enjoys history will have great respect for freemasons.
Anyone with a true discernment can see that the Bride of Christ, the Catholic Church, has been at war with the anti-church, Freemasonry, from the beginning. No man can serve two Masters. He will love the one and hate the other, or serve one and despise the other.
Freemasons are obviously blinded by Lucifer's light, thus they are in darkness.
Anyone who exposes the truth about Freemasonry will be immediately vilified. Freemasonry considers the Catholic Church as it's number one enemy to be erased from the public square and the Church's teachings and influence thwarted everywhere and everyway possible. Thank God for good people of integrity who have the courage to speak the truth, in spite of the opposition. And thank God for the Catholic Church and Her holy Popes who shine the light into the darkness. I pray for Freemasons everyday at Holy Mass that their hearts will be converted to Jesus Christ and His Church.
Thank you, this article was most entertaining! I love the fact that those who would be anti-mason are so religiously intolerant. The only thing I know is that some of the greatest men in history as well as those known to me personally, have been masons. I'll take hard-work and tolerance over religious bigotry and ignorance any day of the week... and twice on Sunday! PS I am a libertarian... where the heck do you get off judging any fraternal organization?
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