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Anti-Masons seem to be willing speakers when there's a "free-will donation"
and their 'pitch' is often the same time after time.
For several years, U.S. anti-Masons have made much of their "Missions to
Masons" conferences. Seemingly strong on hype prior to the event, these
activities have been the subject of interest amongst Masons who wonder why
someone would need/want to 'minister' to them. Here's a report from a Mason
about his attendance at such a meeting in 1998.
A Report from the Front:
A Visit to a "Ministry to Masons" Conference
by Frederick W. Randall, Lodge Secretary
Rantoul Lodge No. 470, A. F. & A. M., Rantoul, Illinois, USA
"On Saturday, 8 August 1998, I went to a "Ministry to Masons" Conference in
Indianapolis to experience firsthand their assaults on Freemasonry. It
wasn't a pretty sight. These folks are serious.
My Arrival
Upon arriving I noted there were no conference signs anywhere. Only the
motel's directory board indicated that the conference was there.
I was warmly greeted at the sign-in desk in the motel ballroom (the main
room for the conference). Around the rear of the ballroom were several
tables where anti-Masonic books, pamphlets, audio tapes, and video tapes
were being sold by anti-Masonic ministries. There were also many free
handouts and some donation containers. Leo Taxil's hoax about Freemasonry
and Baphomet (the alleged satanic god of Freemasonry) was very present and
being treated as fact. The speaker at that time was expounding on the
growing evil influence of Freemasonry within the Anglican church.
Attendees
There were 53 attendees by my count (the conference was set up to
accommodate 200 persons). They were a varied lot, mostly middle-aged and
older. Most of the ones I talked with seemed to be pleasant, likable people.
Some had come quite a distance. One lady came from Maryland (she said she
was attending because of bad experiences with her husband being a Mason).
One attendee had at least 16 Masonic and anti-Masonic books stacked in front
of him on his table.
Many Bibles in various sizes were present, some with fancy covers, some with
yellow highlighting of passages, all of them showing signs of much use.
Dave Carrico
Dave Carrico (of the Followers of Christ ministry) gave a presentation
titled "Freemasonry: Satan's Wellspring of Paganism." He began by saying
that the conference was foretold in Solomon 6:11 ("I went down into the
garden of nuts..."). He then expounded on how Freemasonry had developed from
ancient Egypt to the first Masonic grand lodge in 1717 and how the Kaballah
and Rosicrucianism were involved. His primary slide (the one he kept going
back to) had "Freemasonry 1717" at the top in big red letters, "Antichrist"
at the bottom (in big red letters), and five philosophical/historical links
between them. These alleged "links" had things such as the Nazi party
(Hitler gained power supposedly because of certain Masonic connections),
O.T.O., The Order of the Golden Dawn, Rosicrucianism, the Theospohical
Society with Blavatsky and Leadbetter, Anton Levay and the Church of Satan,
and so on.
Playing on Taxil's lie that Albert Pike had said Lucifer was the god of
Freemasonry, Carrico expounded on scripture regarding the fall of Lucifer
and on the basic teachings of Satan. He also spent some time on Eliphas
Levi, Leadbetter, Manley P. Hall (supposedly he was the "greatest
philosopher of Freemasonry"), and three "infamous" Humanist Masons: Jacques
Casanova, Voltaire, and Freidrich Nietzche.
Carrico then went into Masonic symbols, saying they are on Mormon underwear,
and the slanted multi-armed cross symbol of the 33° Mason was the sign of
Baphomet (he showed a picture of R.W. Bro. Kleinknecht, S.G.C. of A.A.S.R.,
S.J., as an illustration). Carrico went on to say that because the hand at
the end of a sword that is in the 33° emblem was just like the right hand of
Baphomet in a picture (taken from the illustration on the cover of Leo
Taxil's false exposé of Freemasonry), the 33° was satanic. He was serious
when he said these things! What worries me is that probably all the
attendees believed him, accepting without question what he said.
Something that told me a lot about Carrico and others present came at the
end of his presentation: he ridiculed an interfaith rally recently held in
Indianapolis in memory of the 22 people murdered in Indianapolis during the
past year. Why? Because it was an interfaith rally - it was not exclusively
Christians.
Greg Lambert
I next attended a presentation by Greg Lambert (of Advantage Ministries) on
"Masonic Symbolism." Lambert began with a critique of the organization
emblems for the appendant bodies with an emphasis on the red fez of the
Shrine (the usual "Moslems dipped their fezzes in the blood of the
Christians they slew in Fez" story). He did not mention or show the Square,
the Compass, the Level, the Plumb, nor many of the other symbols used in
Masonic lessons (maybe because he could not speak against what they
symbolize?). He then critiqued the text of several different Masonic
monitors (he said he has monitors from 35 grand lodges), decrying the
humanism and the plan of salvation supposedly exposed therein.
Lambert did go into the symbolism of the common gavel and the rough and
finished ashlers. I spoke up on using the gavel to rid oneself of faults and
sins so as to become more Christlike. I asked if it were possible for a
Hindu who lives a Christlike life to enter heaven. Lambert and others
present said the Hindu could not because he worshipped demons.
When Lambert criticized the requirement that a candidate believe in the
Fatherhood of God, I asked if it were possible that God was the father of
all men regardless of their religious belief. Lambert said that God can be
your father only if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your savior, thus God
is not the father of all mankind. Others in the room agreed with him and
said that what I'd said was false doctrine. At the end of his presentation,
Lambert, in a display of beautiful(?) logic explained how because Adam and
Eve in the Garden of Eden made aprons from fig leaves to hide their
nakedness, God hates aprons, and Freemasons wear aprons, therefore... (he
let us infer our own conclusions).
A Disappointment
A Q & A session with Duane Washum (a past master who became a leading
anti-Masonic) was canceled. No reason was given. That disappointed me. I had
wanted to see what kind of person he was, having read about him.
One Bright Spot
I met a young man there who had petitioned for the degrees but was at the
conference because his boss wanted him to attend (his boss brought him there
and paid for his attendance). He told me his experiences at the conference
had strengthened his desire to become a Freemason." ***Important Note
Below!
Our sincere thanks for Bro. Randall's permission to republish his report
here!
Masonicinfo Note: It appears that some anti-Masons either can't or don't
want to understand the truth! In January, 1999, this site received an e-mail
from anti-Mason Greg Lambert (mentioned above) who wrote <<"I met a young
man there who had petitioned for the degrees but was at the conference
because his boss wanted him to attend (his boss brought him there and paid
for his attendance). He told me his experiences at the conference had
strengthened his desire to become a Freemason." So here we have it in your
own web page. Masons are told by emplorers to become masons. Thus forcing
them into the lodge to keep his job. And masons say they do not recruite!
You just proved they do! Thanks! HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA>>
Now let's think about this, shall we? Why would a Masonic employer who
wanted an employee to join Freemasonry send that person to an ANTI-MASONIC
Conference????? Does that make any sense at all? NO!
As we point out on our page devoted to Lambert, his spelling and ability to
perceive the truth seems quite suspect. His message is yet another example
of how anti-Masons twist things to suit themselves!
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