Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: gross@dg-rtp.dg.com (Gene Gross) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Book of Mormon Witnesses (was Multiple Isaiahs) Message-ID: Date: 21 Oct 90 05:22:42 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 53 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article wcsa@cbnewsc.att.com writes: >Perhaps, it might also be useful to point out to Robert >that E.D. Howe was also an active member of the "anti-Masonic" league in >Kirtland, Ohio. Willard: Hi again. Been a while since we last chatted over this marvelous medium. ;-) What is the significance of the above statement concerning Howe? In her book _Occult Theocracy_, Edith Star Miller says this "Such was the excellency of their [Gnostics] knowledge and Illumination who arrogantly styled themselves Gnostics, that they [feel they] are superior to Peter and Paul or any of Christ's other disciples. They only, have drunk up the supreme Knowledge, are above Principalities and Powers, secure of Salvation: and for that very Reason are free to debauch Women. "Gnosticism, as the Mother of Freemasonry, has imposed its mark in the very centre of the chief symbol of this association. The most conspicuous emblem which one notices on entering a Masonic temple, the one which figures on the seals, on the rituals, everywhere in fact, appears in the middle of the interlaced square and compass, it is the five pointed star framing the letter G. "To the brothers frequenting the lodges admitting women as members, it [the G, which is often said to mean Geometry, then God, the Great Architect of the Universe] is revealed that the mystic letter means Generation...Finally, to those found worthy to penetrate into the sanctuary of Knights Kadosch, the enigmatic letter becomes the initial of the doctrine of the perfect initiates which is Gnosticism. "It is Gnosticism which is the real meaning of the G in the flamboyant star, for, after the grade of Kadosch the Freemasons dedicate themselves to the glorification of Gnosticism (or anti-christianity) which is defined by Albert Pike as "the soul and marrow of Freemasonry."" So I find it odd that you would think that Howe's activities in regards to Masonry of import. Grace and peace, Gene Gross [There seem to be a number of flavors of Freemasonry. I have known a number of Masons who assure me that their groups hold positions consistent with Christianity. However I also know of groups with the views you suggest. Thus it may be hard to know the significance of Masonic and anti-Masonic activities without knowing more details. --clh]