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Not sure if you remember when the S.B. took up the question of Freemasonry and whether it is compatible with being a Southern Baptist. It was probably 15 or more years ago. I remember that a survey of S.B. ministers revealed that 30% of S.B. Ministers are also active Freemasons. That was the number that admitted to it.
I don't remember ever reading another word about them questioning the subject.
Albert Pike states clearly in his,"Morals and Dogma," that Freemasonry is "identical" with the "Ancient Mysteries." The Ancient Mystery Religion is Paganism - or worship of Lucifer, otherwise known as Satan.
I would not put it all on the Southern Baptists. From the current condition of what calls itself, "Christianity," It is doubtful that any organized Christianity is in any better condition than them.
EDIT: Amos.8
We were warned.
Ty
Your response inspired me to do some digging…
The Southern Baptist Convention did take up the topic of whether Freemasonry was compatible with Baptist faith in 1993. The Convention approved a report on Freemasonry that recognized its charitable endeavors and its many outstanding Christian and Southern Baptist members, but also concluded that many tenets and teachings of Freemasonry were not compatible with Christianity or Southern Baptist doctrine.
The report identified eight areas of incompatibility, such as the use of offensive and blasphemous terms relating to God, the use of bloody oaths, the inclusion of occult and pagan readings, the misuse of the term "light" to refer to moral reformation, the teaching of salvation by works, the advocacy of universalism, and the discrimination against non-whites in some lodges.
The report also recommended that churches and individuals should study the issue carefully and prayerfully before making any decisions regarding Freemasonry.
In 2000, the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention published a pamphlet titled "A Closer Look at Freemasonry" that expanded on the 1993 report and provided a comparison chart between Freemasonry, Christianity and the Bible on various issues
Sources:
https://www.namb.net/apologetics/resource/freemasonry-overview/
https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/new-publication-on-freemasonry-available-from-sbcs-north-american-mission-board/
https://www.namb.net/apologetics/resource/freemasonry-overview/
https://www.lakelandfbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Quotations_relating_to_the_nature_of_Freemasonry.pdf
Thanks for the expanded information. I was going off memory from decades ago.
My most vivid memory was being dumbstruck that any "Christian" religion would have ANY reservations about banning what boils down to Satan worship in their members or particularly their ministers.
Fewer things shock me these days, as I see who is in control behind the scenes.
Truman was a 33rd degree Mason. I would assume our government is mostly comprised of Masons.
My SB church pastor from a few years ago wouldn't allow Masonic funeral rites in the church.
On the other hand, the lower level people don't know what's going on at the top. I knew several Masons who could discuss the Bible as well as a good preacher. I'm sure they would be shocked if you could have proved to them what was going on at the top. They were just simple country people in a social club that would actually invite them in.