It is true that the RCC, via the Jesuit Order, infiltrated Freemasonry, which at the time did not appear to be a nefarious group, though a Christian could likely call it harmful to faith in Christ. Regardless of that, the man who started the Illuminati was trained by the Jesuits and was a professor at Canon Law. The Illuminati started in 1776, right as America's government was being formed. They soon infiltrated America through the masonic lodges. You now had a parallel, and nefarious side of Freemasonry doing all it could to make sure America's sovereign growth was stifled, undermining it at every turn. And now history is a blur; one can't help but presume malice on the part of our Founders due to them being a part of the now tarnished 'Freemasonry'.
As to the 'good God / evil God' thing, that's called Marcionism. It is a false teaching promulgated by people who haven't had the holy Spirit open the eyes of their understanding, and so they cannot read the Old Testament properly. Give me a verse you have a problem with in the Old Testament and I'll show you why it's there. Jesus wasn't calling YHWH the devil, he was telling the Scribes and Pharisees that they did not know YHWH (even though they knew about YHWH) and that they were in fact children of the devil, not of YHWH like they presumed.
In the Hebrew mind, being a child of someone doesn't only mean you're descended from them, but also that you take after their character. What Jesus was saying was that they did not take after the character of YHWH.
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth YHWH require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? ~ Micah 6:8
YHWH is not an evil God. YHWH punishes evil and delights in what is right and good.
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It is true that the RCC, via the Jesuit Order, infiltrated Freemasonry, which at the time did not appear to be a nefarious group, though a Christian could likely call it harmful to faith in Christ. Regardless of that, the man who started the Illuminati was trained by the Jesuits and was a professor at Canon Law. The Illuminati started in 1776, right as America's government was being formed. They soon infiltrated America through the masonic lodges. You now had a parallel, and nefarious side of Freemasonry doing all it could to make sure America's sovereign growth was stifled, undermining it at every turn. And now history is a blur; one can't help but presume malice on the part of our Founders due to them being a part of the now tarnished 'Freemasonry'.
As to the 'good God / evil God' thing, that's called Marcionism. It is a false teaching promulgated by people who haven't had the holy Spirit open the eyes of their understanding, and so they cannot read the Old Testament properly. Give me a verse you have a problem with in the Old Testament and I'll show you why it's there. Jesus wasn't calling YHWH the devil, he was telling the Scribes and Pharisees that they did not know YHWH (even though they knew about YHWH) and that they were in fact children of the devil, not of YHWH like they presumed.
In the Hebrew mind, being a child of someone doesn't only mean you're descended from them, but also that you take after their character. What Jesus was saying was that they did not take after the character of YHWH.
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth YHWH require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? ~ Micah 6:8
YHWH is not an evil God. YHWH punishes evil and delights in what is right and good.