From: michael@adriaan.bu.edu (Michael Chaplin)
Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
Subject: Re: Apocalypse Culture (was Re: the rapture)
Date: 6 Sep 92 10:50:02 GMT
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Organization: Boston University
In-reply-to: anachem@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu's message of 4 Sep 92 21:36:10 GMT

In article <Bu2pCA.396@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> anachem@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (mark gilstrap) writes:
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=The anti-monarchist, anti-clerical prejudices of Freemasonry
=are well known and were displayed quite openly in the French
=Revolution. In Russia, the truth was more hidden in a darkness borne
=out of additional experience in these matters. But there cer-
=tainly seems to be truth in the "death of monarchy" aspect
=of a conspiracy by Freemasonry. 

"Death to monarchy", hmmmmm? I suppose we should all watch for the
death, then, of one of England's royal family? After all, it *was*
the country where Freemasonry took its form. Or is the royal
family just using the Freemasons as part of some scheme to bring
back the British Empire? (Must I *really* put a smiley here?)
After all, it is usually the tradition that the highest Mason
in England is a member of the royal family.

As for "anti-monarchist, anti-clerical prejudices", well, if you've
got some sort of a problem with that, then I suggest you check
with the U.S. Constitution, figure out how much of it was influenced
by precisely that kind of thought, and then decide for yourself
what you should do. According to your reasoning, the Apocalypse
really had its roots about 200 years ago.

=The Grand Architect of Freemasonry is a god above all other
=gods. That is why masons can accept christians, jews and muslims
=in their lodges depending on the prevailing religion in an
=area. They are the promulgators of the concept of Ecumenism
=which forces a false respect for others' beliefs while all
=the while imposing a new god who stands in opposition to the
=old, who will sit in Jerusalem as if he were god and pro-
=claim to be god - who is the Antichrist. It is my opinion that the
=conspiracy of freemasonry is the preparation of the world
=for the reign of the Beast. 

As far as I understand it, the Grand Architect of the universe
is not a god before other gods, but rather God itself stripped
of such human fancies and superstitions that dissenting religions
have provided, and given other affects which can be understood
by people of any religion, because of its common themes.
But then, I could be wrong. It's not like I'm a Mason or anything.

As for the conspiracy, all I can say is that if I truly felt
that there were one, I'd've joined the first chance I'd gotten.
(Again, must I put a smiley in?)

=Overstated perhaps, but for your serious consideration,
=Fr Mark

"You're either part of the problem, or part of the Conspiracy."
Chaplin.
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