altars. That is atestament to the universality of Freemasonry.O Paganismo nao e uma religiao formal, mas e umtermo generico usado para descrever todas as crencas nao-abraamicas. O Grao-Mestreda Florida esta dizendo que so os judeus, cristaos e muculmanos podem se tornarmacons ... Isso e um absurdo e e uma corrupcao das tradicoes e crencas detolerancia e nao conformidade com qualquer doutrina que os macons vem mantendopor seculos. E quanto aos deistas que eram macons e que foram fundamentais naelaboracao da Constituicao desta grande nacao? E sobre os budistas e hindus? Sevoce vai a India, vera cinco volumes de lei sagrada em seus altares. Isso e umaprova da universalidade da Francoaconaria.This Grand Master is codifying his own personal religious beliefsinto Freemasonry thereby making the practice of Freemasonry in Florida nolonger Freemasonry at all.Este Grao-Mestre esta codificando suas propriascrencas religiosas pessoais na Francomaconaria, tornando a pratica de Francomaconariana Florida algo que nao e, absolutamente, Francomaconaria.It is impossible to make sense of this edict.The GM in Florida, clearly speaking from the kind of ignorance that should notexist at the highest level of any Masonic Order, seems to think that Pagan,Wiccans, Odinists, Agnostics and Gnostics all do not believe in a supremebeing; which no doubt comes as a shock to a good many of those faiths. My guessis this GM is a hardline Christian who believes the definition of supremebeing must always be the Abrahamic God. Thefess-up-and-resign-or-face-a-Masonic-trial bit clearly indicates a witch hunt.Nice.E impossivel dar sentido a estedecreto. O GM da Florida, falando claramente a partir do tipo de ignorancia quenao deveria existir no nivel mais alto de qualquer Ordem Maconica, parecepensar que Pagaos, Wiccanos, Odinistas, agnosticos e gnosticos, todos, naoacreditam em um ser supremo, o que, sem duvida, vem como um choque para muitasdessas crencas. Meu palpite e que este GM e um cristao radical que acredita quea definicao de ser supremo deve ser sempre o Deus abraamico. A sugestaoconfesse-e-saia-ou-enfrente-um-julgamento-maconico indica claramente uma cacaas bruxas. Muito bom. This ranks right down there with theAustralian edict against esoterica study in Masonic Lodges.Brother and author Karen KiddIsso se casa bem com o decretoaustraliano contra estudos esotericos em Lojas Maconicas.Irmao e autor Karen KiddManly P. Hall summed it up this way:Manly P. Hall resumiu desta forma:The true Mason is not creed-bound. He realizeswith the divine illumination of his lodge that as Mason his religion must beuniversal: Christ, Buddha or Mohammed, the name means little, for he recognizesonly the light and not the bearer. He worships at every shrine, bows beforeevery altar, whether in temple, mosque or cathedral, realizing with his truerunderstanding the oneness of all spiritual truth. All true Masons know thatthey only are heathen who, having great ideals, do not live up to them. Theyknow that all religions are but one story told in diverse ways for peopleswhose ideals differ but whose great purpose is in harmony with Masonic ideals.North, east, south and west stretch the diversities of human thought, and whilethe ideals of man apparently differ, when all is said and the crystallizationof form with its false concepts is swept away, one basic truth remains: allexisting