Comments on: The Truth http://maryvictrix.com/2009/07/27/the-truth/ Sat, 25 May 2013 14:50:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: frangelo http://maryvictrix.com/2009/07/27/the-truth/#comment-3554 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:19:32 +0000 http://maryvictrix.wordpress.com/?p=2518#comment-3554 Tin Machine,

I suggest you follow the link I provided to the debate I had with other Freemasons.

You say:

Although religious in nature they offer no path to salvation or religious dogma. In fact members are admonished to be faithful servants of the religious practice of their choice and that their duties to their religion and family come before their duties to the lodge. They also remind members that men of different religions and ideas can dwell together in harmony.

In fact, the manuals and encyclopedias of Freemasonry read like veritable occult digests, where, as you say, every idea is treated with the same respect. Contradictions cannot live in harmony. Where this is attempted, one does not have tolerance but a “dictatorship of relativism” in which the only idea banned is one states that other ideas are false.

]]> By: John http://maryvictrix.com/2009/07/27/the-truth/#comment-3551 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:35:56 +0000 http://maryvictrix.wordpress.com/?p=2518#comment-3551 “Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” G. K. Chesterton
Tin Machine you said, “I think strict adherence to ’somebody’s’ interpretation of the Bible is “mumbo jumbo” and those that follow blindly are not living up to their God given gift of free thought and expression.” Here is an example of how erroneous a thought this is. Be given a map, with no scale and no compass which shows which is north, south, east or west on the map. When you attempt to find your way somemwhere you would simply get lost. The Catholic Church not only provides the tools necessary for charting our course but provides us with a point of reference, “the Truth”.

]]> By: Robert http://maryvictrix.com/2009/07/27/the-truth/#comment-3550 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:24:05 +0000 http://maryvictrix.wordpress.com/?p=2518#comment-3550 Tin Machine, I recommend the book by Mr. Salza (a former 33rd degree) who breaks down all the serious issues with freemasonry and why the Catholic Church (and many, many other groups) oppose it. No freemason has been ever been able to refute his information that I have ever met. Freemasonry is a problem and thank goodness that the Catholic Church has the clarity to reveal it as such.

]]> By: Tin Machine http://maryvictrix.com/2009/07/27/the-truth/#comment-3549 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:43:46 +0000 http://maryvictrix.wordpress.com/?p=2518#comment-3549 Many Freemasons died in concentration camps run by the Nazi’s. Freemasons were rounded up as political enemies because they were diametrically opposed to Nazism. In no way did Freemasons ever try to ‘silence’ anyone. Also Freemasonry is not a religion nor a substitute for religion. Although religious in nature they offer no path to salvation or religious dogma. In fact members are admonished to be faithful servants of the religious practice of their choice and that their duties to their religion and family come before their duties to the lodge. They also remind members that men of different religions and ideas can dwell together in harmony. So Freemasons teach religious tolerance and yours religious system teaches intolerance.
Seems like Freemasons have more common sense to me.
I think strict adherence to ‘somebody’s’ interpretation of the Bible is “mumbo jumbo” and those that follow blindly are not living up to their God given gift of free thought and expression.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. Psalms 133, 1-3

]]> By: The Truth http://maryvictrix.com/2009/07/27/the-truth/#comment-3548 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:42:20 +0000 http://maryvictrix.wordpress.com/?p=2518#comment-3548 [...] of wisdom from Fr. Angelo. “There is no one to be found in the world that does not search for happiness; indeed, in all [...]

]]> By: frangelo http://maryvictrix.com/2009/07/27/the-truth/#comment-3547 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:37:25 +0000 http://maryvictrix.wordpress.com/?p=2518#comment-3547 Thanks, Robert.

]]> By: Robert http://maryvictrix.com/2009/07/27/the-truth/#comment-3546 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:28:08 +0000 http://maryvictrix.wordpress.com/?p=2518#comment-3546 *But happiness comes at a cost and sometimes men have to sacrifice their personal contentment and safety so that others might live and prosper. But for them, this is in itself an honor and a cause of true joy.*

Well said!

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