FOUR FREEMASONS receive honorable mention in today's WT Study...

by Calebs Airplane 38 Replies latest watchtower scandals

  • Calebs Airplane
    Calebs Airplane

    That's right... 4 Freemasons are quoted with honorable mention in today's WT rag study... Anyways, these are:

    Paragraph 1: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) - Freemason and Quaker Poet who wrote "Masonic Voice Review". There is even a Freemason affiliated lodge in Massachusetts named after him... The John Greenleaf Whittier Order of DeMolay which is part of the "Freemasons of the Eastern Star"..

    Paragraph 4: Albert Barnes (1798-1870) - Freemason and Presbyterian who was directly involved in the Gnostic Liberation Front which, among other false teachings, attempted to dissuade their members into believing that Lucifer is NOT Satan. This is plainly evident in "Barnes' Notes on the Old and New Testament".

    Paragraph 7: Frederick William Farrar (1831-1903) - Freemason who wrote "The Life of Christ" and is quoted in several pro-Freemason books such as "The Enlightenment Bible" written by Jewish Freemason Jonathan Sheehan.

    Paragraph 17: John Bertram Phillips (1906-1982) - Freemason who held many anti-christian views. On page 28 of his book "Ring of Truth" he insists that the Bible is not entirely inspired by God, suggesting that men on earth basically filled in the blanks as they went along. Sound familiar?

    What's puzzling to me is why the Watchtower Corporation continuously makes honorable mentions of Freemasons of the past and makes no negative comments about any Freemasons or Freemasonry in general in any of its literatrash...

    CA

  • franticfran
    franticfran

    Selective memories,ever convenient.

  • designs
    designs

    Maybe there is a hidden underground Lodge at the Wt. Farm.

  • Finkelstein
    Finkelstein

    Perhaps drawing them closer to the Freemasons is an attempt to stir a pressing and developing identity as a false religion

    so longingly postulated as the many other churches of Christendom ?

    Hint = Freemasons aren't necessarily perceived to be recognized as actual churches.

    There's no question some of the WTS. structure as an organization was created partially from the Freemason's organization ideology.

    Example = Masonic Halls were used many times during the early years of the IBSA as well special notation of the Great Pyramid of Egypt.(Pyramidology)

    So the next time you go to a Kingdom Hall, think Masonic Hall, it will make you appreciate a bit more where this religion has its founding roots.

  • Satanus
    Satanus

    Thanks for drawing attention to this. Is this wt article available?

    ' So the next time you go to a Kingdom Hall, think Masonic Hall, it will make you appreciate a bit more where this religion has its founding roots.'

    Excellent point. I hope noone brings up the 'russel was a freemason' thing, as it is false. Membership wasn't necessary, anyway, for there to be freemasonic influence of the wt corp. Not sure, but the 'hall' name for the meeting place may have come after russel.

    S

  • Calebs Airplane
    Calebs Airplane

    Satanus... yes... you can still download it on jw.org.

  • Dismissing servant
    Dismissing servant

    This is an interesting observation. At least some peoble at the writing departement are very familiar with masonic litterature.

  • Satanus
    Satanus
  • Satanus
    Satanus

    'What's puzzling to me is why the Watchtower Corporation continuously makes honorable mentions of Freemasons of the past and makes no negative comments about any Freemasons or Freemasonry in general in any of its literatrash...'

    Yes. They should be quoting from previous iterations of the fds. However, since they never existed.....

    S

  • still thinking
    still thinking

    I haven't seen the article...can you tell me why they were mentioned? In what context please.

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