I wonder if the LDS church will add an article on this subject to the series it has been releasing recently, it must be a serious minority of members that are aware of this link, wouldn’t you say?
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It is over thirty pages long with another fifteen or so pages of footnotes. If you like to contact me direct I am willing to so do.
The masonic symbolic teaching system like the temple endowment is meant to represent principles and concepts. Those who take such symbols literal will miss the purpose for which they were intended.
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]]>SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) A panel of Mormon judges announced the results of the disciplinary hearing on Monday (June 23 2014).
The group publicly announced the excommunication in a portion of the private email initially sent to Ms Kelly by e mail and certified post to reporters.
“The Church’s response to this situation is in the letter that was sent to Sister Kelly, which explained the decision (excommunication) and the reason for it,…since Ordain Women has chosen to publish only selected excerpts with their interpretation, we suggest that Sister Kelly make the full letter available in the interests of transparency.”
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) A panel of Mormon judges announced the results of the disciplinary hearing on Monday (June 23 2014).
The group publicly announced the excommunication in a portion of the private email initially sent to Ms Kelly by e mail and certified post to reporters.
“The Church’s response to this situation is in the letter that was sent to Sister Kelly, which explained the decision (excommunication) and the reason for it,…since Ordain Women has chosen to publish only selected excerpts with their interpretation, we suggest that Sister Kelly make the full letter available in the interests of transparency.”
I respect and understand why LDS people do not talk about the endowment, however my issue is more with the validity of that ceremony. It can’t be a coincidence that it was a matter of weeks after Joseph Smith became a freemason that this was brought into the LDS church, it is merely a copy of another movements ceremony, various things that go on in the temple can be found to have their origins there. For more on this please go here
http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/masonicsymbolsandtheldstemple.htm
http://mit.irr.org/occultic-and-masonic-influence-in-early-mormonism
I understand that you are coming here to answer challenges to your faith and you are very welcome here. Please take some time to look at these links I have provided and other articles, your comments are always welcome.
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