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I was surprised to find that the almost all the defenders at the Alamo were Freemasons. And a Welshman.
Limiting the options to one deity excludes a lot of gods. Being three for the price of one, that excludes Christianity completely.
The masons, while religious in nature, is a fraternity and not a religion in and of itself. When invoking the "blessing of diety" prior to their important undertakings, the diety is always addrerssed as "T.G.A.O.T.U.," meaning, The Great Architech of the Universe, respectively. The reason behind that is because Freemasons come from too many cultures, countries, races, ethnicities and religious faiths to count and "harmony and strength is the support of all institutions." Masonry in America, I have observed, doesn't endorse any religion over another but does have a particular lean to christianity, in as much of the rightous morals it represents, amongst it's brethren. But being religiously "benign," so to speak, always works better towards keeping the peace.
Religion and politics make for upheaval and ill-will. So Masons leaves matters such as those to politicians and preachers. In the lodge, the guy to your left might be a muslim and the guy to you're right might be a southern baptist. The guy in front might be a Catholic and the guy behind you might be a Wiccan. Who knows? Who even cares?
It's amazing what one can accomplish without the heavy yoke of religious or political idealogies weighing them down. The United States, being just one example. The US would be MUCH better if it realized that harmony and strength is the support of all institutions. You can lead a horse to water...... :roll:
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