Is Zionism a product of Freemasonry, or is Freemasonry a product of Zionism?
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They are completely unrelated.  Yeah, I know Graham Hancock tries to connect Judaism amd Masonry in his book "Talisman", but in the real world, where real facts prevail, they are unrelated.
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Best Answer - Chosen By Voters\n\nFreemasons are a fraternity "men only" There is also a female version called the Eastern Star. They have three appendent bodies the York Rite, Scottish Rite, and Shriners. Masons raise money for charity providing millions of dollars a day to various charities and it costs about 8 million a day to run a Shriners hospital where a child is treated at no charge. A society of secrets rather than a secret society all our rituals are plastered all over the Internet. But our grips,keys, and tokens are kept as secret as possible in the information age. Another words dont belive all you read on the internet! \n\nThere are many celebrties past and presesent Harry Houdini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart his music is written in masonic key.\nPresently Michael A. Richards Kramer from Seinfeld
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Someone who believes that the Messiah won't come until all the origional boarders are restored in Israel. That's why Jordan on the other side of the Dead Sea is so secure.\nZionism is a political movement and ideology that supports a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where the Jewish nation originated over 3,200 years ago and where Jewish kingdoms and self-governing states have existed up to the 2nd century. While Zionism is based in part upon religious tradition linking the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, the modern movement was originally secular, beginning largely as a response to rampant antisemitism in Europe and many parts of the Muslim world during the 19th Century. After a number of advances and setbacks, and after the Holocaust had destroyed Jewish society in Europe, the Zionist movement culminated in the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.\n\nSince the founding of the State of Israel, the term Zionism is generally considered to mean support for Israel. However, a variety of different, and sometimes competing, ideologies that support Israel fit under the general category of Zionism, such as Religious Zionism, Revisionist Zionism, and Labor Zionism. Thus, the term is also sometimes used to refer specifically to the programs of these ideologies, such as efforts to encourage Jewish emigration to Israel. The term Zionism is also sometimes used retroactively to describe the millennia-old Biblical connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel, which existed long before the birth of the modern Zionist movement. In some cases, the label "Zionist" is also used improperly as a euphemism for Jews in general by those wishing to whitewash anti-Semitism (as in the Polish anti-Zionist campaign).
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Exactly!  They claim the U.S. is a *Christian* nation, yet anything ever done in any *Christian* nation was not done by a *real* Christian.  Those of us who live in a *Christian* nation are products of that culture.  The Nazis were products of a Christian culture.  Slavery was a product of Christian culture.  The Inquisition was a product of Christian culture.  They weren't *real* Christians -- only the products created by them!\n.
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No, it is not.  I regularly sit in lodge with Mormons, Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Buddhists, and people whose religion can best be described as similar to the Force in Star Wars.  All are equal within Freemasonry.  The only requirement is that one believes in a Supreme Being.  Freemasonry does not care WHICH Supreme Being that is.  A religion demands exclusivity.  Indeed, religion is one of the topics that is forbidden to be discussed in Lodge.  So, NO, Freemasonry is NOT a religious organization.\n\nFreemasonry does NOT claim to "lead one to eternal life" as a previous answer states.  Freemasonry ONLY focuses on the way a man leads his life in this world.  It is not about eternal salvation, but about how a man lives so that when he does meet his Maker (whoever he believes that maker is) he will be able to stand before him and account favorably for the way he treated his fellow man.  That's all.  Sadly, there are many lies told about Freemasons by so-called religious people.
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A Zionist is someone who supports the Israeli government on religious and political grounds.\n\nWhy would you assume that they want to destroy America? You're been hanging around too many paranoid conspiracy theorists. Next think you know you'll be telling us the Holocaust didn't happen. Come on, I'm as opposed to war and oppression as the next guy, but it's ridiculous to blame the whole world's problems on a single nation. Besides, the Israeli government has made some positive steps towards establishing peace in the Middle East in the past year. Give them a break and stop being paranoid and xenophobic.
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Rebeka Lodge etc. are NOT CHRISTIAN at all! They are part of the Masonic Faith.  YES! Masons are a definite religion!
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What I tell you about Freemasonry will only be MY truth, not some other people's quotations, not something you can google. I will link you to MY Order of Freemasonry and let you read more (but only if you wish to.) Points? If you wish to. The important truth here is that you asked. OK?\n\nFirst, no one knows how far back Freemasonry goes. Many of us believe it is a descendant from the Ancient Mystery Schools of the Middle East. Certainly numbers and geometry play great parts in our work. There are those who say we have roots in the Knights Templar. There are, after all, in many Orders of Freemasonry a degree or more designated to correspond with those men. Some say that all of that is just convenient legends made up to add mystery and to sucker folks in. \n\nSecond, there are many different Orders of Freemasonry. The Order I belong to, American Co-Masonry, is very esoteric and places a great deal of emphasis on the slower alchemy of personal transformation. We also are different from most other Orders in that we admit women and men into Lodge. I am not talking Eastern Star, but fully into the Brotherhood. We admit all races, all religions but you must believe in a Supreme Being in our particular Order. There are even Orders of Freemasonry where that is NOT a requirement. In ours it is a requirement. \n\nWe are more than just a social club, more than just a club that does good for charities; although, both are part of Freemasonry. We are a way of helping make the world better by helping humans make themselves better. We study morality and try to practice it in our own lives. Simply put, we try to live by the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you."\n\nWe use the working tools of real stone masons as allegorical symbols to remind ourselves of principles. Thus you see those tools as symbols everywhere after you become a Freemason and see their application too. Funny thing, when you join and ask what a certain symbol means, you are asked, "What does it mean to you?" The others are not mocking you; they want you to find answers within yourself and to help them find answers, too.\n\nWe work together because stones are smoothed (big analogy here) best by rubbing together. We work in Lodge and out of Lodge. Not the conspiracy business. I do not have a Ferrari. I did get to sit in one owned by a non-Mason the other day and it was too small. *sigh* We talk and email each other with encouragement and insight. \n\nWe are not for everyone. You have to be of legal age (21 in most places, sometimes 18 for children of Freemasons). You have to be free. You have to be of good moral character. \n\nI belong to two Lodges: one in Santa Cruz, CA and one in Los Angeles. I drive 360 miles round trip to each one each month. That is 720 miles. Lots of gas. We have very little time for socializing. We get our Lodge set up, do our ceremony, put away the Lodge furniture, have a quick potluck, and drive home. I am an officer of both Lodges. I do work outside the Lodge for both. \n\nWhat do I get from it? My daughter (23 years old and pretty cynical Libra, IQ at least 10 pts higher than mine) says that she sees a change in me. That I am more capable, less stressed, kinder to myself, more at peace, a lot more honest, even better to my ex-wife. \n\nOh, guess I should address the business of secrets. There are some. We have handshakes, certain words, etc that are traditional means of recognition. I suppose you could google around and find most of those. Cannot guarantee they would get you very far into a Lodge. There is a great deal of memorization work. I had to work pretty hard to learn all that took to get proficient in the first degree and second in order eventually to become a Master Mason (3rd degree). That is not so much a secret as it is a tough part of Masonry. \n\nOh, the real secret? Want to know that? I could put it in words all day but it really would not mean anything to you. Let us leave it wit
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The only thing I know is this:\n\n"Many of [the freemasons] secret signs of recognition, for example, are borrowed from the system of words, signs, and touches that Hiram of Tyre, the master mason of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, was said to have used in order to communicate with the vast army of workers under his command."\n\nJust happened to read it yesterday.
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the Masons are not a  religious organization or a religious cult. No matter what the uneducated 'bible thumpers' will say. the ceremonies and rituals are religious in nature but the Masons accept all religions with the exception of an atheist. you must believe in a supreme being. This is why the Christians don't like the Masons.\noriginally the Masons were like a gentleman's club with the most powerful and influential men in the town, or city belonging. \nif you want more information talk to a Mason.
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The purpose? Both the Illuminati and the Masons work to achieve the same goal. A NEW WORLD ORDER meaning CONTROL of EVERYTHING. )Just take a look on the back of a dollar bill and see..) And so far, they have done a good job considering Iraq especially. And how are they doing this? Because we let them by doing absoluetly nothing.
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Despite the "New World Order" conspiracy theorists (and who is to say that there is NOT a cabal of plutocrats running this world?), despite the Fundamentalist Christian, Muslim, and Catholics who admit no one but themselves under their banner, the Freemasons are a rather open society of free men (and free women). Yes, there are Orders that take women as Freemasons.\n\nWe do insist, at least in most Orders of Freemasonry, that you believe in a Higher Power. You may call that God or whatever term you wish. We also teach that we should treat each other (and the rest of the world) in accordance with the Golden Rule. No, not "who ever has the most gold rules," but "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Pretty simple, right?\n\nOur secrets? Some of them are pretty obvious: we have certain signs, grips, and tokens used to identify ourselves to our Brothers. Those we keep to ourselves. \n\nThe not so obvious secret is one that no one CAN communicate to you, the change that happens inside you as you do your best to live up to the way of life exemplified by the symbolic teachings. \n\nMasonry says that it takes good men (and in our case, men and women) and makes them better. I have seen it happen. I see it happening in me. \n\nIt is not just a social organization; at least OUR Order is not. I travel about 800 miles each month to attend my two Lodges. I spend very little time socializing. Beyond that I would say that we are most like the old mystery schools. \n\nIf you wish more information about American Co-Masonry, please visit the link below.
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WOW.  Ahhh, just so you know, most Masons are NOT Mormons.  I  am a Mason and have been for years.  I have met many Masons, and none of them are Mormons.  I have met Christian Masons, Jewish Masons, and Muslim Masons.\n\nJoseph Smith WAS a Mason, and I believe he "borrowed" quite a bit of his "prophecy" from Masonic ritual.  We Masons do not adopt any religion as part of the fraternity, because each member is to worship in his own faith.  We are not a religious organization.\n\nIf you have any more questions about Freemasonry, and want the answer from a real Freemason, please feel free to contact me.
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I enjoy reading information about secret societies.  If you want to learn more about another interesting group read about the Bilderberg group.\nAs far as my opinion for this society, I believe that they exist.  This country was formed by a group of men, most belonging to a secret society-free masons.  Seems like it is tradition maybe even American culture.
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Wouldn't know that information directly, but here's a website that might lead you to some one who does:\n\nhttp://www.palestine486.org/faq_masons.htm
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I think they are more important than people realize.  The freemasons made up about 20% of the population of the US before the Antimasonic party was formed.  There are many smaller very influential groups like the Skulls and Bones.  I think it is pretty scary that such a high level of cronyism runs our country.  I know that I probably sound like a conspiracy theorist but I am not.
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As a three time Past Master of my Masonic Lodge and a Christian Pastor I can tell you that there are many myths about masonry.\nIt is strictly a fraternal organization that teaches brotherly love, relief and truth.\nIt does not promote any one religion but does admonish you to read the BIBLE and make it the rule and guide of your life.