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Masonry It Really Is A Religion

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  1. JonC

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    Yep. When I start to think something is beyond belief I always remind myself that in 1997 39 people killed themselves to get on that spaceship trailing Hale-Bopp. (That and the fact some Christians believe Satan is a type of Christ :Biggrin ).
     
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    The King James Bible records his fall from heaven following his rebellion against God thus: "How art thou fallen from heaven O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most high, yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit". Isaiah 14:12-15.

    The KJB is not in error.

    Lucifer was going to weaken the nations after being thrown out of heaven ....he certainly has done that
     
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    I dont care about valentines day and Christmas is not a pagan holiday. That is a mhth
     
  4. JonC

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    I also do not think the KJV is in error. I believe the translators realized that, while referring to Satan, it was not a proper name. People took a contemporary meaning (like viewing "so" in John 3:16 as "so much" instead of "so" or "in this manner").

    The fault is rarely the translation. It is typically the believer who does not adequately study.
     
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    Happy Valentines Day.
     
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    I know. I guess they don't like it because it is not specifically their denomination.
     
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    Jon are you referring to the masons because That wouldn’t apply to them.

    Now, the reality is that Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Zoroasters, Confuciousists, and the list goes on with Atheists, yes Atheists, as Voltaire the famous Atheists was a Freemason, as well as Evolutionists, just as Charles Darwin was also a Freemason, and the reality is that "Christians" that have entered into the House of Dead are also indoctrinated with doctrines of devils, and those that have not truly been Born Again, and called out from among them, are seduced into worshipping Satan. This is a fact. Satanists-Witches head up the Illuminati-Masonic Lodge. The word "Illuminati" is signified of being "Light Bearer" of "Lucifer-Satan" false light.
     
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    In a sermon, KJV translator Lancelot Andrewes referred to "St Peter's Lucifer in cordibus [daystar in your hearts]" (Hewison, Selected Writings, p. 112). An edition of the Latin Vulgate printed with the 1538 Coverdale’s English translation of its New Testament has “lucifer oriator in cordib” in its Latin text at 2 Peter 1:19 with its rendering in English as “the day star arise in your hearts”. Lancelot Andrewes evidently cited or used the Latin Vulgate’s word Lucifer in his sermon with the meaning “daystar.” Daystar is Old English for morning star.

    What did the KJV translators themselves mean by the choice of the word "Lucifer" in Isaiah 14:12? The 1611 KJV gives in its margin the literal meaning or acceptable alternative translation for "Lucifer" as "daystar." The KJV translators were clearly aware of the marginal note in the Geneva Bible, and they would have recognized that their marginal note at this verse would have associated this meaning “daystar” or “morning star” with this rendering “Lucifer.“

    At the end of Isaiah 14, the 1549 edition of Matthew’s Bible has some notes that include these words: “Lucifer, the morning star, which he calleth the child of the morning, because it appeared only in the morning.” The marginal note in the 1560 and 1599 editions of the Geneva Bible for this word included the following: "for the morning star that goeth before the sun is called Lucifer." These two notes from two pre-1611 English Bibles that are on the KJV-only view’s line of good Bibles provide clear credible evidence concerning the meaning of the word "Lucifer" in English in the 1500's. The 1657 English translation of the 1637 Dutch States-General Version and Dutch Annotations also indicated this meaning with its rendering "O morning-star" at Isaiah 14:12.

    Since the 1611 edition of the KJV has several words capitalized that are not proper names, it is hard to know whether the KJV translators meant it to be a proper name or not. Beginning with the 1629 standard Cambridge KJV edition, several KJV editions have it not capitalized, but then the 1769 Oxford returned to capitalizing it.


    Isaiah 14:12 [o Lucifer--1560 Geneva] [capitalization]

    O lucifer (1675, 1679, 1681, 1709, 1715, 1720, 1737, 1743, 1747, 1754, 1764, 1765, 1768 Oxford) [1629, 1635, 1637, 1638, 1683, 1743, 1747, 1756, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1765, 1767, 1768, 1783 Cambridge] {1672, 1689, 1703, 1706, 1711, 1712, 1730, 1735, 1741, 1743, 1747, 1750, 1760, 1764, 1767, 1768, 1795 London} (1755 Oxon) (1722, 1751, 1760, 1769 Edinburgh) (1722, 1743, 1762 Dublin) (1645 Dutch) (1746 Leipzig) (1774 Bristol) (1782 Aitken) (1790 MH)

    O Lucifer (1749, 1769 Oxford, SRB) [1769 Cambridge, DKJB] {1611 London}
     
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    The 1828 Webster's Dictionary defined daystar as following: "The morning star, Lucifer, Venus; the star which precedes the morning light." In her 1997-1998 catalogue, Gail Riplinger claimed that the 1828 Webster's Dictionary "defines words as they were used during the writing of the KJV 1611."

    The 1992 Roget's International Thesaurus listed as synonyms: "morning star, day star, Lucifer, Phosphor, Phosphorus" (p. 757). Rodale’s Synonym Finder listed the following as synonyms for morning star: “daystar, bright planet; Venus, Lucifer, Phosphor, Phosphorus” (p. 750).

    The preponderance of evidence shows that the renderings "Lucifer," "daystar," and "morning star" were used as synonyms in the 1500's and 1600's so that any arguments which can be validly used again the rendering "morning star" in this verse would also apply to the rendering "Lucifer."

    The 1968 Cassell's New Latin Dictionary indicated that the Latin word "lucifer" comes from two root words meaning "light-bearing, light-bringing" and that it would be translated into English as "Lucifer, the morning star, the planet Venus." According to the English-Latin section of this dictionary, the translation of "morning-star" in English is given as "lucifer" in Latin. The Oxford Latin Dictionary gave two definitions for lucifer: “light-bringing, light-bearing” and “the morning star” (p. 1045). The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories affirmed that Lucifer is “a Latin word originally, meaning ’light-bringing, morning star” (p. 309). At its entry for day-star, John White listed “lucifer” as its meaning in Latin (Latin-English Dictionary, p. 100). For Lucifer, this definition is given: “the morning-star, the planet Venus” (p. 355).
     
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    No. I was refering to churches who oppose the Gideon's.
     
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    There are bodies of professing believers that oppose the placing of God's word in motels and hotels? Confused
     
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    I'm not all that concerned about Valentine's Day, either.
    "Christ-Mass"?

    I find it to be a little more than just coincidence that it falls on the same day as the ancient Roman Feast of Saturnalia, and that millions of unbelievers look forward to it each year.
    That said, I will refrain from speaking further about it in this thread.;)
     
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    No. I think they don't like different Protestant denominations coming together to do it.
     
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    Do conspiracy theorists or those who repeat the claims of conspiracy theorists ignore this verse?

    Matthew 12:26
    And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall this his kingdom stand?
     
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    Are the same measures/standards applied to KJV translator Lancelot Andrewes and what he preached?

    In a sermon, KJV translator Lancelot Andrewes referred to "St Peter's Lucifer in cordibus [daystar in your hearts]" (Hewison, Selected Writings, p. 112).

    An edition of the Latin Vulgate printed with the 1538 Coverdale’s English translation of its New Testament has “lucifer oriator in cordib” in its Latin text at 2 Peter 1:19 with its rendering in English as “the day star arise in your hearts”.

    Is this historical usage of Lucifer at 2 Peter 1:19 in the 1538 Coverdale's English NT and in the sermon by KJV translator Lancelot Andrewes ignored or avoided since it could expose the use of unjust measures?

    Lancelot Andrewes evidently cited or used the Latin Vulgate’s word Lucifer in his sermon with the meaning “daystar.” Daystar is Old English for morning star.
     
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    Rick Who are you calling Conspiracy Theorists? Are you an expert on the subject of Freemasonry? Have you been to their Lodge meetings? Have you seen their practice of Gnosticism? Do you have family members that are/were Masons? What do you know about Freemasonry other than a book that you have read that talks about Freemasonry? I have family members that are Masons. I have books written by Masons. I have seen the Satanic practices of Masons. Are you the conspiracy theorist parroting the words of other conspiracy theorists?
     
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    I have not claimed to an expert on Freemasonry. I already noted that I am not a Mason and am not a former Mason. I have never been to a Lodge meeting. I know of no members of my family who are or were Masons.

    Perhaps I can be more objective in looking at the evidence than someone who may be biased because of bad experience.

    A believer does not have to be an expert to detect the use of fallacies in another person's claims and allegations and to detect the use of inconsistent, unjust measures/standards.

    Perhaps an objective book about Freemasonry may be more accurate at times than a book by someone who may have an ax to grind against Masons.

    I also have some Masonic editions of the KJV, and some of them have articles about Masonry written by Masons.

    It is clear that I am not a conspiracy theorist and that I am not blindly accepting or repeating their unproven claims. It is not clear whether or not you may believe or parrot some unproven claims made by conspiracy theorists concerning Masons.
     
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    Lol......its’s words out of the books MASONS wrote.....and MASONS paid to publish.......and MASONS teach out of those books.
    By apply just measures to Your claims are you saying masons are conspiring against themselves ?
     
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