My attention as of late has been drawn back to George Washington's Vision. In doing so I came across an article or book chapter that discusses Masonry in America as has having been originally Christian in flavor and to have with time come under more anti-Christian influences in the 1800s.
I don't necessarily endorse the author's book/article and don't necessarily agree with the author's interpretations of the vision--I am convinced that they are made without deep understanding. However the possibility that there was a different flavor of Masonry in the 1700s could put religious history in America in a new light for many....Though some cite the fact that George Washington was involved in Masonry, and may therefore have not been a true Christian, there is much historically documented evidence that George Washington was a truly Godfearing, and Christ-centered leader.
Although the lie is now being promulgated that America was founded by Mason apostates, scholar David Barton has extensively written about the fact that American Masonic teachings were decidedly Christian in tone in the past, and most American Masons were Christians that saw Freemasonry as a Christian organization.
However, Masonic beliefs changed abruptly in the 1800’s, and higher-level Freemasonry began to tout ideas taken from Pagan mystery schools. As a result, Masonic Lodges in America lost almost all of their members, who were outraged at the non-Christian agenda that had infiltrated Masonry from Europe and Great Britain. Consequently, American Freemasonry is no longer a Christian organization. But in George Washington’s era, it was decidedly Christian, and most of its members were devout Christians, as George Washington was.
It seems that the work called Anderson's Constitution [1723] preceeds Albert Pike's Moral's & Dogma [1871] by almost 150 years with 1723 being notably before both the American Revolution, the Seminole/Gullah Wars and the Civil War. It is also notable that Pike's work is AFTER the Civil War. Also, some might believe George Washington's Vision to have 'racist' overtones merely because Africa is mentioned. It is clear that "Remember, ye are brethren" makes racism/bigotry claims a nullity. Another thing, the Gullah Wars or Seminole Wars (First Seminole War -1814 to 1819; Second Seminole War - 1835 to 1842; Third Seminole War - 1855 to 1858; U.S. Civil War - 1861 to 1865 or so) seem to have been linked to the Civil War although the Gullah Wars were hush-hushed in history. In view of the Gullah Wars and Civil War being linked: George Washington's Vision seems to have more validity than to be fiction. On the matter of the Civil War and religious history, it is most interesting to note that slavery was always 'kosher' in the Roman Empire and that Jefferson Davis appealed to the Roman Pope for help and addressed Rome's Pope Pius IX as "Very Venerable Sovereign Pontiff".
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