April 2, 2009
I was raised Mormon, and was a missionary for two years in the 70's.
harry http://reality101blog.blogspot.com/ from thedyinggod list
Quit shortly thereafter having been an Elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood,
Sunday School teacher, and 2nd Counselor to the President of the St. Louis
Young Adults Branch of the Church.
In the Salt Lake Temple in '76, I went through the Temple Endowment Ceremony
which basically made me a Master Mason - though I didn't find that out until years later when I read Duncan's Rituals.
Mormonism was
started by Joseph Smith as The Mormon Rites of Freemasonry at the very
beginning, and I believe he was killed, like William Morgan, for
revealing secrets.
In the Temple , I learned all the grips, signs and pass words of the Blue Degrees.
The only big
difference was the whispered word during the Five Points of
Fellowship,which in Mormonism is "pay lay ale" instead of "ma ha bone".
In fact,
Hyram Smith's last act during the attack on Carthage Jail was to raise
his hands in the Masonic Grand Hailing Sign in an effort to call off
the mob, and say "Oh Lord, is there any help for a Widow's Son?"
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People become Mormon these days because life inside the church is like living in Mayberry.
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Mormons are
sought out by employers for honesty and morals - and the fact that they
don't smoke, drink, or do drugs...and they are advanced into
supervisory positions very quickly because of that.
Before I even
got home from my mission in '78, I had been offered a job sight unseen
by the VP of Standard Oil for St. Louis region, and the President of
Manpower Petroleum.
Mormons don't
even know of the connection with Freemasonry. I was a fairy high
ranking official for the church,and I had no clue until doing my own
research years after I quit.
Also, the CIA recruits heavily from BYU, where most returned missionaries go when they get home
People become Mormon these days because life inside the church is like living in Mayberry.
harry http://reality101blog.
Henry Makow is the author of A Long Way to go for a Date. He received his Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Toronto. He welcomes your feedback and ideas at