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Friday February 9, 2007
Here's novel argument in favor of public "ten commandments" monuments- Carrie Scoggins of Cleveland writes to her university newspaper:

"since other religions are already being represented on government lands, then to not allow Christianity to be represented is discrimination. The Eye Of Horus, a Wiccan and Freemason deity from Egypt, worshiped by the New Age movement, is on our one dollar bill, and the Federal Court House in Nashville. The Obelisk, the Washington Monument, is a symbol for the Wiccan and Freemason deity Osiris from Egyptian religious beliefs, and is represented on the Murfreesboro courthouse lawn. The Statue of Liberty is the Wiccan goddess Ishtar, also from Egyptian religious beliefs. The state seals are also mostly Wiccan goddesses."

But there's hope for Ms. Scoggins - she can always go to Witch School, where she can learn the ancient arts of "How to become an internet broadcaster," "How to be interviewed," and "How to film a ritual for Youtube." Maybe not such a bad idea.

Comments

February 9, 2007 at 2:17 pm
(1) JT says:

Perhaps the real reason for the closure of the Statue of Liberty is that public officials are using it to perform secret satanic rituals.

February 12, 2007 at 12:46 pm
(2) Widow's Son says:

Heh… those public officials are inside the Statue of Liberty just to look up her dress.

Doncha know all that satanic rituals are going on inside the lodges of Freemasons?

Widow’s Son
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February 12, 2007 at 12:50 pm
(3) Scolaí says:

It’s GOT to be hard being that uninformed. Still trying to figure out why I never knew before now that the Eye of Horus is a Wiccan deity…

February 26, 2007 at 4:30 pm
(4) Carrie Scoggins says:

In my defense, the lawsuit against the Ten Commandments was brought against Murfreesboro by a Wiccan, may or not be from the MTSU Student Pagan Org. However, I did not say their symbols had to come down (like they wanted to do to us), just simply that Christian symbols should be allowed. And as far as the slandering my stating the symbols were Freemason and Egyptian, here are quotes directly from their books siting their own books as my sources!!!!!!!!!!
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Freemasonry-What it really is!

Albert Pike is said to the the foundation of the Masonic Lodge’s belief system.

Quote from Albert Pike’s Instruction To The 23 Of Supreme Councils Of The World, July 14 1889 :

[Yes, Lucifer is god and unfortunately Addony is also god, the true philosophical religion is the belief in Lucifer, the equal of Addony… But Lucifer, god of light and god of good, is struggling for humanity against Addony god of darkness and evil. ]

Quote from Manly P. Hall’s book Lost Keys Of Freemasonry, Page 48

[ When the mason learns that the key to being the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power he has learned the mystery of his craft. The seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands, and before he may step onward and upward he must prove his ability to properly apply this energy.]

Concerning the pagan god Horus, the eye of Horus, or the Egyptian god on our one dollar bill, being a deity in the masonic lodge, I have a direct quote from the Masonic Monitor (54:11).

[ (The) All seeing eye pervades the inner most recesses of the human heart, and will reward us according to our merits.]

Other mentions of the worship of Egyptian gods within the teachings of the Masonic Lodge can be found the definition of the occult symbol the point with in the circle. The Phallus being the obelisk symbol of the Egyptian god Osiris. Albert Mackey writes in Manual Of The Lodge Page 56:

[ The Phallus was an imitation of the male generative organ, It was represented usually by a column which was surmounted by a circle at it’s base. The point within the circle was intended by the ancients as a type of the prolific power of nature, which they worshiped under the united form of the active or male principal, or the passive or female principal.]

The masonic lodge admits to the Sun and Moon being represented as part of their pagan religion from Egypt, with the recognition of the pagan god Horus from Egypt. Consider this quote from Albert Pike, the grand commander of the Scottish Rite, from Morals And Dogma (Pages 13, and 14).

[The sun and moon represents the two grand principals of all generations, the active and passive, the male and female… both shed their light upon their offspring, the blazing star, or Horus.]

The point within the circle, in masonic symbolism, is devised from worship of the Egyptian sun god. Albert Mackey’s Symbolism Of Freemasonry (page 353) states:

[The point within the circle is devised from sun worship, and is in reality of phallic origin, it is a symbol of the universe. The sun represented by the point, while the circumference is the universe.]

The Freemason’s books state Jesus Christ the same as Buddha and Zoroaster, reformers if nothing more. Albert Pike, Morals And Dogma, (Page 525).

[(Masonry) reverences all the great reformers. It sees in Moses the lawgiver of the Jews, in Confucius and Zoroaster, in Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and in the Arabian Iconoclasts great teachers of morality and eminent reformers if nothing more.]

The Masons are not creed bound to one religion. Manly Hall, The Lost Keys Of Freemasonry:

[The true mason is not creed bound. He realizes with the divine illumination of his lodge that as a mason, his religion must be universal: Christ, Buddha, or Mohamed, the name means little. He recognizes only the light and not the light bearer. He worships at every shrine, bows before every alter, whether in a temple, mosk, pagoda, cathedral, and realizes with his true understanding, the oneness of all spiritual truths. No true mason can be narrow for his lodge is the divine expression of all broadness.]

Freemasons in the blue degrees are purposefully kept ignorant. Albert Pike, Morals And Dogma (page 819).

[ The blue degrees are the outer court or portico of the temple, part of the symbols are displayed to the initiate, but he is intentionally misled by false interpretations. It is not intended that he shall understand them; but it is intended that he shall imagine that he understands them.]

February 26, 2007 at 4:46 pm
(5) Carrie Scoggins says:

I meant to add that if there are any questions about those deities being recognized by Wicca, since I only sited my sources for Freemasonry in the prior posting… One can easily contact the Nashville pagan group, or the MTSU pagan group and ask about their local members recognizing these deities.. I have dated members of both groups, and know for a fact that no Goddess is not accepted (Istar, the statue of liberty, Gaia from the Parthenon in Nashvilles Centinneal Park, or the Goddesses on the state seals in almost all 50 states), and that Horus is recognized by the Nashville pagan group (ask for Jester).

February 26, 2007 at 11:24 pm
(6) Ken Leach says:

Freemasonry is a fraternity not a religion. It requires of its members a belief in a supreme being.

George Washington was sworn in using the Bible from a New York City Masonic Lodge. To have used one from any chrch would have as indicating the governments favor of that denomination.

February 28, 2007 at 2:45 pm
(7) Carrie Scoggins says:

I am not misquoting the books of Lost Keys Of Freemasonry, Morals and Dogma, Manual of the Lodge, etc. These have already been tested in court in libel lawsuits, and the counter cult ministries won as their copy write lawyers brought the original books in the courtroom… the unedited versions… That is why the counter cult ministries of Ed Decker, John Ankerberg, Texe Marrs, and Pat Robertson are not currently being sued! The Freemasons already tried that one, and lost the suit… Keep current if you intend to go public… I took copy write law in college, and am well aware of what I am saying publicly…

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