A Brother Asks... Why the Church Controversy?

 
 
A Brother Asks1:  Why is Freemasonry so often a controversial thing in Church these days.
 
Coach: How so?

Brother: I see too many of them focusing their attention on insisting their members quit the organization, not join Freemasonry and spread lies about it.

Coach: Thanks. Yes. It appears that the Churches in question have found that it's much easier to focus its members against an external cause that is not controllable.

Brother: Rather than?

Coach: Rather than have them do work upon themselves that is controllable. 

Brother: But why?

Coach: This is one of many ways to rally and solidify groups that are otherwise wandering aimlessly and without any true unifying purpose. 

Brother: IS there a term for this?

Coach: Yes, it is called, "The addiction to a cause", and it is used within organizations to focus a group's attention on things that will control, divert and focus attention.

Brother: Like?

Coach: Like off things that really do need to be done and on to things that really do not need to be done because those in control know that by doing so, they gain tremendous power AND it masks the shortcomings and addictions of the leadership.  Having them focus on Freemasonry is a useless endeavor and a waste of time for all involved, save for one important result.

Brother: What's that?

Coach: It unifies groups who engages in it and keeps them under control.

 

Brother:  Yes, I see that occurring.

Coach: As you might be gathering from my response, Freemasons are not immune from this in any way.

Brother: We are not?

Coach: Members within our organization suffer with this all consuming characteristic all too often and unfortunately cause others within our organization to suffer as well and as a result.

Brother: The manner to which explain this leads me to understand that churches are not the only ones engaging in this.

Coach: Good!  Churches are not the only ones who do this.  There are other religious organizations that engage in the exact same behavior.


Labels

 

Brother: I see that too!  By the way, why is the term "Gnostic" used by some Christians to describe Freemasonry?

 
Coach: It is one of many labels used by these groups.

Brother: But why the label?

Coach: Labeling is a well-known way of categorizing, stereotyping and dehumanizing others.

Brother: But why do they feel the need to do this?
 
Coach:  They do this so that those who are labeling them and those who accept the labels feel justified with attacking those who are labeled in ways that would be unconceivable if the others were not so labeled. 

Brother: But why?

Coach: It is done out of ignorance AND in many cases it is done purposefully to influence others so that those who do the labeling shall gain additional influence over and from those who are ignorant.

Brother: It sounds like they use labeling to reshape receptive minds and reframe situations in ways that allow others to be treated differently because they cab then be viewed in contemptible ways.

 

Coach: Yep.  Once you can get people to believe others are less than human, different or worthy of distain, all sorts of inconceivable inhuman or uncivil actions become possible. '

Brother: Indeed! 

Coach: Once again, Freemasons are not immune from this in any way. 

Brother: Are you saying that members within our organization purposefully create labels to influence members who do not know any better and who would rather have things "simplified" so that they can react to situations that they would rather not think about in depth.

 

Coach: Yes. 

 

Discouragement
 

Brother: Why is Freemasonry so widely frowned upon and discouraged these days by Christians?

 

Coach:  First off, it's not all Christians, or believers in other faiths, that frown upon and discourage others from joining Freemasonry.  Secondly, the reason is as previously stated - the why is power and control over those who can be influenced. 
 
Brother: Influenced? 
 
Coach: Yes. It is used by those who know they have a gullible and ignorant target audience that they can control; Especially by spouting lies and half-truths and when the audience actually listens to and is moved by their non-sense.  
 
Brother: So, it's a power thing and it works extremely well upon the ignorant and lazy masses? Coach: Yes.  And...once again, Freemasons are not immune to this. You have a lot of non-sense being spouted by trusted individuals within our organizations who are empowered by gullible and ignorant pre-members and existing members who never dig deeper into issues affecting them and others.    


Believers

 

Brother: Do these Church members actually believe that Freemasons are involved in ungodly activities? 

Coach: Yes.  It is not uncommon either. 

Brother: It's not?

Coach: It's not!  The members of these organizations are mislead by both their

1. unwillingness to do the work necessary to know and be better; and
2. desire to focus their energies upon supporting things that they know are truly not good for them.​

Brother: So, they embrace ignorance at levels that are dangerous to both themselves and those they target as a result of their insanity.

Coach: Yes.  Once again, Freemasons are not immune to any of this. 

Brother: Wow!  Is this why Freemasonry and Freemasons currently struggle unnecessarily with so much non-sense and suffering as an organization, as an institution and as individuals within it?

Coach: You tell me?

 

 

1 These questions are paraphrased to suit blog purposes.