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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

STRANGE RITES IN THE TEMPLE OF HUMANISM

Masons want to make the whole world a "temple." But, the temple they envision is not the
temple of true religion but of humanism. Their dream is of a perverted world in which hu-
manity is idolized, where people have completely rejected true religion, and the evolution-
ist philosophy is regarded as the only true philosophy.
In a Masonic text, a strange ceremony organized for this intention is described:
Today, one universal religion is coming into being, slowly as it may be, that can sat-
isfy consciousness in its full meaning… Parallel to this universal religion a morality
will be established commensurate with a world-view… Such a religion will unite
human beings in the universe. This is MASONRY. This religion will be passed from
heart to heart. The temples of this religion will be temples of humanity. Among the
hymns sung in this temple may be Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the most noble musi-
cal composition that ever sprang from the human spirit….
Instead of the meat and blood of a bull in the ceremonies of Mithras, we celebrate this
birth by eating bread and drinking red wine. Here we unite in a common faith that has
the character of a communion. In a new year, I want to baptize this holy struggle of
ours and bring it to an end: Eat one more piece of bread, brothers, you are the mis-
sionaries of this religion, let those saints who share this bread be friends. Brothers,
to be blood brothers, take another sip of flame from your wine glass. (Mason, Year:
29, No.40-41, 1981, pp. 105-107)

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