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GLOBAL FREEMASONRY

The Kabbalah's teaching
about the origins of the uni-
verse and living things is a
story replete with myths to-
tally contrary to the facts of
Creation revealed in holy
books.

There is an important point that both the true Torah and the Qur'an

share in common: Allah is recognized as Creator. Allah is absolute, and
has existed since the beginning of time. Everything other than Allah is His
creation, created by Him from nothing. He has created and formed the
whole universe, the heavenly bodies, lifeless matter, human beings and all
living things. Allah is One; He exists alone.
While this is the truth, there is a quite different interpretation found
in the Kabbalah, that "subtle poison which enters into the veins of Judaism

and wholly infests it." Its doctrine of Allah is totally opposed to the "fact of
Creation," found in the real Torah and the Qur'an. In one of his works on
the Kabbalah, the American researcher, Lance S. Owens, presents his view
on the possible origins of this doctrine (Allah is surely beyond all the ex-
pressions in the extract below):
Kabbalistic experience engendered several perceptions about the Divine,
many of which departured from the orthodox view. The most central

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