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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

luktan Esinlenmeler (Inspirations from Freemasonry). The purpose of this
book is to train young Masons. Concerning the Masons' belief in the
"Great Architect of the Universe," he has this to say:
Masonry is not godless. But the concept of God they have adopted is differ-
ent from that of religion. The god of Masonry is an exalted principle. It is
at the apex of the evolution. By criticizing our inner being, knowing our-
selves and deliberately walking in the path of science, intelligence and
virtue, we can lessen the angle between him and us. Then, this god does not
possess the good and bad characteristics of human beings. It is not person-
ified. It is not thought of as the guide of nature or humanity. It is the ar-
chitect of the great working of the universe, of its unity and harmony. It
is the totality of all the creatures in the universe, a total power encompass-
ing everything, an energy. Despite all this, it cannot be accepted that it is a
beginning… this is a great mystery. 42

In the same book, it is clear that when Freemasons speak of the "Great
Architect of the Universe," they mean nature, or, that they worship nature:
Apart from nature there can be no power responsible for our thought
or our activities…The principles and doctrines of Masonry are scientific
facts based on science and intelligence. God is the evolution. An ele-
ment of it is the power of nature. So the absolute reality is the evolu-
tion itself and the energy that encompasses it. 43
The magazine Mimar Sinan, a publishing organization especially for
Turkish Freemasons also gives expression to the same Masonic philosophy:
The Great Architect of the Universe is a leaning toward eternity. It is
an entering into eternity. For us, it is an approach. It entails the on-
going search for absolute perfection in eternity. It forms a distance be-
tween the current moment and the Thinking Freemason, or,
consciousness. 44
This is the belief the Masons mean when they say, "we believe in

Allah, we absolutely do not accept atheists among us." According to Ma-
sonry’s perverted beliefs, it is not Allah, but naturalist and humanist con-
cepts such as nature, evolution and humanity regarded as supposedly
divine.

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