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GLOBAL FREEMASONRY

brotherhood, the love of working and peace, democracy, etc. These re-
lease a person totally from the religious creeds but still give a principle of
life. They search their bases not in metaphysical concepts but inside a
mature person living on this earth. 50
Masons who think in this way are totally opposed to a person believ-
ing in Allah and performing acts of charity to gain His approval. For them,
everything must be done only for the sake of humanity. We can clearly
discern this way of thinking in a book published by the Turkish lodges:
Masonic morality is based on love for humanity. It totally rejects being
good through hope for the future, a benefit, a reward, and paradise, out
of fear of another person, a religious or political institution, unknown su-
pernatural powers… It only espouses and exalts being good in relation to
the love for family, country, human beings and humanity. This is one of the
most significant aims of Freemasonic evolution. To love people and to be
good without expecting something in return and to reach this level are the
great evolution. 51

The claims in the above quotation are highly misleading. Without the
moral discipline of religion there can be no sense of self-sacrifice for the rest
of society. And, where this would appear to be accomplished, relationships

The Masonic theory of "humanist morality" is
extremely deceptive. History shows that, in so-
cieties where religion has been destroyed, there
is no morality and only strife and disorder. The
picture on the left shows the savagery of the
French Revolution and portrays the real results
of humanism.

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