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The Masonic concept of God is a very generic god, on the surface a syncretism of the deities of all human religions. However, behind this syncretic façade, the Masonic god is nothing but the demonic false deity that motivated the Tower of Babel. That is, the Masonic "god" is a deification of what men, agreeing with each other, can collectively do for themselves without (or even in spite of) God.
Herein is the danger of Masonry: it encourages us, in our pride, to collectively seek religion "our way." "Our way" never includes the Cross, and never includes a real relationship with God. We may serve God, as we understand Him (or Her, or Them), but never know Him, and our "service" will consist of nothing more than serving ourselves, our community or "mankind" collectively. Masons serve this collective-self god in part through rituals which may have demonic aspects, rituals about which much has been written by their detractors. While these rituals may well be demon-inspired and may lead into witchcraft (I simply don't know), however, the open door to the enemy in Masonry is not in the rituals but in the false picture of God which underlies the Masonic philosophy.
At least one of the 9 founders of Topeka, Frye W. Giles, was a self-described "devout Mason." Giles was the Treasurer of the Topeka Town Association, the first elected Shawnee County Clerk, the city's first banker and the city's first historian.
Giles records in his history of the city that, on October 17, 1866, during the construction of the first (East) wing of the state capitol building, in a ceremony "performed under the direction of the Grand Lodge of Kansas" and "observed by state officials and citizens," a Masonic cornerstone was laid in the northeast corner of that building, just under the water table.
Topeka currently has five Masonic lodges and one Shrine temple listed in its telephone directory. Moreover, the Grand Lodge of Kansas now meets, and has its offices, in a building on the northwest corner of 8th and Harrison, just across 8th St. from the capitol square. Alhough the membership in the old Masonic organizations has been shrinking for the last 40 years, Masonic organizations are still located influentiaaly here. Moreover, the Masonic philosophy has become the cornerstone of the "New Age" religions. The influence of the Masonic philosophy is stronger than ever.
Cults and false religions in Topeka.
Summary of founding of Topeka and its present implications.
Areas for repentance (first list)
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