It's the "Grand Architect of the Universe" actually and that title is just a pretty term for "God", it comes from two facets
1)Freemasonry evolved into it's philosophical and speculative form from practical Masonry, this is why it maintains all the symbols such as the square, compass, hammer...
Free Masonry doesn't have a religion.
For example I am a Vaishnava and a Freemason, however my Lodge contains mostly Christians, though we have a Sikh and a Muslim and I know of Jews in other Lodges.
I can't comment on the Illuminate since I don't belive it's existance and Ive never heard of...
I always read the "Slay Kinsmens" in the BG as literal, since he was about to fight and kill a large number of his family and friends, and then did proceed to.
I don't see why, it's a scientifically sound claim, when you go right down to it all Matter is made of varying combinations of Atoms which are themselves ultimately combinations of Quarks.
Not to outright, say Quark's are Brahman, but if God were present in all things, I don't see why he...
This is a worrying claim, and unfortunately an incorrect one.
The evidence for Jesus's existence is very small, essentially limited to a few doctered commentary a century or so after he supposedly did his thing.
Since due to the nature of the Gospels and the NT it cannot be counted as firm...
Hey there!
Just making the obligatory introduction thread, little bit about myself all that jazz!
I joined a few weeks ago but ive just been lurking, see if I liked the feel of the place...I do!
Im a Vaishnava from England , former Military but currently in my last year of University...