Posts by mellowsailor95

Benjamin Taylor6 said:So you're saying the Great Architect is more a concept for God, rather than the Unclean!?
The Unclean destroys—he doesn't build!

I'm not so sure about that.
The architects building those tacky vacation homes along the Atlantic coast are definitely destroying things—ruining the landscape, the views, everything—whereas someone like Zaha Hadid or Frank Gehry actually builds something meaningful.
Then again, both sides have their own devoted followers. 😉

Actually, let me rephrase. My point is that we’re left with nothing but guesswork and assumptions. Everything can be viewed from multiple perspectives if you look hard enough. I was simply touching upon the friction between the Catholic Church and Freemasonry, and I wasn't just talking about the terminology itself.

bluemason3 said:Of course they’re incompatible. Masons pair their belief in God with humanism, human rights, and all those modern ideals.

They aren't out here pushing for a theocracy (even if being Catholic didn't stop them from joining—in fact, back in the day, it was actually required, unlike with the Catholic Church 😁).

Freemasonry essentially emerged during an era when the humanist movement was finally breaking free from the grip of monarchies and the Church alike. It was just a territorial struggle, and honestly, I’ll take Masonic ideas over Church doctrine any day of the week.👍

As far as I can tell, the real issue lies in the fact that Masons worship an "Architect" of the world, and to plenty of people, that figure is none other than the Unclean.

On a different note, regarding meditation: it isn't incompatible with Christianity at all, especially Catholicism. In fact, there are extensive writings on the subject by figures like St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross.

Meditation runs through everything written by the foundress of the Discalced Carmelites; she believed it was the only true path to an Encounter with God residing within ourselves. That’s why you have to shut out the external noise, find stillness, and contemplate... which is essentially just what meditation is.