| Freemasons state “peace, fraternity and love | | | | |
| among human beings” to be the tenets of | | | | John Dewey published a “Humanist |
| their mission. However under these concepts, | | | | Manifesto” in 1933. The manifesto |
| albeit seemingly positive at first sight, lies the | | | | underscored the idea that it was high time to |
| Masonic philosophy’s enmity to religion. | | | | eliminate divine religions and replace them with a |
| | | | | new age of scientific improvement and social |
| Masonry has been one of the major topics about | | | | cooperation. |
| which people have been curious and bewildered. | | | | |
| That is because the organisation’s activities | | | | The second Manifesto published in 1973 explained |
| are kept confidential and thus its real philosophy | | | | all the threats against human kind. In this |
| and objections are subject to much controversy. | | | | Manifesto, an outline is given regarding how this |
| In their public disclosures, freemasons extensively | | | | philosophy denies the existence of Allah; |
| refer to “human love, tolerance, universal | | | | |
| fraternity, the way to science and wisdom...”, | | | | “There is no Deity who will save us. We |
| concepts with an instant appeal to heart. | | | | should save ourselves.” |
| However, freemasonry is a dark organisation with | | | | |
| its atheist and even anti-religious features. | | | | Masonic ideology is also based on the same |
| | | | | Humanistic principles. All the warming words used |
| The most interesting aspect is that the concepts | | | | in the ideology are of a deceptive nature when |
| referred by freemasons in their public disclosures | | | | one truly looks into their meanings. Once |
| and the accusations against them regarding being | | | | detached from the existence of Allah, words such |
| “irreligious” do not have much difference | | | | as love, fraternity and peace will be meaningless. |
| in essence. At this stage, one might raise the | | | | The sole existence of mankind is to worship Allah, |
| question “Why?” After all, none of these | | | | as Allah states in the following verse: |
| concepts seem adverse; love, tolerance and other | | | | “I created the jinn and mankind only that they |
| similar “Humanist” concepts do not seem | | | | might worship Me.” (Surat adh-Dhariyat: 56). |
| to be anti-religious at first sight. Even, many | | | | |
| people think these concepts are among the moral | | | | If mankind will deny this duty and rebel against |
| teachings religions introduce. However what truly | | | | Allah, He might never attain salvation. |
| matters is the content attributed to these | | | | One could never truly love another unless he has |
| concepts. | | | | faith in Allah. This is why the term “human |
| | | | | love”, which is frequently used in the Masonic |
| What “Love For Human” means for | | | | ideology is entirely divorced from reality; all |
| Freemasonry | | | | ideologies based on denial will strengthen the |
| Freemasons often speak about fraternity, | | | | wicked side in people and will therefore give rise |
| tolerance and universal peace. They resort to | | | | to bloodshed and torture. During the 20th century, |
| the rhetoric that men are responsible for others. | | | | due to the existence of irreligious ideologies such |
| These are actually words rendering consolidation | | | | as communism and fascism, hundreds of millions |
| among people and thus there is nothing wrong | | | | of people suffered from genocide while billions |
| with them. But what about a person’s | | | | were subjected to torture and pressure. It is |
| responsibilities towards Allah? | | | | also important to remember that The French |
| | | | | Revolution, a Freemason-supported movement, |
| This question discloses the actual face of the | | | | derived its strength from the motto |
| Masonic philosophy. That is because, the “love | | | | “Freedom, Equality and Fraternity” but |
| for human”, as referred by Masonic | | | | ended up with tens of thousands of dead |
| philosophy, is not the love sourced from the fact | | | | executed under guillotine. |
| that human beings are the creations of Allah, as | | | | |
| also approved by Yunus Emre in his words | | | | The Meaning of “The Scientific Path and |
| “to love the created because of the | | | | Reason” |
| Creator.” On the contrary, freemasons hold | | | | As with the case of the concepts of “human |
| that all human beings came into existence as an | | | | love” interpreted within the framework of |
| end of an evolutionary process. This is, however, | | | | Humanism, “science” and |
| an ultimate expression of denial of Allah. | | | | “rationalism” are also taken up in |
| | | | | anti-religious contexts by Freemasons. |
| In brief, the philosophy defined as | | | | |
| “humanism”, which is the backbone of | | | | For a Muslim, science is the tool to observe the |
| freemasonry, solely foresees the love shown to | | | | universe Allah created and to understand the |
| people and not to Allah. This distorted philosophy | | | | secrets underlying the way it functions. Rational |
| is expressed in the official reports of Turkish | | | | thinking, on the other hand, is a way of worship |
| Freemasonry lodges which was published in 1923: | | | | Allah commands in the Qur'an and a sign of faith. |
| | | | | However, in the Masonic terminology, these |
| “We no longer accept Allah as the purpose of | | | | concepts are used with totally different |
| our lives. We have created our own purpose. | | | | connotations. In the According to Masonic thinking, |
| That purpose will serve humanity and no longer | | | | science is not a tool to analyse the beings created |
| Allah.” | | | | by Allah. On the contrary, having faith in science is |
| | | | | being associated with being an atheist. Under the |
| “Underdeveloped societies are impotent. To | | | | guise of science, hoaxes such as Darwinism are |
| cover their incapability, they mostly deify the | | | | indoctrinated to societies. Masonic teaching wages |
| forces and happenings which surround them. | | | | a war against religion by means of the hoax of |
| Masonry deifies humans.” (Selamet Mahfili- | | | | Darwinism, which is actually refuted by the |
| Third conference, page 51) | | | | science itself. In a journal published by Turkish |
| | | | | Freemasons, the responsibility of Freemasons to |
| The definition of humanism, which lays the basis | | | | make the propagation of non-religiousness under |
| of freemasonry, indicates that this philosophy is | | | | the mask of “science” is stated as follows: |
| of an anti-religious nature. Julian Huxley, the leader | | | | |
| of the humanist movement in the 20th century | | | | Believing that this is the best and single way in |
| founded a new religion, “Evolutionary | | | | terms of evolution, our main Masonic duty is not |
| Humanism” in the guidance of Darwin’s | | | | to deviate from positive sciences and wisdom, to |
| evolution theory. He stated the meaning rendered | | | | propagate this belief among people and to raise |
| by this new religion as follows: | | | | the public in the guidance of sciences. The |
| | | | | following words of Ernest Renan is significant: |
| “When I use the word “humanist”, I | | | | “The vain goals of religion will collapse by itself, |
| mean that a human being is a natural creature | | | | only when the public is trained and enlightened by |
| such as a plant or an animal. In other words, the | | | | science and reason.” |
| human body, mind and soul have not been | | | | |
| created by a supernatural power but created as a | | | | The following statements of Lessing also support |
| result of the evolution. Therefore, the human | | | | the same argument: “Through the |
| being should not believe in the control nor the | | | | enlightenment of man by science and wisdom, |
| guide of a supernatural power but his sole | | | | man will no longer feel the need of religion one |
| existence and sole power.” (American | | | | day.” |
| Humanist Association Brochure) | | | | This is the Masonic approach to religion. |