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[edit] Freemasonry
The editors of the article should consider asking whether the cult of the Supreme Being has something to do with the cult of the Great Architect of the Universe found in Freemasonry. The cult of the Supreme Being intervened during the most difficult and anti-Christian moments of the Revolution and some anti-Masonic writers such as abbé Augustin Barruel have taken it as evidence that Freemasonry is radically incompatible with Christianity. ADM (talk) 14:12, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
- Sure, we can consider it... let's see... there is no "cult" of the Great Archictect of the Universe in Freemasonry. "Great Architect of the Universe" is simply a term that Freemasons use in referring to God, one that (since Freemasonry is non-denominational) will not offend members who of of many different religions. It should be noted, however, that the term originally entered Freemasonry with a distinctly Christian meaning. The term was first used in a Masonic context by Rev. James Anderson, a Presbyterian minister, who borrowed it from the famous Protestant theologian John Calvin, who himself took it from Thomas Aquinus). It was only later, as Freemasonry grew to accept people from other faiths that the term grew to include their concepts of Deity. Given that the vast majority of Freemasons world wide are devout Christians, the term is not "anti-Christian".
- So I would say, no... the two things don't have "something to do with each other" (no matter what abbe Barruel may have said). One is a term that specifically includes the Christian concept of God, the other a group that specifically rejected the Christian concept of God. Blueboar (talk) 18:54, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
