Re: [TruthTalk] Mormonism & Freemasonry

[Blainerb473]

In a message dated 12/26/2005 11:52:23 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:    Lets add to this some new information...the Freemasons, in their ceremonies, pay homage to several Egyptian gods. Now, you have told us that JS writes in the PoGP that one of hte names of god is Amun, or Ammon, an Egyptian god. See the siilarity. I am anxious to research if JS got that name fromt he pages fromt eh book of the dead he purchased and pretended to translate as the Book of Abraham, or if he learned it in his Masonic lodge.     Blainerb:  I simply stated that some words from the language of Adam had been revealed to Joseph Smith, among them the word Ahman, for God the Father.  In pointing out the similarities between that word and some Egyptian names for deity, I was suggesting that perhaps the Egyptians had through time corrupted the concept of God, but had retained the name to some extent.  It is a well known fact that languages change, but still retain words or similar words to the original.  An example is the Algonquin Indian word for father--Abba.  The same word in Hebrew has the same meaning.  I am not an expert on languages, but it seems pretty clear there had to be a linguistic/cultural sameness at some point in time.  Again, CHARITY might help you reach different conclusions from the ones you draw.