| Tyler | Inner Guard | Tracing Board | Middle Chamber | Holy Spirit Watch | Seek | 3° Tour | Keystone Kraft Koncepts |

| Recently Initiated | Video and Audio Files | In Focus | The Morgan Report | F.·.W.·. Magazine | Mailroom |

| Breaking Masonry News | Discussion Forum | Message Board | Blog | Guestbook | Books | Links |

| Pillars of the Community | Travelling Men | Ancient Landmarks | Memory Work |

| Anti-Masonry: Points of View | Craftyness | A Certain Point Within A Circle |

| Born in Blood | Catechisms of the Made Men | Fellowship |





FreePress-FreeSpeech Banner




masoneye




header1020




Masonic Lodge No. 666 to ask for new number




g and compass




CNN Headline News and Cedar Rapids Iowa Gazette
Masonic Lodge No. 666 to ask for new number

By Rick Smith
Gazette staff writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2001

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Kingston Lodge No. 666, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, wants to change its lodge number.

The number 666 isn't a great one for a spiritually based organization to have, given that the Bible says the number is "the mark of the beast," explains Tim Anderson, senior warden of Lodge No. 666.

It's the book of Revelation that says believers in Christ will be tested in the world's last days by an Antichrist, who will persecute those who do not bear "the mark of the beast," the number 666.

"The members of the lodge felt . . . to have a number that has a negative spiritual connotation was just not the right thing. There's no deep mystery to it," Anderson said Monday.

Over the years, some who have joined Lodge 666 have ended up quitting because they were uncomfortable with the number, Mike Bonney, the lodge's master, added. "It's the devil's mark," he said.

Lodge 666 is one of five Masonic lodges in Cedar Rapids and one of 323 in the state.

Bonney said the lodge, which was formed in September 1967, is asking to be assigned the next number in line, 676, when the Grand Lodge of Iowa meets in Dubuque on Sept. 20-21.

Anderson suggested the lodge is addressing its number now because of an increase in the number of people in American society who embrace a literal, fundamentalist belief in the Bible.

"Some are very aware of the book of Revelation in the Bible and place more emphasis on it than maybe in the past," he said. "In the time when we need good men to join the Masonic fraternity, any small thing that would keep them from joining should be removed as a roadblock to membership."









Travel to the F.·.W.·. Middle Chamber






powered by FreeFind


Our MasonStoppers Line
Send us in confidence details of cases where you think
Organized Freemasonry has personally hurt yourself,
family, friends, aquaintances, or community. We would
also appreciate any additional background information,
links, and references on Freemasonry and the Occult.
Help us take a bite out of Freemasonry.




13,361,778 (13/02/07)
FastCounter by bCentral

Date Of Raising
June 24, 6000 A.L.

Save this site. Mirror it, if it goes 404.


X Network Banner ExchangeX Network Banner Exchange


Click banner to vote for FW and visit other sites