Today News Bot posted "an excerpt from Albert G. Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, this installment of Symbols & Symbolism presents his exploration of the All-Seeing Eye". you can read this very interesting post here: http://www.myfreemasonry.com/threads/the-all-seeing-eye.24952/
This post provides an excellent history lesson. History is a good thing. The conclusion of this post is that the All Seeing Eye "is a symbol of the Omnipresent Deity". I accept that conclusion as correct. However this conclusion presents an interesting dilemma for Master Masons.
Freemasonry accepts men of all faiths. Each faith describes the details of " Omnipresent Deity" differently. How do we, as Masons, deal with this apparent disparity? Is "Omnipresent Deity" different for men of different faiths; is that acceptable? Or are we, as Masons, referring to some core aspects of Deity that are the common to all men of all faiths?
This post provides an excellent history lesson. History is a good thing. The conclusion of this post is that the All Seeing Eye "is a symbol of the Omnipresent Deity". I accept that conclusion as correct. However this conclusion presents an interesting dilemma for Master Masons.
Freemasonry accepts men of all faiths. Each faith describes the details of " Omnipresent Deity" differently. How do we, as Masons, deal with this apparent disparity? Is "Omnipresent Deity" different for men of different faiths; is that acceptable? Or are we, as Masons, referring to some core aspects of Deity that are the common to all men of all faiths?