Tolerance is 100% necessary in a global world, if we aren't then say good bye to civilization, everyone can believe in what they want without imposing their beliefs on other, such as Jehovah witness,
I agree in general with you on that. I may oppose what the JW's teach, but I do not dispute their right to teach it. Nor would they dispute my right to teach as well.
it's not my place to tell you what your believing is wrong.
Why not? If you saw me walking onto thin ice, would you not warn me?
Consider this: a JW comes to your door because he is convinced that your soul is in imminent danger. In a very real way, he's expressing his love for you be taking the time to convey his warning. The Mormon views it the same way. But neither of these visitors crash your door down, tie you up and threaten to shoot you if you do not convert. You are tolerant of their right to believe as they wish and to act out on that belief, and they are just as tolerant if you don't want to hear their warnings. That they can go door to door unmolested is the direct result of their living in a society as tolerant as the U.S.
A Muslim might be a horse of different color (or a hearse of a different caller, if you've heard the joke). Radical muslims feel it is required by Allah to either convert the infidel, or to enslave or kill him, and too many other muslims feel their actions are justified. It is a tenet taught clearly by Mohammad, and thus endorsed by Allah. Such intolerance is unacceptable to us, but a way of life in some Muslim countries. Ask the few Jews remaining in Iraq and Afghanistan, or the Coptic Christians in Egypt about how tolerant the Muslims are. That kind of intolerance, thankfully, does not exist here in the U.S., and is, I believe, a direct result of our Christian heritage.
To reply to your statements skip, freemasonry is a spiritual institution, but spirituality is just recognizing your place in the universe.
I'd be interested if you have any GL documents that describe just what spirituality exists within the Lodge. My view is that it goes far deeper than you have noted. Just consider the concept of the spiritual temple that the Mason is supposed to be building and you'll start to see what I mean.
I don't believe God to be a being, but a universal essence, penetrating all of creation and consciousness and exists in other life forms
Yet Lodges are erected to God, opened in his name, give obligations in which the man asks for his help and so forth. In these instances, are the use of the word 'God' referring to that in which you believe?
Yes in some cases the bible has been proven by archeology to be accurate, but accurate in location maybe.
I think it more than that. Over the years, various folks have opined over Bible errors, only to be contradicted by facts. My view is that there are no errors of fact in the Bible.
History has also proven that the likelihood of Jesus the Jewish revolutionary has more away than Jesus the messiah. We know the roman empire took over Judea and made it a province with its line of Hasmonean kings, until the revolts which started in 66AD, apparently by Jesus and revolutionaries.
Where are you getting this information from? I think your sources are very flawed. BTW, Jesus died around 33AD, so I don't think he was involved in revolts over three decades later.
GAOTU is such a broad statement that I can mean anything,
I accept that as a fact. It is Masonry's special name for 'god' so that anyone can use it regardless of his beliefs.
Atheism is a reaction to fundamentalism, and freemasonry condemns both
I think you are wrong on both counts. Atheism is just the belief that there are no gods and has nothing to do with fundamentalism. "Freemasonry," meaning the various GL's, does indeed condemn atheists by denying them membership, but does not condemn fundamentalism in the same coin. BTW, isn't your view of freemasonry condemning them both constitute a judgment on their part? I thought your view was that no one should judge.
Oh, I think it does. If dogma refers to "an offical system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals and behavior," I'd say it very much has its own dogma. Otherwise, someone will have to rename Albert Pike's classic. Cordially, Skip.