Rick Warren - "I'm NOT a Freemason!"

We hate rumors and gossip. Generally speaking it's always best to get the facts from the source. That's not to say the source can always be trusted but it is important to get as much information as we can from the source, compare it with the facts on the ground, how the source acts in public, and what the source says in relation to how it acts and who owns the microphone and/or camera.

So we fired off an e-mail to the Warren camp about allegations that Rick Warren is a Freemason. Freemasonry is a fraternal organization which conflates many of the world's religions and philosophy into one ideology including Islam and Christianity.

Many people assumed Rick Warren is a Freemason because of his push to include Muslim groups in his "ministry" outreach to bring about a "common good", calling Muslims his "brothers". See our article outlining the evidence for this here.

So there's really no question Rick Warren has crossed a few lines here. He is promoting the idea that Muslims, who the Bible calls "cursed" and who clearly qualify as "unequally yoked" when Christians seek to unite with them, can be "good" people who Christians should be willing to work with to promote a better world.

So it's no wonder people are making the assumption Warren is a Freemason, yet, he doesn't have to be so in order for Warren to hold his views. Barack Obama is not a Freemason and he holds very similar syncretic views. So we sent off an email to the Warren camp and received a response.

PPSIMMONS -

Dear Sir...

Can you confirm or deny rumors that you are a member of the freemasons?

Thank you.

Michael D. Shoesmith

Social Networking Director

PPSIMMONS Ministries

Linda Black, Representative for Rick Warren -

Dear Michael,

Pastor Rick is NOT a member/attender of the freemasons. This is a RUMOR.

Thanks for coming to us for the truth.

Blessings,

Linda

Well there it is. Warren is emphatically "NOT" a Freemason according to his rep. It makes sense that he would not be a Freemason. We are pursuing this matter however. We have responded with questions about Warren's membership in the CFR and asked about his reference to Muslims as his "brothers". Stay tuned.

Barack Hussein Obama - The Muslimchristianhindubuddhistatheist

In a recent "report" by Ulsterman with supposed ties to White House insiders and access to information from deep within the bowels of the Obama administration his contact talks about Bill Clinton, Hillary, Ron Paul, and the current resident in the WH - Barack Obama.

About half way through the profanity-laced piece the insider makes a claim which startles even Ulsterman - "He's an atheist you know".

Insider: Barack Obama. Atheist. So is Jarrett. Not that it matters…I don’t really care. No…I do care. I don’t like the lying about it. The bullsh-t way they go on using people. Pretending. That church in Chicago – it…for Obama it was just about connections. Leverage. Politics. Now I see them…getting the media to show them going into a church, hearing Obama talk about his religion…it’s all…it’s nothing to them. Nothing! God is a joke to those people. A punchline.

Add this to the list of other religious groups Barack Hussein Obama belongs to. Obama himself seems utterly confused as to his affiliation.

In that video Obama seems to be giving the Muslim community some very flattering and endearing praise indicating he very much associates himself with the religion of Islam. Yet in a Huffington Post article dated 9/29/10 -

President Barack Obama, in a rare discussion about his religious beliefs, described himself on Tuesday as a "Christian by choice" who arrived at his faith in adulthood because "the precepts of Jesus Christ" helped him envision the kind of life he wanted to lead.

So now we have Barack Obama associating himself with Jesus Christ - the God of Christianity who died for the sins of the world - a teaching which is blasphemous to the ears of Muslims and a heresy worthy of death in many parts of the world. But wait - it doesn't end there.

In a Nov 8/2010 news article by the BBC we learn that Barack Obama credited Gandhi with his Presidency while on a trip to India.

US President Barack Obama has paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in an address to the Indian parliament, saying studying the legacy of India's independence icon had helped propel him to the White House.

Obama described the personal impact of Gandhi's teachings of non-violence and equality on his political career and said he felt honoured to visit Gandhi's residence, where decades later Martin Luther King had stayed

So - now we see a conflation of Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and Atheism. Anything else? Perhaps. The Buddhist Blog on blogspot (which hosts this blog) actually endorsed Obama for President because of his apparent ability to unite all people everywhere.

Barack Obama seems uniquely positioned to be a political leader able to unite people of all races, religions and citizens of the world. He may not know of the Buddhist teaching of interdependence but that is exactly what he has cultivated. He has been able to inspire people from all over America and the world with many different political views that we have more in common than not and that we have a responsibility to help each other. He has reminded us that the division of the past 8 years has caused a lot of suffering both here in America and in the world.

So now we can summarize the exact spiritual condition of Barack Hussein Obama. He has embraced Atheism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and been endorsed by the Buddhists. Is there a name for an individual who conflates seemingly all of the world's philosophies into one? If there is a label one could ascribe to such a broad belief system what would it be? Here's the answer: Syncretism!

Barack Hussein is a syncretist. He isn't an atheist or a Muslim or a Christian or a Hindu or a Buddhist. He is a syncretist. So "what's the big deal" one might ask. The problem here is a lack of conviction - especially from the leader of the free world. Islam and Christianity do not lend themselves to conflation. They are polar opposites. Even though Jesus gets honorable mention in the Q'uran, it is certainly not the same Jesus spoken of in the Bible. And even Gandhi himself reckoned Christianity a false religion stating -

"I regard Jesus as a great teacher of humanity, but I do not regard him as the only begotten son of God. That epithet in its material interpretation is quite unacceptable. Metaphorically we are all sons of God, but for each of us there may be different sons of God in a special sense. Thus for me Chaitanya may be the only begotten son of God … God cannot be the exclusive Father and I cannot ascribe exclusive divinity to Jesus." (Harijan: June 3, 1937)

Barack Obama is attempting the impossible. Syncretism is not a viable worldview. Yet the evidence is overwhelming that Obama is a practicing syncretist.

Syncretism - the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion (dictionary.com)

Obama's Syncretism Shines During Christmas

Rick Perry promised to end Obama's "war on religion" last week in a campaign ad where he said:

"I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school." says Rick Perry in his latest ad scheduled to run in Iowa, "As President, I'll end Obama's war on religion. And I'll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage. Faith made America strong. It can make her strong again."

They should probably close down ratings on that video with the likes at 19842 and the dislikes at 638500. But whatever the case they seem to have drawn the ire of the Obama campaign which attempted to show some "christianity" by attending "church" services - a rare event for the family Obama. Here are the President's remarks on the matter.

"For me and for millions of Americans, the story has filled our hearts and inspired our lives. It moves us to love one another, to help and serve those less fortunate, to forgive, to draw close to our families, to be grateful for all that has been given to us. To keep faith, and to hold on to an enduring hope in humanity." Obama added, "Service to others; compassion to all; treating others as we wish ourselves to be treated -- those values aren’t just at the center of Christianity. Those are values that are shared by all faiths."

Barack Obama is not a Christian. He is a syncretist. What is a syncretist? Syncretism is the combining of different beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. In this video we showed in great detail the President's conflation of practically all of the world's philosophies into one common expression.

As we examine Obama's remarks we see this syncretism displayed and a giant missing the point. "Service to others; compassion to all; treating others as we wish ourselves to be treated -- those values aren't just at the center of Christianity. Those are values that are shared by all faiths." All faiths? Hardly. But rather the point of the birth of Jesus was the incarnation of the only way to heaven - God in the flesh - Emanuel! This reality is rejected by ALL other faiths except Christianity! Jesus is God! - the ONLY way to heaven! If Obama was a Christian he would not have thrown Jesus under bus like this but rather displayed to the world a REAL Christian attitude and REAL Christian compassion by telling the TRUTH about Jesus - that unless a man believes that Jesus is who he SAID he is that person will die in their sins and rot in a lake of fire for eternity - a dramatic reality not shared by ANY other religion. Epic fail Mr. President.