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Did Mormons Descend From Masons?

Leaving the religious coincidences aside, there is still a lot of evidence to backup this myth. For example - at nearly every Mormon establishment in their treks west - the Mormons began quarrying and building stone structures. From their temples - to Cove Fort - the Mormons work with stone. In fact - they are pretty darn good at it too. Take for example the Salt Lake City temple, which two 40 years to build and has been standing strong for over 100 years. It is built almost entirely out of Granite. But does this make them Descendants of Masons? Some of them, maybe.

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  1. Shawn Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    In reality the term “Masons” refers to two different type of people.
    1. The Mason: a person who works with brick or stone for building purposes.

    2. The Masons: A Fraternal order that is full of mystery and claims to be the direct descent of the “Masons”(refer to #1) who worked on the temple of Solomon and tried to recreate the holy works they saw happen there.

    Were there likely some converts who were Masons or brick workers? YES(stands to reason lots of people were skilled laborers then).

    Were there likely some converts who were once part of the Masonic Order? YES, (stands to reason that someone would want to convert to something else)

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