Exploring the Connection Between Mormons and Masons

Exploring the Connection Between Mormons and Masons by Matthew B. Brown

Brown tidily lays out why LDS temples and temple ordinance work is not founded or copied from Freemasonry.  The book, as non-fiction is informative, especially the footnotes, but not a wild and intense read.  Much of the information you probably already knew if you are LDS.  Also, because Brown did not want to leak or slander the sacred LDS ordinances or Freemason rituals, there was actually little he could say......which is probably why you picked the book up in the first place (to get all of the nitty gritty!). 
Brown does a good job of laying out the facts in a timeline fashion so that they are easy to understand.  And he proves his point well.....if you already agreed with the point he was making. However, if you are not LDS, you probably don't really care about what he has to say.  He assumes that the reader will count revelation, visions, and other spiritual activity as a plausable way of gleening information.  While I do.......not everyone does.  So, you could be left saying.........'Well, the whole shebang could have just been lied about or made up."

Rating 3 It didn't rot.  I was interested.  I understand why this wasn't some 'Enquirer' expose...BUT it did leave you wondering why you really read it.  The footnotes were probably some of the best parts.
Rating G