Albert Pike wrote that Freemasonry is the synagogue of Satan.
The problem is that when people read the word "synagogue" they naturally assign it to the Jews. That is not necessarily what John is saying. The evil Satanists encompass many religious fronts.
ALL BIBLES ARE blasphemous. ESPECIALLY the King James.
You have to know what god intended to say, not necessarily what the bible says! You have to know or all of them will deceive you in certain areas.
For example - KJ blasphemy:
Changed Passover to Easter in acts 12:4.
Changed Holy Spirit to Ghost.
Changed the word assembly to church.
Changed the word Messianite to Christian.
Changed Elohim to God.
Changed Yahweh to Lord.
Many more.
Both religions have been hijacked. Christianity'r rituals have nothing to do with anything Jesus taught.
You are correct. Mithra, Baal, Istarte, are all Christian accepted rituals. Oh, and druidic blood rites too.
Again, it does not matter. ALL bible are translated differently. There is no perfect bible.
Just because verses were left out means nothing as they can be covered in the verse before or after.
It is the intent. And sometimes you need to compare 4 or 5 bibles to see which one is closest to the truth.
All bibles are translations and there is margin of error or coercion to defraud in all of them especially the King James.
It does not mean anything.