Ebia, In order to discuss the topic one must be at least acquinted with the subject matter - hence the references to some academic sources and the online book - which I might add is free out of concern for persons like yourself - that they may at least be aware of it and have the opportunity to examine it. So please don't shoot the messenger.
If you want to debate it in a public forum (ie here) then you'll have to bring the arguments here and discuss them yourself, not just point people off to a couple of books all the time.
The design of the New Parliament House and it's parallels with Masonic design is no coincidence as the chief architects Ehrman B Mitchell Jr. and Romaldo Giurgola, born and trained in Rome, were high degree Freemasons. The Masonic design is self-evident.
When any one says anything is self-evident, I usually get very suspisious or cynical, or both.
As for some aspects of the design (e.g. black granite altar stone etc), anyone who is a Freemason or familiar with religious and occultic history will immediately recognise it's spiritual significance.
Even if true, the onus is on you to prove that symbolism is:
a. deliberate
b. intended to be interpreted the way you interpret it.
The designer of Canberra - Walter Burley Griffin from Chicago was also a Freemason and delved into mysticism and the occult.
As an archtect, I expect
he'd have had a hard time of it if he wasn't a mason. Now I'm no fan of the masons, but its been pretty hard to progress in some professions without at least nominal membership.
You've got to demonstrate that this symbolism is deliberate and intended. The fact that you're claiming symbolism from everything from the masons to pagans to christianity (the RCC) doesn't make your case look strong.
As Associate Professor Proudfoot from the NSWU says 'Inspiration for the Griffins' Canberra design is drawn from both ancient spiritual ideas and the Griffins' understanding of geomancy...Canberra, therefore, as affinities with Stonehenge, sacred Glastionbury, ancient Egyptian temples and pyramids..' p.4.
As an architect I'd expect him to draw on this sort of range of places. BTW, Glastonbury's status is as much fueled by its christian links as anything else, and Stonehenge is an amazing place - a perfectly reasonable source of inspiration.
You may think that the Pantheon features some great pieces of art - I might remind you that the Pantheon was built as a temple (rebuilt by Hadrian in the 2d century) to the pagan god's of Rome and worshipped in by the very same Roman Emperors that persecuted and butchered Christians by the thousands.
Doesn't stop it being great art.
In 609 AD it was disgracefully consecrated as a 'church' by the Roman Catholic Pope - the very church that would undertake its own persecution of Protestants during the Inquisitions.
What's this got to do with the price of fish?
So this is no light matter or a joke - this information is extremely important for Christians to know. Before hastily writing do some homework.
So far, you've failed to give me one consistent reason why I should.