Does anyone know anything about the FREEMASONS?

Question

Why are they so secret? what are they hiding?
What is their handshake/ code words?
What is their role and purpose in todays society?
Does anyone have any real evidence of what they do?

Answer 1

I am a Master Mason. We are one of the largest charitable organizations in the world dedicated to making good men better. Our meetings and rituals are closed, but you can find all of them on the internet. Our modes of recognition are the only true secrets, but there are also places on the internet you can find them. We do TONS of charity, that's the main focus of the organization. We are NOT a political organization or a religion. Indeed, the discussion of politics and religion is expressfly FORBIDDEN in Lodge meetings. Two excellent books on the subject are:

Freemasons for Dummies
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry

An excellent web site is: http://www.grandlodge-england.org/

Answer 2

To put it bluntly my dear, it's a private matter between men who, believe it or not, do an awful lot of good not only for themselves but for the good of the community as well. Exactly how it's done is neither yours nor anybody elses business.
If you've got time, take a look around and you'll be surprised just WHAT they get up to without interference from nosy parkers like you. I've just been in a hospital which was built by Freemasons in 1933 and subsequently handed over to the NHS. It is a truly magnificent building and it has become a centre of excellence and is what is known as an 'elective surgery' hospital. It's so good that the ferking Blair lot are closing it down at the end of October, but we've all got to pay for the upkeep of the building (it's a listed building) for the next eighteen years because of the lease - and it can't even be used as anything else!
So it's ten out of ten for the Masons who put it there, and MINUS ten out of ten for blair and co.

Answer 3

Freemasonry is a fraternal organization whose membership is held together by shared moral and metaphysical ideals and—in most of its branches—by a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being.[1]

The fraternity of Freemasonry uses the allegorical metaphors of operative stonemasons' tools and implements, to convey what is most generally defined as: A peculiar (some say particular or beautiful) system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.[2] This is illustrated in the 1991 English Emulation Ritual.[3]

The Freemasons refer to those who are not Freemasons as "cowans" because in architecture a cowan is someone apprenticed to bricklaying but not licenced to the trade of masonry.

It is an esoteric society only in that certain aspects are private;[4] Freemasons have stated that Freemasonry has, in the 21st century, become less a secret society and more of a "society with secrets."[5][6][7] Dr. Dieter Anton Binder,[8] a historian (and not a Freemason) who is a professor at the University of Graz (Austria) describes Freemasonry as a "confidential" society in contrast to a secret society in his book Die diskrete Gesellschaft.[9] Most modern Freemasons regard the traditional concern over secrecy as a demonstration of their ability to keep a promise[10] and a concern over the privacy of their own affairs.[11] "Lodge meetings, like meetings of many other social and professional associations, are private occasions open only to members."[12][13] The private aspects of modern Freemasonry deal with the modes of recognition amongst members and elements within the ritual.[3][7]

While there have been many disclosures and exposés dating as far back as the eighteenth century, Freemasons caution that these often lack the proper context for true understanding, may be outdated for various reasons,[14] or could be outright hoaxes on the part of the author.[12] In reality, Freemasons are proud of their true heritage and happy to share it, offering spokesmen, briefings for the media, and providing talks to interested groups upon request.[12]

Answer 4

I just saw a documentary on TV about the Freemasons (very interesting). Check out a book -- there are several and read for yourself.

Answer 5

A couple of sites with some information & opinions.

http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/symbology/1o5.htm
http://www.godonthe.net/cme/links/masons.htm
http://www.rotten.com/library/conspiracy/freemasonry/

A know several Masons who are no longer active but still keep all the organisation's secrets. The great secrecy surrounding the organision is in itself a good reason to suspect evil.

Answer 6

"Who rigs every Oscar Night? We do! We do!"
- Song quote from the "Stonecutters" espisode (a spoof on Freemasons) on the Simpsons. LOL

*Freemasons are people who are believed to be controlling the world behind the curtain, so to speak...

Answer 7

the freemasons are as old as the hills, search them on wikipedia for semi official inof, then their are loads of other conspiricy sites that claim to have the answers

Answer 8

"Secret" does not always mean "hidden." It can also mean that a person is not yet ready to understand the information even if it is given to them. They can read it, but it's still "secret."

Answer 9

debbiecat
Said it all brother