What is the true agenda of masons?

Question

also what are their moral convictions...

Answer 1

I am a Co-Mason, Freemasonry for Women and Men, and I will do my level best to speak of what I know.

Masonry in the past (and perhaps in some now very select Lodges) has been used as a starting point for revolutionary thought. And was effectively a blind for more serious sedition. With sworn oaths of fidelity and brotherhood, those who sought to do harm could try to recruit within Freemasonry's ranks.

However, blaming Freemasonry for those members (most of whom were expelled as soon as such was known) is like tarring the Republican Party in the US (or the Southern Democrats in the past) with the association in the Ku Klux Klan. Not all Republicans wear sheets and lynch folks.

Freemasonry in the 1700s disassociated itself from its past. Mostly that was because it had, in France especially, been associated with the plots to reinstall the Jacobian (Bonny Prince Charlie) on the throne of England. Of course, there was a Hanover king on the throne.

The American Revolution was fought by Freemasons on both sides. So was the American Civil War and the Texas Indepenced War.

The true agenda of Freemasons? Well, from my point of view it is that all women and men are created equal in front of the Almighty, that people fight over religion and politics but mostly we can sit together in harmony and peace if we set aside petty differences. You should not cheat your Brother or anyone else. You should be truthful. You should remember there are times when you are flat broke and it is only by the help of others you are alive today.

These are moral lessons. Freemasonry, at least the Co-Masonry I belong to, is a system of morality. It is not about being a fraternaty or just a fund-raising organization. I drive over 800 miles a month to have a Lodge in Santa Cruz and then one down in Los Angeles. In August I fly to Larkspur, CO to attend workshops. Why? Because I need the work on myself.

Proud to be a member of such a body.

A Master Mason
American Co-Masonry

Hiram Lodge No. 11 (Santa Cruz, CA)
Amon Ra Lodge No. 9 (Los Angeles, CA)
Sapientia Lodge of Research (Larkspur, CO)
Adamant Mark Lodge No. 3 (Santa Cruz, CA)

Answer 2

Masons don't have an "agenda", except perhaps to shore up a rapidly aging and declining membership, as do many other fraternal and social groups.

Basically Freemasonry is a society that strives to make good men better. It strives to teach moral sciences through experiential examples and while not a religion teaches it's members to be faithful in their own. Masons don't discuss politics or religion in a Masonic Lodge as this could cause discord between the brethren - this means that Masons are able to practice tolerance and build friendships that transcend differences. One of the strongest Masonic "teachings" (if you can even call it a teaching) is fidelity or keeping one's word.

Masons have been a firm supporter of public schools and various charities. Currently in the USA they have the second lowest overhead costs for their donations, including the Shriner's Children's Hospitals. The only organization to have a lower over head is a single mid-western church.

Answer 3

Freemasonry doesn't have an "agenda" as such. Their goal is to make good men better, and to help others. As such, our moral convictions are to improve ourselves and to aid and assist those in need.

If you know what a Mason is, you are familiar with some of the jobs that a Mason might have, as far as building with stone and brick. Masons use certain tools and concepts to do their work. These are called operative Masons.

Freemasonry is also referred to as speculative Masonry, and this is a fraternal organization that (to make things simple), assigns certain ideas or principles to the working tools of operative Masons, and uses these to teach certain moral lessons. Our group is a fraternity based on this concept of conveying intangible ideas through the use of symbolism derived from ancient Masonic teachings.

As an example, Masons use a square to make sure that structures adhere to perfect angles. We may use this to remember to square our actions with others (to deal with people squarely and fairly). Also, an operative Mason uses a level to make sure that something is evenly perpendicular to the ground. Speculative Masons use this to teach that we are all equal and on the level with others.

Those are just a few examples of how Freemasonry and operative masons are related. However, it in not required that Freemasons be operative masons. We are bankers and ditch diggers, waiters and software engineers, preachers and bartenders, and all other occupations.

While it was pretty common for men at the time of the founding of the United States to be Freemasons, not all of the Founding Fathers were brothers. Ben Franklin, George Washington, Paul Revere were members, but John Adams and and others were not. Eight signers of the Declaration of Independence were Masons. The reason that so many were members is because the Masons believe in freedom and equality, so it stands to reason that men of such belief would be involved in the creation of our country. It should be mentioned, however, that this political activity was not done as an act of the Masons. In fact, many Masons at the time were also loyal to England.

If I can answer any further questions, please feel free to contact me.

Answer 4

Freemasonry is the oldest and largest world wide fraternity dedicated to the Brotherhood of Man under the Fatherhood of a Supreme Being. Although of a religious nature, Freemasonry is not a religion. It urges its members, however, to be faithful and devoted to their own religious beliefs.

http://freemasonry.org/

Answer 5

I am a mason some of the beliefs of Masonry and thing taught at a lodge are:
--all people are equal
--torlarence of all reilgons
--torlernece of alll politcal opinions
--charity
--honesty
--trustworhty
--a person interqulitys are more important that hiw worldly weaths or honors
--

Answer 6

they want to lay bricks