What, exactly, is so evil about Masons?

Answer 1

Nothing that I have seen. I'm sure there are Masons who are real assholes, but evil as a whole? No. My hub is a 32nd degree Mason/Shriner and I have yet to see any credible evidence that they are all in on some huge Conspiracy to take over the world. They whole "bash the Masons" was started with the Roman Catholic Church (which has been at odds with the Freemasons for centuries). Mainly from the fact that the Masons keep their meetings "secret"........ so secret, I've seen it on TV several times, and I know the "secrets" are real, cause several of the Masons I know pointed it out as well. They also tend to get upset over the oaths that are presented in some of the Masons writings.... yet these same people don't have a problem with swearing on the Bible, when the Bible itself says not to swear on anything... not even on or to God.

I think it's organization envy.....

Answer 2

Awhile ago [at least 2 centuries ago] an Ex-mason spread a lie about the Head Frater saying the Mason's worshipped Satan. This lie was refuted, but many cling to it.

Also, many people believe the Masons to be the visible arm of the illuminati. This is nothing more than conspiracy theory.

The last bit is that Masonic rituals are very occult. They combine things from many faiths, from Egyptian to Islamic.

In otherwords, because people don't understand, it's evil.

Answer 3

Lyle Larrigan
FREEMASONRY IN A NUTSHELL
A Christian frequently must render a decision about supporting or joining various organizations that exist in the community. In some cases it may be a service club, a charitable organization or a secret society such as one of the lodges. In all cases, the Christian should carefully examine the articles or constitutional principles that the organization is based upon.
In the case of the lodges, that is somewhat difficult to do, especially as lodge members are under oath not to divulge the nature of the foundational principles or the ceremonies that are carried out in the temples. However most comprehensive public libraries have copies of some official lodge publications and books written by Masons, ex-Masons, and non-Masons available for anyone who wishes to find out details of lodge rituals and beliefs.
While some Masons deny that Freemasonry is a religion, there are some like Coil, the author of "Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia" who would agree that it is a religion. When one considers that the lodge meeting places are called "temples", prayer is directed to a supreme deity called "The Great (or Grand) Architect of the Universe" at the opening and closing of all meetings and the Bible is considered a "piece" of lodge furniture and is referred to in some of the rituals, it becomes quite apparent that Freemasonry can be and is considered a religion by most people who have done research into its workings.
In his 1984 book titled "The Brotherhood", Stephen Knight, a journalist and author attempted to take as objective a point-of-view as he could in deciding whether or not Masonry was guilty of devil worship as many had charged, and whether or not it was compatible with Christianity. He decided that the matter did not require a great deal of knowledge of theology. On page 231 of his book we find:
"One does not have to be a theologian - nor even a Freemason or a Christian - to recognize that Christians and Freemasons would have to worship the same God for the two to be compatible. The question simply, then, is do they?
If Freemasonry were found, despite its protestations to the contrary, to be a quasi-religion and to have a different god from the Christian God, then the two would naturally be incompatible."
On pages 235 and 236, Knight goes on to reveal the
"ineffable" name of the G.A.O.T.U. which is deliberately hidden from the candidates and lower degree Masons.
"In fact the Masonic god - cloaked under the description Great Architect - has a specific name and a particular nature, which has nothing to do with Christ, Vishnu, Buddha, Mohammed or any other being recognized by the great faiths of the modern world."
"Two-thirds of Freemasons never realize the untruth of the line they are fed as to the identity of the Great Architect, because it is deliberately kept hidden from them. It is no overstatement to say that most Freemasons, even those without strong religious convictions would never have joined the Brotherhood if they had not been the victims of this subtle trick".
"The true name, although not the nature of the Masonic god, is revealed only to those Third Degree Masons who elect to be "exalted" to the Holy Royal Arch.""In the ritual of exaltation, the name of the Great Architect of the Universe is revealed as JAH-BUL-ON - not a general umbrella term open to any interpretation an individual Freemason might choose but a precise designation that describes a specific supernatural being - a compound deity composed of three separate personalities fused into one. Each syllable of the "ineffable name" represents one personality of this trinity:
JAH = Jahweh, the God of the Hebrew.
BUL = Baal, the ancient Canaanite fertility god associated with "licentious rites of imitative magic".
"ON = Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld
Coil records this in his Encyclopedia on page 516 as,
"Jah, Bel, and On appear in the American ritual of the Royal Arch degree on the supposition that Jah was the Syriac name of God, Bel (Baal) the Chaldean, and On, the Egyptian."
Anyone with a reasonable amount of Sunday School training will recall the great difficulties that the nation of Israel experienced whenever they became caught in the practice of Baal worship. 1 Kings, chapter 18 records the showdown between Elijah, the true prophet, the 450 prophets of Baal, and the 400 prophets of the grove. Verse 24 of chapter 18 says,
"And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God."
The account goes on to tell us that Baal did not, indeed, could not answer the 450 prophets, while God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob answered Elijah and consumed not only the offering, but also the wet wood and the trench full of water around the offering. Subsequently, the prophets of Baal were executed as they were false and had led the people of Israel into false idolatry.

Answer 4

Same as the Jews. They RULE THE WORLD! And they do it SECRETLY so we can't know.

^^^ That's a JOKE. Jews aren't taking over the world, OK?

Seriously:

The actual reason is that several Masonic lodges in France were infiltrated by the Illuminati, who stirred up the French Revolution to try and put their beliefs into action. Napoleon clamped down on the Illuminati, and they dissolved a few years later. Some people still think that the Masons are pawns of the Illuminati (which hasn't been active for about 200 years) and are trying to take over the world and put it under a socialist - atheist - pagan - whatever government. They're pretty much wrong.

Answer 5

Nothing is evil about them. And to correct a couple of your answers here. Masons are not a Christian group. Many Jews are Masons. As are many other religions. The only requirement is that you believe in God.

But, even as Mason myself, I can't answer all there is to know. But all they do is charity work and promote brotherly love. Never heard any talk about world domination or anything like that.

Answer 6

I don't think there is anything evil with the Masons.. many of my ancestors were Masons and one was even a Reverend.

Answer 7

Nothing. About as evil as the Rotary Club, the Elks Lodge or the Toastmasters.

Answer 8

Nothing at all. Masons are a charitable and fraternal group. However, some people like to assign all kinds of wild conspiracy theories to Freemasonry, and have done so for centuries.

Answer 9

I asked a former Mason about it. He said after you go up the ranks, there is a question of whom the true God is.

Answer 10

i wouldnt call them "evil" but their secretive-ness is pretty tarded.

they were actually founded by a group of masons who knew tricks of the trade had secret handshakes and passwords and what not, and wealthy folk wanted in and bought their way in...

now its some secretive cult and from what i read up on, some of their rituals are pretty cultishly creepy. one man even died in it. and they seem to cover up all they kill very well.

i just watched a documentary on it. ^^