Can you name popular ones? Is Bill Gates one? just curious.
2007-05-18 05:43:37 · 8 answers · asked by shanekeavy 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
They are NOT a secret society... silly little people!
Read this Article http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/138238/freemasons_who_are_they_and_whered.html
AND... here's some famous Freemasons:
Rich DeVos, 33 Degree Freemason, founder of the Amway Corporation
Franz Anton Mesmer, practiced Mesmerism which led to Hypnotism
George Bush, 33rd Degree Freemason, ex-president of the USA, ex-director of the CIA
J. Edgar Hoover, 33rd Degree Freemason, Director of the FBI
Walt Disney, founder of the Disney Corporation
Billy Graham, World's most popular 'Christian' evangelist is a 33rd Degree Freemason
Jesse Jackson, 33rd Degree Prince Hall Freemason
Bill Clinton, Senior Demolay (Masonic youth group)
Newt Gingrich, 33rd Degree Freemason
Bob Dole, 33rd Degree Freemason
Jack Kemp, 33rd Degree Freemason
Storm Thurmond, 33rd Degree Freemason
Colin Powell, 33rd Degree Freemason, U.S. Secretary of State
Jesse Helms, 33rd Degree Freemason
Barry Goldwater, 33rd Degree Freemason
Al Gore, Freemason
George Washington, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, James Polk, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, James Garfield, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Warren Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George Bush were all Masonic Presidents of the U.S.A.
2007-05-19 04:53:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably know a freemason personally, one of your father's friends or something.
Bronson Pinchot is a mason. He was on some sitcom. You'd want to look him up on IMDB. The link attached is a list of famous Masons.
Also, something else people don't know, there is a final degree in Masonry - once you reach it you can't go higher in the organization - so you join another organization - you become a Shriner. So, next time someone spouts consiracy theory about the Masons taking over the world, try to Imagine your would-be oppressor as a guy in a Fez on a tiny motorcycle.
2007-05-18 06:57:44 · answer #2 · answered by Cindy H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there are modern freemasons. Although it is not a secret society the way that it once was, it is still alive and well. I know several who belong to the freemasons, though I couldn't tell you the names of anyone famous (cuz I don't know). But one of the supervisors in my office is, a friend's father, and my husband has started the process to become one. Beyond that, I've no clue.
2007-05-18 06:37:46 · answer #3 · answered by lupinesidhe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are plenty of lists of Famous Freemasons on the internet. Google that term and you'll find a number of reputable sites.
2016-04-01 08:07:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They aren't all famous. One works in my office. Apparently it's a nice organization to be backing you up though... It's not as unified as I thought: lots of suborganizations and sometimes split over race and gender.
2007-05-18 07:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by urukorcs 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't think that Bill Gates is. Steve Wozniack (not sure of the spelling), one of Apple's founders, is as was Gerald Ford.
2007-05-18 05:48:40 · answer #6 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes.Just go over the CFR roster or most people in power,especially politics.
2007-05-18 06:28:11 · answer #7 · answered by kitz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they are a secret society. You can only tell one by the ring that they wear.
2007-05-18 09:17:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if I told you I'd have to kill you
2007-05-18 05:47:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋