Do you think the Freemasons still exist?

Answer 1

Certainly. They are pretty big in the US.

Answer 2

Do I think? No.

Do I know? Yes.

There are millions of Freemasons around the world, of all walks of life, races, creeds, religions, etc.

Do a google search on "Grand Lodge of [place where I live]" and you will be able to contact them to prove their existence to yourself.


EDIT:
Hildulf:
The requirement in Freemasonry is belief in a Supreme Being, per the UGLE this is very liberally interpreted (i.e. polytheists, monotheists, pantheists, etc...) can all be Freemasons. The only thing you cannot be is an Atheist or a Satanist.

Answer 3

Yes the Freemasons do exist, one of the biggest known lodges is the United Grand Lodge of England based in London, its abit odd how things are done there and in my opinion not the best to join because of its distortion of history to suit its own purposes. But nonethe less they still exist,nearly every town or city in the usa has a lodge of some kind, theres a small one in mine in the center, youd have never noticed it was a mason lodge if it wasnt for the symbol on it. The Freemasons have no desire to rule the world as a group like many believe there are some who are in high power places but the Freemasons as a whole are not into world domination. Also the Bush family are not members of Freemasonry, they are members of the skull and cross bones which is an offshoot of Freemasonry that is no longer considered a Freemason organization because of their activities and there linkings to presidential killings since their creation.

Answer 4

Considering my father, uncle, and an acquaintance are all Freemasons...
I'd say yes.... they exist.

EDIT:
cl_freemason:
I hear the masons have recently relaxed the bit about having to believe in the Christian God as the supreme being, and are allowing polytheists in, as they also acknowledge a higher power..
Is this true or hearsay?
I'm a hard polytheist, myself, and I'm curious.
Dad and uncle are about > < that far from being fundies... so they wouldn't tell me if I asked.

Answer 5

Yes, I personally know dozens since my father was Grand Master of the state for a period.

As for the confusion about "little cars" in an above answer:

The Shriners, A.A.O.N.M.S. or Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, established in New York City in 1870, is an appendant body to Freemasonry.

Answer 6

Yes. One of my father's good friends is a Freemason.

Many prominent leaders in the LDS Church (including Thomas S. Monson) are also Freemasons.

High-ranking authorities in the US, UK, and French governments (including recent French President Jacques Chirac) are also Freemasons.

There are also rumors that the CEOs and presidents of the oil companies are Freemasons.

Answer 7

Yes. My daughter is sponsered by a freemason to attend the freemason children's hospital for disabilities here in Texas

Answer 8

Uhhhh....yeah. At thousands of Masonic Lodge Halls all over the country. They're not that hard to find. Try the Yellow Pages.

Answer 9

Yes- in the United States after a period of loss they are seeing an increase in membership.

Answer 10

Yes. There are lodges all over the place, and most of the powerful men in government, business and such are at least circumstantially tied to the organisation, with many openly masons. Are you maybe incorrectly referring to the Knights Templar? Most evidence points to them being instrumental in creating Freemasonry after the Templar order was destroyed.

Incidentally, both my Granddads were, though they unfortunately died when I was very young, so I never had the chance to pick their minds about it.

Answer 11

I just saw a Freemason funeral a number of months back...