So I see a lot of Mason hate and I am genuinely wondering a few things. Feel free to answer 1 or more if you know
1: Are most lodges social? I knew a guy who was one and they did nice stuff like free oil changes for poor and elderly, music events, etc.. didnt seem sketchy.
2: Do even low level people go through sketchy initiations or is that only the top tier?
3: Do you learn anything crazy when you get higher level or is it more of a fraternity kind of thing?
4: Are the 99% of Masons getting bad rep cause of the symbolism and the 1% at the top?
5: If you were in a normal club would you ever even meet a high level mason or would many go their whole life time never making it near the top?
I literally know nothing about them. I do notice lodges in odd places sometimes (I live in alabama so sometimes I run into them in real small towns and stuff like that but they are usually empty)
The corrupt always hide behind philanthropy. Do the Shriners do some good things? Does the Shriners hospital do some good things? Yes, but they provide cover for their misdeeds.
The illegitimate hides behind the legitimate. Is vaccine technology bad? No, the ability to present a harmless antigen to the immune system (in place of a matching harmful antigen) in order to stimulate the creation of beneficial antibodies is a technological marvel. They hide the illegitimate (harmful components of a vaccine) behind the legitimate.
Are contrails real? Yes, whenever a hydrocarbon is burned water is produced. Burn a log in a firepit, you are making water. Burn fat within your body you are making water. Burn jet fuel in a jet engine you are making water. In some conditions that water is made into fine ice crystals that become a contrail. They hide the illegitimate (chemtrails) behind the legitimate.
Many, many other examples. Dirty cops hide behind legitimate cops. Dirty politicians hide behind benevolent politicians. Infiltration instead of invasion. All legitimate institutions have been targeted.
This is the nature of our eternal Adversary. Deception is the greatest weapon of our enemy.
This is a good explanation, thank you