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)
Nice folks.you must understand a lot of uninformed and frankly crazy people are here,with some let's say wild ideas.irs just a simple fraternity. I would say listen to masonic roundtable podcast,threelinksoddcast(oddfellows but good) and as much as I hate to say it go on reddit they have a good sub although it's got a lot of your lefty bent and the less than typical masons..also a lot of people here are younger and have not had any exposure to iniantic fraternities. Just my two cents.also I would strongly advise you to just go meet them and petition,if you dont like it quit if you do enjoy and have fun,meet nice people and do some good for yourself and community.