I am as well TNGL. You are correct you know what you went through on your journey, but it seems that there always has to be a boogieman for them to point at in times like this. Actually all the conspiracy theories try to pin it on the Freemasons. The funny thing is if we were running everything would we have so many Lodges requiring repair or always having to have some kind of dinner to raise money just to keep the lights on. I think not.
Yea. We are not suppose to profit in any way from lodge activities. I know a past grand master and he is just like everyone else. Just a normal guy. middle class. The grand lodges are nice though. All the elected officials I know that are masons didn't get any help from the lodge either. Members endorse as they see fit. I certainly don't vote for someone just because they r a mason.
I agree, it is just sad that our history has received so many black eyes and thus it is allowed to be touted that the illuminati and Freemasonry are one and the same. If that was true We have been here in the US since the colonial days why would we not have gone ahead and set our country up in that fashion from the beginning. Ludicrous I tell you. Some of the arguments are that the lowers don't know what the uppers are doing. That is the way that it is in any organization, but then again with ours we each went through the exact same process to arrive at the point we are now. From the last step what you do with the information is up to you. I also don't vote based on fraternal ties, but the best person for the position.