I can accept an 'if'.
What I can not accept is being told that there are 'innocent' persons being 'unfairly' treated; withOUT any proof to back up the claim.
Elsie, you seem to argue just for the sake of arguing. If MarkB, or anyone else thinks that Masonry is anti-Christian and doesn’t want to be a part of it, so be it. He makes his own decisions and has to do what he thinks best.
There are, however, millions of us who are know full well that Masonry is NOT a religion, does NOT claim to be a religion, does NOT worship false gods, and is in NO way anti-Christian. You, and critics like you, sound like the Pharisees of old arguing about exactly how many steps you can take on the sabbath before it becomes work, or making lists of all the “unclean” people you won’t touch in order to remain righteous. The fact is that you’re not being righteous at all; you’re being self-righteous, sounding like the most narcissistic and close minded of bigots.