The part about having secrets is where the freemasons went wrong, because it deceives them into thinking it brings power.
And then they live apart from God.
It does give them power. Even the ones in your local community use it as a “good ole boys club” and scratch each others backs to the detriment of other citizens in their communities. It’s a low level deep state. Community insider trading where these assholes know about upcoming events that they can invest in before anyone else does. They are a low level little elite cabal that puts on a ‘do good’ façade. No telling what the children in their Masonic homes have had to deal with throughout the decades.
No one involved in a “secret society” should be allowed to hold public office.