The reason that the Catholic church is against the Mason ( and NO, the Masons are
NOT anti-Catholic nor anti-Christian ! ) , is a long and involved story. The short of it is, that it was about MONEY and keeping parishoners under the thumb of the church ; they didn't ( still don't ) like the fact that ANYONE can be a Mason, as long as he believes in GOD.
I have no idea why the Lutherans are against the Masons. If you are a Lutheran, and have been told this " evil " crap, in church, then all I can say, is that you are being lied to, dear.
I'm catholic and to be honest I don't recall ever hearing stories of those evil mason's .. LOL
My hubby has a friend who dad is a mason .. he doesn't seem evil either