I don’t need your links. I’ve known the people, and I know all the nasty conspiracy theories that have been devised throughout their history to condemn the Freemasons.
Like I said, argue this nonsense with someone else.
Manley Hall tells it like it is—and the book was written in the 1920s so it is not some conspiracy theorist making stuff up in their mother’s basement.
He is actually sympathetic to Masonry—but his point is that the most important symbols and teachings do not mean what the average Mason thinks they mean.
If you are going to buy into an organization it is a good idea to dig deeply into its mission and philosophy—not just drink the Kool Aid served at local meetings.