My Bible study teacher was a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner for some twenty years. His opinion of Masonry is vastly different from yours and pretty much on par with Ex-Soldier's. Perhaps instead of simply lashing out in rage at everyone that criticizes Masonry (and candidly, your vitriol on this thread has not been in character for you), you might consider the possibility that not all lodges are as "Christian" as yours, and that the symbolism of the initiation rites is disturbing when you delve into it.
I wonder what his "opinion" is of the Shriner's Hospitals that each year provide millions of dollars worth of free care to burned and crippled children?