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I think the reason some ppl have/had negative views about the Masons was because a man who had left the order wrote a supposedly tell-all book about the Masons and their ritual.
In one of my classes my Prof told us about the book, and how their oaths were described as being near satanic and that some oaths included crazy things like if you ever said anything, you would be physically harmed, the deeper you got into it the more horrible the oath....
anyway, that book is out there, I guess, and it was very controversial, so that's prolly why some ppl misunderstand the Masons....just like some ppl misunderstand us Greeks!
I too was a bit prejudiced against the Masons and Shriners but reading this thread has helped me realize that they really aren't too different from us (except they seem to give a lot more) and my friend keeps insisting that since her grandfather was a Shriner they must be great Men.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and info,
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