I’ve been a Mason for 20 years, Past Master, 32°, Scottish Rite & York Rite. I don’t have any juicy secrets (like “33° Masons control the price of Ovaltine”), and I’m of the view that we’re / they’re mostly harmless. That said, I’m disillusioned. The Brotherhood is broken and not fulfilling what they promise to their craftsmen, which is to make good men better. It’s become one big LARP that sucks free time and money from its members and gives nothing back to the Brothers, their families, communities, or the world.
They broke their oath, I’ll break mine. Ask me anything. Or nothing.
I’ll check that out, thanks.
No offense taken, I’m an adult. ?
I was raised the complete opposite of anything traditional. My atheist pretend-Jew mom (the Jewish side of the family) sent me to synagogue to make her parents happy, but told me “oh just pretend there’s a God.” Meanwhile I had genuine curiosity about God, spirituality, etc. I probably would’ve (and I’ve attended synagogue a few times as an adult). I even toyed with studying Chabbad.