Freemasonry is a Jewish organization whose origins go back to the Jewish King Solomon. The Bible describes King Solomon as the richest and smartest man (1 Kings 10:23), who began worshipping idols and practicing human sacrifice (1 Kings 11:4-8).
Thomas Friedman: "The organization considers King Solomon the first Freemason, and its tradition of doctrines, passwords and symbols derives from the building of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem."
Encyclopedia of Freemasonry: "So that now almost all the Symbolism of Freemasonry rests upon or is derived from the House of the Lord at Jerusalem. So closely are the two connected, that to attempt to separate the one from the other would be fatal to the further existence of Freemasonry. Each Lodge is and must be a symbol of the Jewish Temple, each Master in the chair representing the Jewish King, and every Freemason a personation of the Jewish Workman."
Source for Friedman: https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/01/travel/quarrying-history-in-jerusalem.html
Source for the Encyclopedia: https://www.phoenixmasonry.org/mackeys_encyclopedia/t.htm
Anyone interested in probing beyond that which we are told by others about Freemasonry should look in to the misdirection we are handed concerning "Hiram".
On the one hand, the Masons go on with their tale about the mythical "Hiram Abiff" and the construction of the Temple of Solomon. On the other hand, there was indeed a nearby king in Tyre, Hiram I, who reigned during the construction of said temple.
You think they'd fall all over themselves trying to claim the historical king was the basis for Hiram Abiff, and that they were not just spewing a load of loony bullshit they dreamed up somewhere along the line.
Quite the opposite is true: they go out of their way to say the two Hirams have absolutely no relation to one another. That's odd. So odd, in fact, I consider it clear misdirection.
I find it relevant that Hiram's father was Abibaal ("Baal is my father") and his son was Baal-Eser ("Baal is foremost"). Some may have heard of Baal before.