"MASONRY"...What can you say about this???

Masons are the largest and oldest fraternity around, they have roots back to Great Brittan. I am not in the Masons, but I would assume that it is just like any other organization, there is a certain prestige to being a part of it. Can they help people in their professional life? Sure they can, I am sure you have heard the saying it's not necessarily what you know but who you know, so being in the company of other's in your professional life could lead to new opportunity. And a large group of people with similar goals can influence things, just look how lobbyists influence congressional matters. Even the President of the United States had to respect the Catholic Church when it came to his birth control mandate.

It's the same thing as the Freemasonry, right? Or it isn't? Hehe. Anyway, I have encountered it when I read The Da Vinci Code, and when we have studied Jose Rizal as one of our subjects in college, but up to now I am not very much clear about this. Maybe I'm being a little bit ignorant, hehehe. If my memory (and understanding) serves me correctly, it is supposed to be an organization, of course. But it has made some controversies because of its ALLEGED connection with paganism or some sort of devil worship. I am not totally sure about this, but this is what I have been hearing or reading from them. That is why Rizal had issues during the time when he was about to be executed, because of his affiliation with the Masons... It was said that when he joined this organization, he also turned his back into Catholicism, which is still a matter of dispute among historians until now. Well, I hope I have helped with this blabber of mine. :D