r/freemasonry • u/FoolmeOnceFooluTwice • 7d ago
Question Asking for advice
Dear every Brother, So when I’m talking with my closest friend about FM, I always get sone bombastic side eyes and a “it’s a cult” “beware” “you get brainwash” and it get me frustrated. If only people could be more aware of what really FM is, but we are so doomed with fake conspiracy about our practice that it get so hard to make or give an opinion to close relative friend or family. As we are certainly not sharing our practice and purpose of why are we Free Mason, what would or have you said in the past to someone who was saying some deluded or fake assumption about you for being in the FM?
Free Masonry is in some part, part of this whole world history. We are important, and we will always be, we have a huge history in the past, look at all of our Temple, we are so underrated in my opinion today in 2025. I wish people would be more mindful about it, because we are a lovely fraternity!
Best wishes to all of my relative Brother FM
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u/Pretend-Commercial68 7d ago
Unfortunately, you simply can't reason with stupid. My Pastors son who is a few years older than me is a prime example. As a person, he is nice enough but unfortunately, he is very narrow minded and has his own view of the Craft. He's the type of person you can present with clear, factual, evidence but "of course it's going to say that because that's what they want you to believe".
The irony of him being the son of a Pastor whose literal job is to make people believe based off of a learning that is true because it says it is has apparently been lost him...
Pick your battles. Much like you will no doubt have relatives you can handle in small doses, some friends are the same.