My Brother's Been Invited To Join The Masons, Can anyone tell me anything about them? Options

Hey guys,
My 20 year old brother has apparently recently been approached by a member of Freemasonry, and asked if he wants to join. I know practically nothing about the group myself, aside from occasionally having heard probably the usual dark rumours. From the little reading I tried to do on the group probably close to 15 or so years ago, I did get the impression that they were Luciferians...although I wasn't able to really confirm anything definite. I apparently had a great uncle who was a member of the group, but true to form, he never said much about it.

The single main question I wanted to ask is if it's true or not that they are in fact Satanists...if they are, I'm almost certain my brother isn't going to want to join. I haven't bothered to look up info about them elsewhere on the Web, because I figured I'd get two very polarised depictions of them. One portraying them as baby eating demoniacs who perform the proverbial "unspeakable rituals with sheep and street urchins," (to quote Phil Hine) and the other portraying them as radiantly glowing beings of light and the authors of democracy; the saviours of mankind.

I know neither of the above images are therefore likely to be correct...but can anyone possibly give me one which is somewhere close to the truth?

This post has been edited by Petrus: Dec 21 2007, 08:44 PM

The single main question I wanted to ask is if it's true or not that they are in fact Satanists...

I know neither of the above images are therefore likely to be correct...but can anyone possibly give me one which is somewhere close to the truth?

Greetings,

The Freemasons are at worst a reclusive social club with mildly religious overtones. Joining may be a good move as they tend to look after their own- like a group of close net friends. There are no down sides as far as I know, no eating babies, or overthrowing the government, might have an initiation ritual though.

Cheery-Bye