Shills keep attacking Freemasonry. Here's why I think that's not such a good idea: Freemasonry exercises a man's conscious selection of Free Will over Bondage. To become a Freemason, you cannot be bound, cannot be a slave, cannot be owned. You must be Free and Accepted. Acceptance means that the lodge to which you belong is in good standing, and steadfastly follows the By-Laws which are available for viewing to the public. Moreover, the example by which you live your life and display good citizenship is another merit of the Freemasons. However, not all Freemason lodges are in good standing. If you are part of a lodge in good standing, you will not be encouraged by your lodge to visit lodges not in good standing. In fact, you might be barred from intermingling with them. The reason why Freemasonry is attacked is because Freemasons use a system of allegorical recognition for other members, and other means to recognize a member. If you look at the decay of our universities, it is because Freemasonry also created the college fraternal system as a direct offshoot. The two share many aspects and elements of their initiation. Now, as you see the decline of Patriots graduating from universities, why do you think this is so that there are fewer and fewer college fraternities? And it would appear that the fascists are against the Freemasons, and are whittling away at college fraternities,too. This is no surprise because autocratic governments, which hate individualistic expression always attack Freemasonry - each and every time!