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 # Freemasonry
 
-Freemasonry is a very famous, old (dating to Middle Ages), mysterious and large worldwide group of men claiming to pursue charitable goals, a group infamous for being the subject of countless [conspiracy theories](conspiracy_theory.md) due to the secrecy of their conduct. They evolved from a literal guild of stonemasons (traced to the end of 14th century), but turned into something greater over time. To summarize them in short is difficult, but one will often hear about their use of symbols, rituals and meetings closed to the public, and indeed maybe about their plans to "secretly rule the world, unnoticed behind the curtains".
+Freemasonry is a very famous, old (dating to Middle Ages), mysterious and large worldwide group of men claiming to pursue charitable goals, a group infamous for being the subject of countless [conspiracy theories](conspiracy_theory.md) due to the secrecy of their conduct. They evolved from a literal guild of stonemasons (traced to the end of 14th century), but turned into something greater over time. To summarize them in short is difficult, but one will often hear about their use of symbols, rituals and meetings closed to the public, and indeed maybe about their plans to "secretly rule the world, unnoticed behind the curtains". Freemasons are in some ways similar to [Illuminati](illuminati.md).
 
 Because matters are a bit complicated with Freemasons, let's summarize some of the group's characteristics:
 
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 - They make heavy use of symbolism, with most prominent symbols including the **square and compass** (with letter *G* inside), the **eye of providence** and **three dots**. They also have special handshakes and similar stuff. These carry meanings -- obscure knowledge of hidden meanings gets passed from higher ranked members downwards and serves initiation and progression through their system of ranks. Hopefully we can get away with the following comparison: it's a bit like how [4chan](4chan.md) newfag becomes oldfag through acquiring knowledge of more and more obscure [memes](meme.md).
 - They are part of **conspiracy theories** connected to [jews](jew.md) and **secretly ruling the world**, manipulating world economy etc. This is firstly because of the secrecy and mystery, but also due to many famous and powerful people in their ranks (including some [US](usa.md) presidents) AND their symbols actually appearing in many places (famously e.g. the dollar bills). For this many people hate them, including probably [Nazis](nazi.md) and atheists, but importantly also by the big religions who see a threat in their universal religious tolerance. It's not rare for them to be persecuted or even banned by various countries and regimes.
 - **[Women](woman.md) can't join them :D** Actually there are some [spinoff](fork.md) "Freemason" organizations that relaxed the rule, but the TRUE Freemasons are conservative and uphold it.
-- **[Atheists](atheism.md) can't join either**, faith in higher power is required but without forcing any specific religion. All are tolerated as long as they believe in a supreme creator, including Christians, Muslims, Jews and others.
+- **[Atheists](atheism.md) can't join either** (CHECKMATE). Faith in higher power is required but without forcing any specific religion. All are tolerated as long as they believe in a supreme creator, including Christians, Muslims, Jews and others.
 - Joining has further requirements such as financial stability, passing an interview etc.
 - They organize and meet in **local lodges**, or "temples" of a sort. Just like religious temples these tend to sport luxury, excessive decoration and symbols everywhere, even requiring presence of a holy book (Bible, Quran or anything similar). The forefront is probably Grand Lodge in London, but it seems they're all quite [decentralized](decentralization.md), some lodges don't acknowledge other ones etc. Just like countries.
 - They aim to be **apolitical and tolerant**, simply wanting to do "good", without subscribing to specific religions or political parties. Complete freedom from bias may indeed get hard to achieve at times but in general it seems to be so.
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 ## See Also
 
+- [Illuminati](illuminati.md)
 - [cicada 3301](cicada3301.md)
 - [less retarded society](less_retarded_society.md)
 - [Venus project](venus_project.md)