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Freemasonry versus Christianity. The Masonic Lodge or the Craft or the Lodge, their differences in beliefs versus those from the Christians. There are seven fundamental beliefs that differentiate

Masons from the Christians. Now, who are the Masons and what do they believe? So in USA,

there's an estimation of about 869,000 to 2 million people that belong to the Masonic Lodge.

The global membership is about 6 million.

They are represented in at least 20 countries,

and 14 U.S. presidents have been masons.

The origins of the Freemasonry are likely to be in associations

with stone masons who build Scottish and English cathedrals

and castles during the Middle Ages. The first Grand Lodge was established in London,

England in 1717. The first lodge in America was established in Boston in 1733. At least nine of the signers of the Declaration

of Independence were said to have been masons. George Washington was one of them. So was Benjamin Franklin.

At least 14 to 15 American presidents have been masons. Now other famous masons, you know, include musicians like Mozart

and authors like Sir Arthur Conan Dyle and Clark Gable actor

and the head of the FBI, Edgar Hoover.

Now the Masonic Lodge increased its influence in the USA in about 1800s, establishing several thousand of lodges.

The Masonic Lodge has developed into various groupings, call them like denominations.

The Blue Lodge, which is often seen as the oldest lodge and the entry point into the masonry.

And one must join the Blue Lodge before moving into other lodges.

The second one is the York right and the Scottish right are the two options that follow the membership in the Blue Lodge. And the York right comes from the York, England, where the early lodge was.

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