Refutations of Criticisms of Freemasonry

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Have you heard or read something negative about Masonry?
Wouldn't you like to be fair, and hear the other side?

There have been many attacks on Freemasonry, and a great deal of research has been done that proves these attacks are untrue.

Here's where to find the accurate information concerning each allegation or critic of Freemasonry

(please note that this webpage is in process - new information will be added and this webpage will probably grow a great deal all the time)

Allegations or Critics (alphabetical order)	Where to find ACCURATE information
Abbe Barruel	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry03.html#barruel
ABILFHR - Antimasonic International League for Human Rights of the United Nations	http://masonicinfo.com/kellett.htm
Acacia Press	http://masonicinfo.com/acacia.htm
Adams, John Quincy	http://masonicinfo.com/jqadams.htm
Al-Rasoul al-Jadeed Isa Bin Allah	http://masonicinfo.com/kansan1225.htm
Ankerberg, John	http://members.aol.com/adehoyos/chap1.htm Is It True What They Say About Freemasonry?: The Methods of Anti-Masons, 2nd edition, by Art de Hoyos & S. Brent Morris, published 1997 by Masonic Information Center, Silver Spring, Maryland - http://www.msana.com/
Antimasonic International League for Human Rights of the United Nations (ABILFHR)	http://masonicinfo.com/kellett.htm
Baker, James M.	http://masonicinfo.com/others_pg1.htm#Baker
Baphomet, Curse of	http://masonicinfo.com/chick.htm
Barley, Dave	http://masonicinfo.com/others_pg1.htm#Barley
Barruel, Abbe	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry03.html#barruel
Bavarian Illuminati	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry05.html#bavaria
Bay, David	http://masonicinfo.com/cuttingedge.htm
Bayonne, Mark	http://masonicinfo.com/others_pg1.htm#Bayonne
Bedellion, Steward	http://masonicinfo.com/others_pg1.htm#Bedellion
Bempechat, Josh	http://masonicinfo.com/others_pg1.htm#Bempechat
BeVier, William A.	http://masonicinfo.com/others_pg1.htm#BeVier
Bible Defense	http://masonicinfo.com/bibledef.htm
Bilderburgers	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry01.html#bilderburgers
Blanchard, Lawrence	http://masonicinfo.com/others_pg1.htm#Blanchard
Blevins, Gary D.	http://masonicinfo.com/others_pg1.htm#Blevins
Brick, Neil	http://masonicinfo.com/brick.htm
Brown, Tony	http://masonicinfo.com/brown.htm
Bruskewitz, Bishop Fabian	http://masonicinfo.com/others_pg1.htm#Bishop
Bullock, Roger	http://masonicinfo.com/roger.htm
Burns, Dr. Cathy	http://masonicinfo.com/burns.htm
Carlson, Ron	http://members.aol.com/adehoyos/chap1.htm Is It True What They Say About Freemasonry?: The Methods of Anti-Masons, 2nd edition, by Art de Hoyos & S. Brent Morris, published 1997 by Masonic Information Center, Silver Spring, Maryland - http://www.msana.com/
Chick Publications	http://masonicinfo.com/chick.htm
Circle of Intrigue, by Texe Marrs	http://masonicinfo.com/texe.htm
Conspiracy theories about Masonry	http://masonicinfo.com/conspire.htm
Conspiracy theories about Masonry		Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where it Comes From, by Daniel Pipes, published 1997 by The Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc., New York, ISBN 0-684-83131-7
Curse of Baphomet	http://masonicinfo.com/chick.htm
Cutting Edge	http://masonicinfo.com/cuttingedge.htm
Dark Majesty, by Texe Marrs	http://masonicinfo.com/texe.htm
Deadly Deception, by Jim Shaw	http://masonicinfo.com/shaw.htm
El Gato	http://masonicinfo.com/roger.htm
Enterprise Mission	http://masonicinfo.com/hoagland.htm
Ephesians 5-11 Ministry	http://masonicinfo.com/kunk.htm
Ex-Masons for Jesus	http://masonicinfo.com/kunk.htm
Fillmore, Millard	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/fillmore_m/fillmore_m.html
Freemasonry, by Jack Harris	http://masonicinfo.com/harris.htm
French Revolution - and Freemasonry	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry07.html#french
Gato, El	http://masonicinfo.com/roger.htm
Harris, Jack	http://masonicinfo.com/harris.htm
Hate groups and Freemasonry	http://www.masonicinfo.com/hate.htm
Hidden Secrets of Freemasonry, by Dr. Cathy Burns	http://masonicinfo.com/burns.htm
Hoagland, Richard	http://masonicinfo.com/hoagland.htm
Holly, Larry (James Larry)	http://masonicinfo.com/holly.htm
Icke, David	http://masonicinfo.com/icke.htm
Illuminati	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry01.html#illuminati http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry05.html#bavaria
Illuminati Ruling Class Conspiracy	http://masonicinfo.com/brown.htm
In God's Name: An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I, by David A. Yallop	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry07.html#jp1
Jack the Ripper - and Freemasonry	http://www.bessel.org/ripper.htm http://www.casebook.org/dissertations/freemasonry/stocks.html?show=all http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry07.html#ripper
Jackson, Rev. Jess (not the famous Jesse Jackson) - of Virginia Beach, Virginia	http://members.aol.com/adehoyos/chap1.htm Is It True What They Say About Freemasonry?: The Methods of Anti-Masons, 2nd edition, by Art de Hoyos & S. Brent Morris, published 1997 by Masonic Information Center, Silver Spring, Maryland - http://www.msana.com/
John Paul I, Pope - alleged murder	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry07.html#jp1
Kaffes, Nick	http://masonicinfo.com/kansan1225.htm
Kansas 1225	http://masonicinfo.com/kansan1225.htm
Kellett, Maurice	http://masonicinfo.com/kellett.htm
Kennedy assassination	http://masonicinfo.com/icke.htm http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry07.html#kennedy
Kennedy, John F. - and Freemasonry	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry06.html#jfk
Kunk, Larry	http://masonicinfo.com/kunk.htm
Lambert, Greg	http://masonicinfo.com/lambert.htm
Marrs, Texe	http://masonicinfo.com/texe.htm
Masonry Beyond the Light, by William J. Schnoebelen	http://masonicinfo.com/schnoebelen.htm
Miscellaneous objections to Masonry	http://masonicinfo.com/other_objections.htm
Mitchell, Ken	http://masonicinfo.com/mitchell.htm
Morgan affair	The Antimasonic Party in the United States 1826-1843, by William Preston Vaughn, published 1983 by the University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Newport, Jerry	http://masonicinfo.com/newport.htm
P2 Lodge, Italy	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry01.html#p2
Pike, Albert - KKK	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry01.html#kkk
Pike, Albert - "leader" of Freemasonry	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry06.html#universal
Pope John Paul I	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry07.html#jp1
Pope Pius IX	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/pius_ix/pius_ix.html
Priory of Sion	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry01.html#priory
Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe carried on in the Secret Meetings of the Freemasons, Illuminati, and Reading Societies, collected from Good Authorities, by John Robison	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry03.html#robison
Protocols of the Elders of Zion	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/protocols.html http://www.adl.org/special_reports/protocols/protocols_intro.html http://www.holysmoke.org/wicca/protocols-zion.htm http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/anti-semitism/prototoc.html http://skepdic.com/protocols.html http://www.srmason-sj.org/council/journal/jun99/zeldis.html
Religious objections to Masonry	http://masonicinfo.com/religious_objections.htm http://masonicinfo.com/religious_intolerants.htm
Religious "Right"		A Pilgrim's Path: Freemasonry and the Religious Right, by John J. Robinson, published 1993 by M. Evans, New York - http://www.mevans.com/index.html - ISBN 0-87131-732-X
Restivo, Mike	http://masonicinfo.com/restivo.htm
Robertson, Pat	The Most Dangerous Man in America?: Pat Robertson and the Rise of the Christian Coalition, by Robert Boston, published by Prometheus Books, Amhert, New York, 1996, ISBN 1-57392-053-3 http://masonicinfo.com/robertson.htm
Robison, John	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry03.html#robison
Rosicrucianism	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry05.html#rose
Sampson, Skip (T.A.)	http://masonicinfo.com/sampson.htm
Satanic ritual abuse of children	http://masonicinfo.com/brick.htm
Satanism	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry04.html#worship
Satanists	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry02.html#satanists
Schnoebelen, Bill	http://masonicinfo.com/schnoebelen.htm
Self servers and Freemasonry	http://www.masonicinfo.com/selfpro.htm
Shaw, Jim (James Dayton)	http://members.aol.com/adehoyos/chap1.htm Is It True What They Say About Freemasonry?: The Methods of Anti-Masons, 2nd edition, by Art de Hoyos & S. Brent Morris, published 1997 by Masonic Information Center, Silver Spring, Maryland - http://www.msana.com/ http://masonicinfo.com/shaw.htm
S.M.A.R.T. ("Stop Mind control And Ritual abuse Today")	http://masonicinfo.com/brick.htm
Social objections to Masonry	http://masonicinfo.com/social_objections.htm
Southern Baptist investigation		Fundamentalism & Freemasonry: The Southern Baptist Investigation of the Fraternal Order, by Gary Leazer, published 1995 by M. Evans and Company, Inc., New York, http://www.mevans.com/index.html ISBN 0-87131-775-3
Southern Baptist investigation	CIS Masonic Report leazer@mindspring.com
Freemasonry Watch	http://masonicinfo.com/thesaint.htm
Stermole, Sonny Rene	http://masonicinfo.com/bibledef.htm
Taxil, Leo	http://masonicinfo.com/taxil.htm http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry03.html#taxil http://members.aol.com/adehoyos/chap1.htm Is It True What They Say About Freemasonry?: The Methods of Anti-Masons, 2nd edition, by Art de Hoyos & S. Brent Morris, published 1997 by Masonic Information Center, Silver Spring, Maryland - http://www.msana.com/
Trilateral Commission	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry01.html#trilateral
Vomit	http://masonicinfo.com/vomit.htm
Washington, George - and Freemasonry	http://www.bessel.org/gwfmy.htm http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry06.html#washington
Washington, D.C. - and Freemasonry	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry06.html#68
Washum, Duane	http://masonicinfo.com/duane.htm
Weishaupt, Adam	http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry03.html#weishaupt http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry05.html#bavaria