Organizations Symbols People Freemasonry History Hoaxes/Frauds Are the Freemasons responsible for ?
Anti-Masonry has a history dating to the early eighteenth century in London, England. Anti-Masonic thought can be grouped into two broad catagories: accusations of anti-Christian or Satanic objectives and accusations of political and social manipulation. Both of these catagories rely on fraud, unsubstantiated paranoia, historical hoaxes, logical fallacy, and often the writings of the anti-mason, John Robison; the fraud, Leo Taxil; and the often misquoted Masonic author, Albert Pike. Contemporary anti-masons such as William Cooper, Jim Shaw (d. 1997), Jack T. Chick, and Pat Robertson also rely heavily on their own imaginations.
