Twentieth - Century Masonary: Silent and Remote

During 18th and 19th centuries, the activities ofthe great fabric" will come about when the basics
Masons in countries such as France, Germany,of Masonic philosophy—materialism, humanism
Italy and Russia, clearly showed that the goal ofand Darwinism—are imposed on society.
Masonry was socio-political revolution. Masonry 
wanted to establish a new order in which religiousThe most interesting aspect of this silent and
institutions and religious faith are eradicated, andremote strategy is that those Masons who are
to this end has attempted to topple monarchiescarrying it out almost never reveal that it is being
that were supportive of religion. In manydone in the name of Masonry. They do their work
European countries, Masonic lodges becameunder different identities, titles and in different
rallying centers for opponents of religion, wherepositions of power, but they impose a commonly
coups, uprisings, assassinations, political plots andespoused philosophy they adopted through
anti-religious politics were conspired. Behind all suchMasonry, on society.
activities, whether on a small or grand scale, which 
have occurred since the French Revolution in 1789The result of this deceit is very detrimental. The
to the twentieth century, is found the influence ofprogram of alienating the masses from religion,
Masonry.carried out by Masonry in the eighteenth and
 nineteenth centuries, gave rise to neo-pagan
According to the English historian Michael Howard,ideologies such as racism and fascism, and secular
Masonic lodges concentrated their efforts in theand violent ideologies such as communism. The
second half of the nineteenth century tospread of social Darwinism deemed people to be
overthrow the two remaining important Empires:animals struggling for their existence, the brutal
the Austro-Hungarian and the Russian Empires,results of which came about in the second half of
and were able to achieve their goal as a result ofthe nineteenth century and in the twentieth
the World War One.century.
  
In other words, at the beginning of the twentiethThe World War One was the work of European
century, Masonry had, in great measure, achievedleaders who, as a result of Darwin's suggestions,
its goal of socio-political revolution.regarded war and bloodshed as a biological
 necessity. During that war, 10 million people went
Therefore, the twentieth century was not one ofto their deaths, for nothing. The World War Two
Masonic revolutions. Thinking they have no morethat followed it, and in which 55 million people
obstacles to confront, Masons prefer to merelyperished, was again the work of totalitarianism,
disseminate their philosophy instead of hatchinglike fascism and communism, that was the result
political plots. They spread their materialist andof the seeds of militant secularism sown by the
humanist philosophy to the masses under theMasons. Throughout the whole world, during the
guise of science, or by means of art, the media,twentieth century, all the destructive wars,
literature, music and all manner of popular culture.conflicts, cruelty, injustice, exploitation, hunger, and
Masons do not intend by this propaganda tomoral degradation, basically, were products of
eradicate the divine religions in a sudden revolution;irreligious philosophies and ideologies.
they want to achieve this over the long-term, and 
to initiate all people into their philosophy only littleIn short, the philosophy of Masonry has yielded
by little.bitter fruit. It could not be otherwise as it is a
 divine law. Historically, those pagan peoples who
An American Mason sums up this method asrejected the religion of God, in preference of their
follows:traditional mythology and the religion of their
Freemasonry does its work silently, but it is theancestors, followed the road to destruction.
work of a deep river, that silently pushes onFreemasonry, a contemporary manifestation of
towards the ocean. (The Catholic Encyclopedia,this paganism, is drawing the whole world, and
"Masonry (Freemasonry)," New Advent.themselves, into ruin.
  
According to Voice magazine, published by theHuman beings must protect themselves from this
Grand Lodge in Chicago, "So, silently but surelypotential calamity, by overcoming the intimations
and continually, it [Masonry] builds into the greatof what Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, a renowned
fabric of human society"( Voice, Chr. 1889, II, 257Islamic scholar, referred to as "the disease called
sq.; The Catholic Encyclopedia, "Masonrymaterialism and naturalism," and in this way
(Freemasonry)," New Advent.  This "building intopreserve the faith of the masses.