text: why do some people think the freemasons are evil? i don't understand why some people hate the freemasons, especially since some freemasons contribute positive things to their communities? is it that the haters are conspiracy theorists who think that freemasons rule america? or that they worship satan?  i think that the anti-freemason bunch are really narrow-minded fools who don't have a leg to stand on. because they don't know... humans tend to make what they don't know and understand, or are not a part of, evil and/or not being worth joining to begin with. being a mason you can move to any city in the world and go to the local lodge and by the end of the day you could have a job, etc.