[Serious] Freemasons: why is there such a negative view of this group?

[GODZILLA]

Part of "secrecy" is keeping it a secret from you. It's not a matter of conspiracy, but a matter of belief. Consider it a religion of some sort; a cult.
And mostly they required atheist members, I think that would immediately put them under the microscope as the "scapegoats" of the Oligrarchs' fuck ups.

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Yes I forgot.
I can also describe them as a network of rich people trying to feel important by attending secret, closed meetings to discuss $

They mostly required atheist members? I thought they had to be initiated by swearing on whatever book is holy to them? And I thought that the fundamental founding principle of the order was that their order be a place where men of different faiths could talk to each other.

Freemasonry was basically a movement that  felt that God was man made.