Document under Free Document Dissemination Licence. Last update: 15 juin 1999       Author: Ch. Dioux URL of the original document: http://www.fm-europe.org/pages/fr/pgsfm09.htm Translated: 21 July 1999 by Eve. Last modification: 25 july 1999

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Below you will find some answers I've prepared in response to questions non-Masonic visitors have asked me.
Of course, as usual, they are strictly personal and independent of any Lodges or official Masonic Bodies whatsoever.

Actually, it's probably what motivated some of my visitors to ask me, an average Mason, these questions, rather than look for answers on the sites of Grand Lodges.

It is true that official Masonic Bodies, precisely because they are official, are embarrassed to answer certain questions from non-Masons, for a single reason :
On the great majority of subjects, there simply is no official position. Each Mason has his own concept, which differs from all the others.

I most cordially invite my visitors, especially if they are not Masons, not to contend themselves with my opinions, but on the contrary, to surf on the Net to compare them with other answers.
I believe in fact, as do most Masons, that it is only through a multiplicity of points of view and explanations that any "light" can emerge.

• Isn't Freemasonry a sect ?
• What are your symbols and rituals for ?
• How do your meetings take place? What do you do there? What do you talk about ? ((toujours) en préparation)
• Why all those secrets ? ((toujours)en préparation, OK disons franchement en retard ;-)
• Yes, but .... can we talk about "business deals" ? *
• Why has Freemasonry often been persecuted ? *
• What to think about "independent" Lodges and micro-Jurisdictions ? (en préparation)

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