Both my grandfathers were Masons. One was agnostic, career army, military intelligence - and probably was a Mason just because he relished mischief and secrecy - can’t see him as power-hungry or a member of a cabal.
The other was a serious lifelong Baptist - can’t get to heaven unless you’ve been saved by accepting Jesus Christ, and he’d tell the free-thinking members of the family that. He was probably a Mason because he liked a night out with the boys that he was sworn never to tell my grandmother about. At his funeral, the minister gave the service in church and the Masons did the graveside rituals - Baptist Masons.
So whatever Masonic conspiracies and philosophies there are, there are a lot of men who are just doing it for fun.
Mrs VS
yea, i know quite a few. a good friend of mine (episcopalian) was a worshipful master of his lodge. I know masonry is very big in the military and in law enforcement, in NJ, many of the troopers are masons, (it's easier to get promoted) as well as many of the sheriff’s officers and they are CATHOLIC. They have their own group within the masons called The Square Club.