I always get similar reactions when I say things like this:
Russell himself said and I quote him:" I am a Free Mason ".
I didn't just suck that out of my thumb. Russell said that. So if Russell himself said he was a Free Mason, then how can you deny it? I'm not looking for a fight, but if I would come out and say I am a Jehovah's Witness and someone in the future would say, but he really wasn't, it would seem paradoxial to me. Please explain.
The Watchtower is in the hands of the Masons, even though you might then say he's someone who believes in conspiracies.
Who knows maybe the ones defending the Masons here are part of the Great Conspiracy?