My mother is a Jehovah's Witness, which is a cult tied to the Masons. I have a friend who is a low-level Mason. There are people of good character I know who are Catholics. While I have a problem with secret societies and oaths that split loyalty, for me to disassociate myself with everyone who might be "tainted" in some way is self-sabotage.
The principle of staying clean and pure has to be squared with the consequences in our dirty yet real social environment. The reality of the terrain is that it has Satanic elements to navigate around. Staring at the heavens and wishing you were not bound to the land doesn't solve that.
We have ubiquitously infiltrated institutions, so guilt by association is going to get us nowhere. I have plenty of my own struggles with sin and mortal desire to confront before I go around passing judgment on others. Inevitable events will take care of the institutional corruption.
What so many have not understood,( or have not been taught) is that Jesus died for the sins of all. For all time. He paid the full debt. When we accept and believe this truth, we are made pure, holy, and righteous before God. Our sins are remembered no more. Under the New Covenant of Grace, we are set free. Too many are still captives to false or incomplete teachings and understanding of what happened at the cross of Christ. God, in His mercy came to set the captives
( humanity) free. Our spiritual life is restored. We are truly born anew, into an everlasting life the moment we make the free will choice to believe in the One who is the life- giver. 😇
