"First, I don't agree with the recent generalized use of the terms '
antient' and 'modern' to define what most masons I know of refer to as 'mainstream' and 'splinter/clandestine' systems." - David
Most Masons you know are probably ignorant of Masonic history. You're "mainstream" Masonry was founded by a bunch of drunk Irishmen who the rightful Grand Lodge of London refused to admit to their lodges. The '
Antients' are as clandestine today as they were in 1751. It is you who are the clandestine Mason, not the '
Moderns'.