So that's why, IMO, there were secret societies.
They just didn't want to be killed. why is that strange ?
Of course not all members and societies are 100 % good or sane but if you have as an alternative the old testament god who 95% of the times acts as a psychopath (not as to insult you but truely with the official definition of the term) it's still favorable.
And really i went through it all: Alex Jones, Icke (who is opposed to christianity, islam, judaism but strangely keeps using the term satanic, maybe he wants to keep his abrahamic audience a bit satisfied) and i'm not in favor of creating crisises to establish new order. We should not have to be that "pragmatic".

peace