Well, Freemasons are a fraternal organization with secret rites and ceremonies, many of whom meet in Masonic Halls in many of the cities and towns located in the inductrialized world. The Illuminati existed for a very short time in the 18th century in central Europe, but no longer exist. Oranges are a citris fruit grown in California, Florida, Texas, and points south.
Not much. Perhaps one could say that all three did exist for a short time simultaneously on this planet, but no longer do. Oranges and the Freemasons do, but the Illuminati are now just a boogieman thrown up to scare the bejeezus out of the ignorant, gullible, and paranoid.
The Freemasons and Illuminati did not merge.
No. The Illuminati no longer exists, not since 1785. While many Illuminati were also in the Freemasons, the two were separate orders.
The biggest difference is that the Freemasons exist and the Illuminati no longer does. As I understand it, for the short nine years the Illuminati did exist, not only did it resemble the Freemason organization, many Illuminati members in Ingolstadt, Bavaria were also Freemasons and members of other secret societies.
No. While some Freemasons were briefly associate with the Order of Illuminati when that organization existed, when the Duke of Bavaria disbanded the Illuminati in 1785, those who were part of that organization quickly scattered and disavowed any association. Some writers of fiction and purveyors of conspiracy theories still like to draw connections, but there is none other than those manufactured in the imaginations of the paranoid.
secrets, yes-dark-no
Well, the Freemasons existed long before the founding of The Order of Illuminati, and continue to exist long after the disbanding of the Illuminati in 1785.
If this question means "Do the Freemasons have anything to do with the Illuminati" the answer is no they don't. The Illuminati died out years ago, but Freemasonry is alive and flourishing.
No. The Masons have no interest in such, and the Illuminati does not exist.
There were several prominent Freemasons who were also Illuminati members, but no other connection has existed since the destruction of the Illuminati in 1785.
Nope. There is no present-day organization called the "Illyminati" or even the "Illuminati" but the Freemasons are going strong. The historical organization called the Illuminati which disbanded centuries ago after a short and unsuccessful existence never had any connection with Freemasonry.
Because they lack understanding of who the Freemasons and Illuminati really are. Good answer, and I agree, but it is also because of a tremendous amount of propaganda set against them, most of it being false.
The Illuminati do not exist. They were a short-lived, very small, and insignificant group who existed several centuries ago. The idea of a modern Illuminati group is fiction. Freemasonry does not interest itself in this fictional group at all, and the historical group is not of particular interest to Freemasons either.