What do you think of Tom Cruise and His dianetic ideologies? And of the freemasons or secret societies in general?

I know a guy who is a free mason. He is also Methodist, and his masonry lodge seems to be pretty much like a Lions or Elks club that does philanthropic work for the community. It is not his religion. He is very active in his Methodist church.

But I know that the history of Freemasonry is more than that, and this might not be a typical case. (Then again, it might be!)