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Whilst we are in total agreement that we shouldn’t judge the whole of masonry because of one bigoted wm; it does not stop others from judging our institution as such. Let’s say just in Texas alone this makes the GLoT look like the religious arm of the KKK. (If it does not distance itself from...

I need to know about that lodge so as to make sure I never to go there, oh wait that was said in our lodge and we drove the bigot out of the temple.:glare:

A great read indeed; and it's ashame we have become very unsocialized.

My thoughts and prayers will be with you, G_d speed!

Congratulations! I hope you find it rewarding...

ROFLMAO As soon as he stops and asks for directions...

The “European Concept†Lodge Model explained in a paper titled “Back to the Future†by Kent Henderson courtesy of Lodge Vitruvian.

I am seriously interested in this concept. If anyone knows of a seminar being held in either Texas or Louisiana please contact me.

I've never heard of that being a requirement either. Maybe I'm in the dark on this too?

Personally they’re both the same and products of the “S&M” Mars Company.

Hum; not that I need “program” to introduce me to Masonic history… The name "York Rite" is an inexcusable blunder; at least an unfortunate mistake. There never was a York Rite. It is unnecessary to enter upon any discussion as to the claims of the York Grand Lodge or a York system of...

Sir Francis Bacon was one of the editors?

Please keep in mind, "your actual mileage may vary", that is to say I’m not disparaging the institution, some individuals experiences are quite different than others. While some may have just a local view of our institution there are others that have been “off the farm†so to speak. My...

While that may be true to your observations; while I was in the Commandery I’ve witnessed some of the most religious bigotry that I’ve seen in my life, that was the main reason I dropped out. One would think that a Sir Knight should be willing to raise his sword in the defence of the Jewish...

At the present rate of attrition this poll may become irrelevant; or maybe it might just be pointing out the problem?

What I find abhorrent is the same prerequisite as found in the Swedish Rite; anything that divides us as a band of brothers is not in any way fruitful. It may become evident that these dependant bodies (notice, I said: dependant not appendant bodies) will hurt in their futures from lack of...

I found that the very precept in conflict with the basic idea of "Freemasonry". Maybe the very idea that Commandery is perceived as exclusionary? Or that the attrition rate makes this feat almost impossible? Or how about the fact that very few memorize the ritual; and “reads them", how sad!

I have to agree; keeping our obligation is our bond. I was just pointing out the facts. It's is in the same vain as the very subject of this thread. "It is what it is", whether we want to acknowledge these facts or not. Denial is not only a river in Egypt!

Although I wouldn't publicly acknowledge it; they ain't secret anymore either, as they are found in many publications and of course online. And don't be too surprised to find their modes of recognition are...

From another forum; in his own words... Brethren, Many thanks to everyone for their kind wishes. Essentially, I have 50% sight loss in the right eye right now, and the disease is spreading to the left, as well. The event was immediate, with no warning. My first guess was a...